Category: Calgary Phil Blog

  • 28 April 2025
    MAWER SPONSORS YO-YO MA IN CONCERT… AND SO MUCH MORE The final countdown is on for this weekend’s highly anticipated,…
  • 11 April 2025
    HOW THE ORCHESTRA STAYS ON TRACK WHEN PERFORMING LIVE-TO-FILM BY DAVID SUSSMAN, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OBOE The musicians of your Calgary…
  • 17 March 2025
    RISING STAR JENEBA KANNEH-MASON REFLECTS ON MOZART AND HER MUSICAL UPBRINGING BY CHARLOTTE LILLEY PHOTO BY JOHANNA BERGHORN At age…
  • 5 March 2025
    EMBRACING INDIGENEITY, ELECTRONICS, AND CLASSICAL MUSIC, CRIS DERKSEN BRINGS WORLDS TOGETHER BY ZOLTAN VARADI PHOTO BY TANJA-TIZIANA From Canada’s boreal…
  • 29 January 2025
    TRULY COLLABORATIVE CONCERT CELEBRATES BOB MARLEY’S MESSAGE OF UNITY BY ELIZABETH CHORNEY-BOOTH Very few musical artists have had the global…
  • 14 January 2025
    BY ZOLTAN VARADI Pictured: Principal Jennifer Hart and Music Teacher Breton Bonner with students at Emily Follensbee School Enhanced cognitive…
  • 10 January 2025
    VIOLINIST MARIA VAN DER SLOOT EQUIPS STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED IN MUSIC … AND BEYOND BY ZOLTAN VARADI…
  • 24 December 2024
    CELEBRATING WOLFGANG — AND RUNE — AT MOZART’S BIRTHDAY PARTY BY JUN-LONG LEE Photo by HarderLee Photography Rune Bergmann has…
  • 22 November 2024
    30 YEARS ON, JAMES EHNES CONTINUES TO FIND MEANING IN BRAHMS’ VIOLIN CONCERTO BY CHARLOTTE LILLEY Photo by Benjamin Ealovega…
  • 8 October 2024
    INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE LILLEY Leonard Bernstein is making a comeback. Not that he ever really went away — his work…