Canadian classical music
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The term classical music in this article refers to the western or European classical music tradition. Canada’s multi-cultural population includes a majority of people of European descent, especially among its earliest settlers. Therefore, the nation’s most established music schools and ensembles specialize in the western tradition, which includes a range of styles from the Medieval era up to the present. Canada’s cultural mosaic has also lead to the continuation of other classical music styles within its ethnic communities. Examples of these include Indian classical music and Chinese classical music. The focus of this article will be the western classical tradition.
Western classical music is an international phenomenon and has continued to experience growth in Canada since its emergence as a nation in 1867. Since that time, the young country has produced composers of its own that have contributed to contemporary classical music literature and it has also produced musicians and ensembles that are internationally renown for their performance and interpretation of classical works. Canada also attracts classical musicians from around the globe to perform and to become employed within its borders. Similarly, Canadian musicians are involved in ensembles and musical institutions throughout the world.
Canada has an international reputation for its classical musicians, ensembles, and music schools. The country is fortunate to have a large number of fine teachers and training institutions, as well as a high level of public interest in classical music and education. Due to a lack of political will, however, Canadian orchestras and performing ensembles continue to suffer from a deficit of financial resources. Nevertheless, Canada has produced a number of internationally renown musicians and ensembles and has attracted some of the world's greatest musicians, conductors, and teachers to work within its musical community.
[edit] Financial support for the arts
Arts organizations in Canada are usually expected to raise 50% of their funding through ticket sales and/or fundraising campaigns that they organize and execute themselves. Another 25% is traditionally covered by corporate sponsorship. The remaining 25% is typically provided by three separate levels of government: federal, provincial and municipal. Canadian arts organizations are constantly lobbying all three levels of government for a more prominent place in their budgets and must therefore compete with other public concerns such as health care and education.
[edit] Orchestras and ensembles
Symphony orchestras:
- CBC Radio Orchestra
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Calgary Philharmonic
- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
- Okanagan Symphony Orchestra
- Saskatoon Symphony
- Orchestre Métropolitain (Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal)
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre symphonique de Montreal)
- National Arts Centre Orchestra
- National Academy Orchestra
- Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (Quebec Symphony Orchestra)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Toronto Philharmonia
- Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
- Esprit Orchestra
- Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
- Windsor Symphony
- Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
- Symphony Nova Scotia
- Regina Symphony Orchestra
Community orchestras:
Baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles:
- Amadeus Ensemble
- Amati Quartet
- Canadian Brass
- Canadian Chamber Ensemble
- Classic String Quartet
- I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra
- Les Violons du Roy
- Pacific Baroque Orchestra
- The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir
- Toronto Consort
- Quartetto Gelato
- Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
- Musik Barock Ensemble (Winnipeg)
[edit] Opera and vocal
- Canadian Opera Company
- Compagnie d'opéra de Montréal
- Vancouver Opera
- Manitoba Opera
- Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
- Amadeus Choir
- Nicholas Goldschmidt
- Lotfi Mansouri
- Richard Bradshaw
- Nathaniel Dett Chorale
- Opera Atelier [1]
- Opera in Concert [2]
- Opera Lyra Ottawa [3]
- Opera Canada Magazine - Founders of the Opera Canada Awards (The Rubbies).
[edit] Opera singers
- Pierrette Alarie
- Colin Balser
- Kimberley Barber
- Isabel Bayrakdarian
- Russell Braun
- Victor Braun
- Measha Brueggergosman
- Natalie Choquette
- Tracy Dahl
- Gerald Finley
- Maureen Forrester
- Judith Forst
- Ben Heppner
- George London
- Richard Margison
- Lois Marshall
- Agathe Martel
- Gino Quilico
- Louis Quilico
- Michael Schade
- Teresa Stratas
- Jon Vickers
- Portia White
[edit] Pianists
- Dang Thai Son
- Naida Cole
- Alberto Guerrero
- Glenn Gould
- Marc-André Hamelin
- Angela Hewitt
- Anton Kuerti
- Lee Kum-Sing
- Louis Lortie
- Joanna MacGregor
- Lorraine Min
- Jon Kimura Parker
- Giancarlo Scalia
- Minna Re Shin
- Zeyda Ruga Suzuki
[edit] Violinists
Canadian violinists:
- Martin Beaver
- Angèle Dubeau
- Nancy Dahn
- James Ehnes
- Lorand Fenyves
- Chantal Juillet
- Moshe Hammer
- Susanne Hou
- Catherine Manoukian
- Peter Oundjian
- Walter Prystawski
- Erika Raum
- Lara St. John
- Scott St. John
- Steven Staryk
- Harold Sumberg
- Ralitsa Tcholakova
Non-Canadian violinists within the Canadian music community:
[edit] Violists
[edit] Cellists
[edit] Bassoonists
[edit] Flautists
[edit] Oboists
- Belinda Code
- James Mason
- Brian James
- Richard Dorsey
- Marc Rogers
- Suzanne Lemieux
- Charles Hamann
- Sarah Jeffrey
- Roland Floyd
- Francine Shutzman
- Faith Levene
[edit] Organists
[edit] Organ builders
[edit] Guitarists
[edit] Composers
- Robert Aitken (composer)
- Louis Applebaum
- Michael Conway Baker
- Denys Bouliane
- Brian Cherney
- R. Nathaniel Dett
- Malcolm Forsyth
- Rachel Laurin
- Imant Raminsh
- Giancarlo Scalia
- R. Murray Schafer
- Harry Somers
- Daniel Theaker
- Healey Willan
- Canadian Music Centre - An archive of Canadian compositions.
