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Laurie Matiation on retiring from the horn section after 36 years with the CPO
In 1983, horn player Laurie Matiation found herself living every professional musician’s nightmare — abrupt unemployment. After five years of working with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (ASO), an…
Game-Changing Moments
RUNE BERGMANN MUSIC DIRECTOR “As we put together this Season, the Orchestra musicians and I reflected on our game-changing musical moments. In my early childhood I spent time…
Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the strings
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) welcomed seven new musicians to the strings sections this 2018/2019 Season — four violinists, two cellists, and one bassist. Over the last few…
Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 4
We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll…
Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 3
We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll…
Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists Part 2
We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll…
Meet the Musician: Season highlights from the woodwinds
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming 10 new musicians this 2018/2019 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to…
Get to know the Game-Changing 2019/2020 Guest Artists
We’re excited about the guest artists coming for 2019/2020 and we know you will be, too! Every week we’re sharing a little bit about the talented individuals who’ll…
CPO Principal Clarinet Slavko Popovic wraps up his first year with a favourite classic
Slavko Popovic, Principal Clarinet of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO), has a number of reasons to be excited for Prokofiev + Mahler with Yefim Bronfman on Friday, May…