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A multi-award winning event brings musicians from North America and overseas to Montreal each year, to enchant audiences with superb music in sublime settings.  This June, the Montreal Chamber Music Festival is celebrating its 31st year with two weeks of concerts and 16 events.   

Humanity is on full display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts this month in more than a hundred thirty works from Belgium. They show viewers the pious side of life, the profane side of life, and its playful side, the way artists treated these ideas a few centuries ago.   Saints, sinners, lovers and fools populate an exhibit at the museum this fall, in a show named for them. The exhibition celebrates three hundred years of Flemish Masterworks, from about

A pianist who played in Montreal recently is now thirty-thousand dollars richer, and more importantly, has a wealth of impressive performing opportunities awaiting him, after he won a prestigious music competition.  Every three years, pianists come from all over the world to tickle the ivories in the Canadian city celebrated for its international music scene. Their goal is to move large audiences with their playing, and impress a panel of music judges who can make career boosting decisions for the

Passion and imagination drive the creative team behind the 29th Montreal Chamber Music Festival.  The multi-award winning event brings musicians from North America and overseas to Montreal each year, to enchant audiences with exquisite music in beautiful settings.  The festival connects young musicians with established performers, as they embrace the passion and imagination required to produce spellbinding music. Enjoy this preview of the festival courtesy of Spotlight producer Paul Larson and festival founder Denis Brott C.M.Festival highlights include all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos,

The prestigious Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) has a new star, as Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko takes the grand prize at the 2024 Piano Edition. With his impeccable technical prowess and mesmerizing musicality, Izik-Dzurko captivated audiences and judges alike, clinching several special prizes in addition to the top honor. The final stage of the competition, held at the iconic Maison symphonique, saw the six remaining finalists deliver breathtaking performances of their chosen concertos, accompanied by the renowned Orchestre symphonique