Associate Conductor Karl Hirzer on Stravinksy
Igor Stravinsky was one of the great modernist innovators of the 20th century. He was born the same year as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf (1882), and in the early 1910s he was [...]
Art inspires music in Four Paintings by Leestemaker
In 2002, a young composer named Vincent Ho was inspired by paintings he saw in a small gallery in Edmonton. That day, Ho took the gallery’s business card and wrote the artist’s name on [...]
Canadian composer Alexina Louie a towering figure in contemporary music
Alexina Louie, one of Canada’s most acclaimed composers, will be in the spotlight this week for Quintets, a free online performance premiering Saturday 17 October at 7:30PM (MDT) as part of the Calgary [...]
Assistant Concertmaster Donovan Seidle on the two violin solos he performs at the first virtual concert in our new fall series
It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the beginning of our 2020/2021 Season and to introduce a few of the pieces we'll play for you at the premiere of the first concert on [...]
Finally, we’re back on the stage! Message from Rune Bergmann, Music Director, about Fall 2020 online concert series
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” — Plato I’m extremely excited that the Calgary Philharmonic is finally back onstage. This [...]
Summer Series 2020
Our musicians usually spend their summers on the road, performing at festivals and teaching at workshops. This year, many will have some unexpected time on their hands as events are cancelled and [...]
Assistant Concertmaster Donovan Seidle brings music to isolation
Originally published in August 2020 on the Arts Commons blog. Shortly after COVID-19 shut down stages across the country, musicians from the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra recorded a virtual performance [...]
Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the new musicians
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra welcomed five new musicians this 2019-2020 Season, and they’ve been introduced to Calgary audiences through the Meet the Musician series on this blog. Even though the Season was cut [...]
Quarantine Listening Series: Find out what’s on our Orchestra’s playlist
While the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2019/2020 Season has been unexpectedly cut short, our musicians are still finding comfort in the art form in new ways. Over the next few weeks, we'll be [...]
Meet the Musician: Violist Jesse Morrison
The newest member of the Calgary Philharmonic’s viola section, Jesse Morrison grew up playing the violin and attended an arts program at his Toronto high school. “For Grades 9 and 10, I was [...]