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Friends of Chamber Music welcomes dazzling Esmé Quartet to Vancouver

The performance is part of the Germany-based Korean ensemble’s first North American tour

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content, Music, SPRING

Vancouver Recital Society announces concert by star pianist Yuja Wang on March 30

Live performance at the Orpheum features the third VRS visit for an artist known for her skill and charisma

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 11, 2022SPRING, VRS, Vancouver Recital Society

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra brings the magic of Mischa Maisky to the Orpheum

The upcoming concert features one of the globe’s most outstanding cello players

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Partner Content

New Rose-Ellen Nichols Award memorializes Coast Salish mezzo soprano

The annual award will alternate between voice and costume recognitions, with an emphasis on Indigenous culture

OPERA, MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 10, 2022City Opera, Rose-Ellen Nichols

Vetta Chamber Music takes the bassoon, violin, and piano to exciting places in Bassoon!

Performed by a powerful trio of women, the concert is full of fun and fresh takes on a range of musical works

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 8, 2022Vetta Chamber Music

Valerie Whitney explores the full range of the French horn at Sonic Boom fest

U.S.-born virtuoso and UBC instructor interprets work by local emerging composers—one as young as 14

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMarch 7, 2022SPRING, Sonic Boom, Vancouver Pro Musica

International Women's Day 2022: Members of Vancouver's arts and culture community mark a movement

From dance and theatre to music and culinary arts, local leaders reflect on the March 8 global event that celebrates women’s achievement and forges equality

ART & DESIGN, CULINARY, MUSIC, FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 7, 2022International Women's Day, women

Composer and avant-garde sparkplug Constantine Katsiris plays a last set before heading to Greece

At Vancouver New Music’s Letting Go farewell concert, fellow explorers join him in a structured game piece

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 6, 2022Vancouver New Music, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, SPRING

Vancouver Chamber Choir sings ode to Handel and Bach at DIXIT DOMINUS, March 20 at the Orpheum

The composers’ early works bring Baroque beauty to the historic theatre

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022Vancouver Chamber Choir, VCC, SPRING

Stir Q&A: Sapphire Haze blends natural and unnatural sounds at Music on Main's Digital Salons

Violinist Cindy Kao and electronic artist Aysha Dulong conjure a mesmerizing exploration of humans’ relationship to water in Asphyxiation

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022livestream, Homepage feature, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music on Main, Sapphire Haze

Isata Kanneh-Mason returns solo, with adventurous program and electrifying playing, to Vancouver Recital Society, March 6

The stylish sibling of famed cellist Sheku is deservedly making her Canadian solo recital debut

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 4, 2022Isata Kanneh-Mason, VRS, Vancouver Recital Society, SPRING

Friends of Chamber Music welcomes back the Pavel Haas Quartet

The world-renowned Czech ensemble’s Vancouver visit marks its fifth FCM concert and its first with new violist Luosha Fang

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Partner Content, SPRING

Early Music Vancouver celebrates Women of Note, March 4

The live concert is in honour of International Women’s Day

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Early Music Vancouver, EMV, International Women's Day

Moe Clark ignites the stage with Feast of the Invisible

The Métis Two-Spirit artist brings a multi-dimensional musical journey to the Decolonize the Chan series

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 3, 2022Chan Centre, Partner Content, SPRING

Steven Page comes out of the pandemic—and to Vancouver—with a new appreciation for live, in-person concerts

The iconic Canadian singer-songwriter and former Barenaked Ladies member performs with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra—a dream come true, he tells Stir

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 3, 2022Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Steven Page, Homepage feature, SPRING

Spring Arts Preview: Music, dance, and theatre in Vancouver to welcome brighter days

Grab your calendar: Here’s a handful of the hottest shows hitting local stages this season

Russian war on Ukraine reverberates through local classical-music scene

Vancouver Recital Society has pledged not to book Russian artists who don’t speak out against attacks

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022VRS

Taj Mahal headlines as Vancouver Folk Music Festival readies to return live to Jericho Beach Park July 15 to 17

The huge outdoor event is back to its outdoor site after two years

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 2, 2022Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF

Indigenous artists Elisapie, Leonard Sumner, and Moe Clark speak from the heart through music and sound

Stir connects with the groundbreaking artists who are performing live as part of the month-long series Decolonize the Chan

Fiddles and jigs as Festival du Bois announces its return to Mackin Park, April 1 to 3

Jocelyn Pettit, Le Diable à Cinq, Alpha Yaya Diallo, and more music artists fill the grand chapiteau

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2022Festival du Bois, SPRING

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