- SOCAN - Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada
[edit] Conductors
Canadian and non-Canadian conductors of instrumental and vocal ensembles in Canada:
- Kazuyoshi Akiyama (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
- Karel Ančerl (Toronto Symphony)
- Raffi Armenian (Canadian Chamber Ensemble)
- Dwight Bennett (Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Royal Opera Canada)
- Mario Bernardi (Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, CBC Radio Orchestra)
- Tadeusz Biernacki (Saskatoon Opera, Manitoba Opera)
- Boris Brott (National Academy Orchestra, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Sergiu Comissiona (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
- Sir Andrew Davis (Toronto Symphony)
- Roberto DeClara (Oakville Symphony)
- Pierre Dervaux (Orchestre Symphonique de Québec)
- Charles Dutoit (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
- William Eddins (Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
- Noel Edison (Toronto Mendelssohn Choir)
- John Eliot Gardiner (CBC Radio Orchestra)
- Gunther Herbig (Toronto Symphony)
- Otto Klemperer (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
- Julian Kuerti (Toronto Symphony, Boston Symphony)
- Luigi von Kunits (New Symphony Orchestra, precursor of the Toronto Symphony)
- Jacques Lacombe (Montreal Symphony)
- Martin MacDonald (National Academy Orchestra)
- Sir Ernest MacMillan (Toronto Symphony)
- Zubin Mehta (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
- Alexander Mickelthwate (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra)
- Kent Nagano (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal)
- Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal)
- Peter Oundjian (Toronto Symphony)
- Seiji Ozawa (Toronto Symphony)
- Wilfrid Pelletier (Quebec Symphony Orchestra)
- Trevor Pinnock (National Arts Centre Orchestra)
- Douglas Sanford (Saskatoon Symphony, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra)
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Toronto Symphony)
- Kerry Stratton (Toronto Philharmonia)
- Walter Susskind (Toronto Symphony)
- Daniel Swift (Niagara Symphony)
- Rosemary Thomson (Calgary Philharmonic, Canadian Opera Company)
- Bramwell Tovey (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
- Yuli Turovsky (I Musici de Montréal)
- James W. Wright (Vancouver Opera)
- Pinchas Zukerman (National Arts Centre Orchestra)
[edit] Classical record labels
- Acoma Company
- Analekta
- Atma Classique
- CBC Records
- empreintes DIGITALes
- Marquis Classics
- Phoenix Records
[edit] Classical radio stations
The primary source of classical music on Canadian radio is the national CBC Radio Two network, which also airs some jazz and popular music programming.
There are only three commercial radio stations in Canada offering a classical music format:
The CKUA radio network in Alberta also airs some classical music programming, as do some campus radio and community radio stations.
All radio stations in Canada are required by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to meet Canadian content targets. For classical music stations, the requirement is 20 per cent Canadian content.
[edit] Classical music publications
- The Wholenote magazine (Toronto)
- Opera Canada magazine
[edit] Musical schools
[edit] Awards and competitions
- Glenn Gould Prize
- Banff International String Quartet Competition
- Montreal International Music Competition/Concours international de musique de Montréal
- Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition for the Performance of Canadian Music/Concours national de musique Eckhardt-Gramatté
- John Robb Organ Competition/Concours d'orgue John-Robb
- Canadian Kiwanis Festival
- Opera Canada Awards (The Rubbies)
- The 1985 International Bach Piano Competition/Concours International Bach de Piano 1985
- Juno Awards
[edit] Classical music venues
Some of the major concert halls that are home to a professional performing group:
- Place des Arts (Montreal)
- Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton)
- Jack Singer Concert Hall (Calgary Centre for Performing Arts)
- Centennial Concert Hall (Winnipeg)
- National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
- Sony Center for the Arts (Toronto)
- Four Seasons Centre (Toronto)
- Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto)
- Massey Hall (Toronto)
- Toronto Centre for the Arts (Toronto)
- Living Arts Centre (Mississauga)
- Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Vancouver)
- Rebecca Cohn Auditorium (Halifax)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- opera.ca An association of many Canadian opera companies.
- chamberfest Ottawa Chamber Music Society.