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For Lilya Zilberstein, Rachmaninoff runs in the blood—and can be played in defiance

The star pianist, who left Russia 33 years ago, also plays Schubert and Liszt at Vancouver Chopin Society solo concert

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Vancouver Chopin Society, piano, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Music review: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's triumphant season opener took listeners from depths of despair to euphoric heights

Thorvaldsdóttir’s astounding rallying cry for the climate crisis met Mahler’s demanding Sixth

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Friends of Chamber Music announces 76th season with 10-concert lineup for 2023-24

Opening concert features Zemlinsky Quartet on October 17, and Bennewitz Quartet closes on April 9

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 18, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Vancouver International Flamenco Festival welcomes wide array of forms

From Jafelin to Rosanna Terracciano, Rosario Ancer’s open-minded program embraces tradition, multiple cultures, and the edgily conceptual

DANCE, CULTURE, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, Homepage feature

Massey Presents series kicks off at Massey Theatre with Oktopus, October 21

Eight-member band blends klezmer music with a jazz-accented Québécois repertoire

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Little Miss Higgins serenades at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, September 29

Western Canadian Music Award-winning singer-musician delivers a signature blend of blues, folk, and jazz

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vetta Chamber Music opens new season with Life’s a Beach, October 13 to 15

Concert features famed American composer Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op. 67

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra opens season with Mahler's monumental Sixth, September 15 and 16

Maestro Otto Tausk pairs the “Tragedy” with the emotional power of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s CATAMORPHOSIS

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Vancouver Chamber Choir opens 53rd season with Mosaic, September 22

Concert features four world premieres and introduces composer-in-residence Andrew Balfour

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir

Marc Atkinson Trio and Cameron Wilson play the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, September 22

Evening features West Coast-inspired acoustic guitar, violin, and fiddle

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 8, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Black Belt Eagle Scout reconnects with Coast Salish homelands at Come Toward the Fire

Headlining Chan Centre festival, singer-songwriter Katherine Paul melds Indigenous traditions and Pacific Northwest grunge influences

MUSIC, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2023Homepage feature, Indigenous, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Matthew Ariaratnam's "tones to melt and heal hardened hearts" takes to two wheels, September 9

Participants can join a bike ride that diffuses healing sounds collected from artists across the country and U.S.

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023The Only Animal, climate change

Early Music Vancouver brings Handel's Apollo e Dafne to the stage, September 15

Solos from soprano Jacqueline Woodley and baritone Tyler Duncan characterize the concert

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 6, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr

Rising piano star Jaeden Izik-Dzurko comes full circle at the Vancouver Recital Society

Salmon Arm-raised talent recalls long commutes down the Coquihalla to pursue his art—and catch VRS Sunday matinees

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2023Vancouver Recital Society, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Premieres and partnerships with local arts organizations as Elektra Women's Choir unveils 2023-24 season

Holst’s The Planets with the VSO, concerts with the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, and more

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA

Donny McCaslin, David Bowie's band leader, plays BlueShore at CapU September 24

The visionary saxophonist behind Bowie’s Blackstar brings his jazz-rock quartet to the stage

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 5, 2023Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU

At VLAFF, Edgardo Moreno's The Firefly Project grapples with living between the Chile of memory and present-day Canada

Multimedia storytelling meets live performance and film screening

MUSIC, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 5, 2023VLAFF, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Chile

AHFOMAD festival brings the best of African-diaspora music and dance to Massey Theatre and Eighth & Eight, September 1 to 3

Dremo, Selmor Mtukuzi, Ndidi O, Mimi O’Bonsawin, Liya, and Kays, plus Vancouver’s own Alpha Yaya Diallo.

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 31, 2023AHFOMAD, Massey Theatre, Eighth & Eight

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs supports Turkish Tunes 6, presented by the Turkish-Canadian Society on September 9

Music from jazz singer Fuat Tuaç, lively group Istanbul the Band, and more characterize community event

MUSIC, CULTUREStir VancouverAugust 30, 2023Partner Content, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

Pipe organs and Raven Chacon as Vancouver New Music announces its 50th-anniversary season

Annual festival is called Vox Organi, plus the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass

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