Tatiana Loisha started her musical education in Vitebsk, Belarus. In 2005, she graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk, where she majored in piano and then studied accompanying with Prof. Anna Korzhenevskaya. She began to specialize as piano accompanist in 2005 and has won several contests for singers and piano duets: International competition in Vilnius, Lithuania, […]
Graduate with a master in performance from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles under the guidance of Mira Glodeanu, Tanya LaPerrière is a promising young Baroque violinist whose powerful and sensitive playing make her a much-appreciated violinist among her audiences. Also graduate of McGill University in baroque violin as a student of Chantal Rémillard, one can […]
The ensemble Tempo Rubato (Italian for stolen time)owes its name to the musical practice of diverging from the unrelenting and gradual rhythm for a short period of time in a piece, allowing for solo freedom. Time withdrawn must sooner or later be given back.Strictly speaking,it is not a matter of stealing but more of borrowing. […]
It was 2004 when Teng Li made a splash in the Toronto music scene by landing the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Principal Viola position at the astonishing age of 21. Teng has given recitals in Asia, Europe and North America. Davis Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer noted: “she… played with a sparkling freshness you usually […]
Teresita de Jesús Islas is a dancer and singer and plays the jarana (a small Mexican guitar). As a performer and composer of son jarocho, she has been invited to perform widely both in Mexico and elsewhere. The life partner of José Angel Gutiérrez, Teresita is also a member of the group Al golpe del […]
The choirs of Christ Church Cathedral enjoy a long and colourful history. Alternating between choirs of “ladies and gentlemen”, “boys and young men” (1830), “ladies, gentlemen and youths” (1867), and a “vested ladies choir” (1904); between choirs whose singers were paid a salary (1872) and choirs of volunteers (1880); under the leadership of a series […]
The Chamber Players of Canada is a group made up of some of the best musicians from across Canada that varies in size for concerts, recording, and touring. The Chamber Players have performed a wide range of music from the great masterpieces of the 18th and 19th century to some of the most exciting chamber […]
The Theatre of Early Music, founded in 2001 by Daniel Taylor, is a group of some of the finest musicians from all over the world, who share a particular passion for early music. The formation of this ensemble came as an answer to the instrumentalists’ and singers’ search for music-making opportunities which would bring back […]
Thomas Rösner was born in Vienna and conducted his first orchestral concerts at the age of 14. He studied in Vienna, attending masterclasses by Ilya Musin, Myung-Whun Chung und Hans Graf. It was Fabio Luisi who invited Thomas Rösner at a day’s notice to conduct on a tour of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, […]