Category Music

Chopin’s poetry and beauty

photo - Byron Schenkman performs in the concert called Chopin Preludes on Aug. 1 at Christ Church Cathedral

Byron Schenkman performs in the concert called Chopin Preludes on Aug. 1 at Christ Church Cathedral. (photo from Byron Schenkman) “I think Chopin was an exceptionally sensitive pianist and composer – more of a poet than most. Sometimes his music…

Blues, klezmer at Mission

photo - Gabriel Paquin-Buki, far right, founded the band Oktopus, which started performing in 2010

Gabriel Paquin-Buki, far right, founded the band Oktopus, which started performing in 2010. (photo by Rémi Hermoso) Among the Jewish performers at this year’s Mission Folk Music Festival, July 26-28 at Fraser River Heritage Park, are Vancouver’s Jesse Waldman and…

Series finishes on high notes

photo - “Dueling pianists” Lester Soo and Marilyn Glazer entertain at the last Empowerment Series session of the season

“Dueling pianists” Lester Soo and Marilyn Glazer entertain at the last Empowerment Series session of the season. (photo from JSA) Co-sponsored by Jewish Seniors Alliance and the Kehila Society of Richmond, the fifth session of this season’s JSA Snider Foundation…

Music as a uniting force

photo - Clockwise from top left are Ayaan Ali Bangash, Amaan Ali Bangash, Sharon Isbin and Amjad Ali Khan

Clockwise from top left are Ayaan Ali Bangash, Amaan Ali Bangash, Sharon Isbin and Amjad Ali Khan. (photo © Suvo Das) On July 12, Strings for Peace will have its world première at the Indian Summer Festival, which is described…

Get lost in the sound

photo - Itamar Erez’s new CD, Mia Alegria, is being launched with a concert at the Annex

Itamar Erez’s new CD, Mi Alegria, is being launched with a concert at the Annex. (photo by Wolfgang Vogt) Composer, performer and teacher Itamar Erez releases his new CD in a concert June 20 at the Annex. The title, Mi…

VICO festival explores Japan

photo - The June 12 performance of Moshe Denburg’s The Longing Sky features Yuji Nakagawa on sarangi, left, and Harrie Starreveld on shakuhachi

The June 12 performance of Moshe Denburg’s The Longing Sky features Yuji Nakagawa on sarangi, left, and Harrie Starreveld on shakuhachi. (photos from VICO)  This year’s Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra (VICO) Global Soundscapes Festival highlights the instruments and traditions of Japan.…

Première of Erez’s Migrant Voices

photo - Itamar Erez

Itamar Erez (photo by Nitzan Shorer) Vancouver composer Itamar Erez will have a world première of his work at the Sound of Dragon Ensemble (Vancouver) and Melody of China (San Francisco) concert May 30, 7 p.m., at the Western Front.…

Folk choir celebrates 40th

photo - The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir in a performance last fall at the Peretz Centre, led by conductor David Millard, with pianist Danielle Lee

The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir in a performance last fall at the Peretz Centre, led by conductor David Millard, with pianist Danielle Lee. (photo from VJFC) As they say, nothing comes from nothing and so it is with the Vancouver…

Israeli music icon sings here

photo - Yoni Rechter will be in Vancouver to perform for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut

Yoni Rechter will be in Vancouver to perform for Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut. (photo from Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver) “I love to know the world through music, and music has brought me to many places …. When I…

Putting Hemingway to music

photo - Turning Point Ensemble performs The Old Man and the Sea, directed by Idan Cohen, March 9 and 10

Turning Point Ensemble performs The Old Man and the Sea, directed by Idan Cohen, March 9 and 10. (photo by Tim Matheson) “There’s something that I really love about these kinds of projects and the agenda that Turning Point holds…