James Ehnes Takes a Bow • Grands Pianistes Du 20Ième Siècle • Harmonia Mundi Fête Ses 40 Ans La Scena Musicale ◆ Octobre 1998 October ◆ Vol
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Musique contemporaine • Electroacoustique LaScena GRATUIT Le guide canadien de FREE lala musiquemusique classiqueclassique Canada's Guide to Musicale Classical Music Vol. 4.2 - Octobre / October 1998 James Ehnes Takes a Bow • Grands Pianistes du 20ième siècle • harmonia mundi fête ses 40 ans La Scena Musicale ◆ Octobre 1998 October ◆ Vol. 4.2 ◆ page 2 Stuck in a webjam? Sommaire / Contents Land on the right orbit. James Ehnes ....................................................3 Calendrier dŽtachable mensuel / Une petite histoire de lÕŽlectroacoustique ....4 Monthly pull-out calendar ........................16-17 Musique contemporaine ..............................5,6 Livres & Conferences ....................................24 Ondes Martenot ................................................7 harmonia mundi - 40 ans ..............................25 Pro Musica ....................................................8-9 Grands Pianistes du 20e si•cle ....................26 Vienna BoysÕ Choir ..........................................9 Disques du mois / Discs of the Month ........27 Don Pasquale..................................................10 Les disques / CD Reviews........................28-31 Opera Atelier ..................................................11 Le calendrier / Calendar ................12-14,19-24 RŽvision Daniel Desrochers, Marie Faucher, Annie Prothin, Tom Holzinger Calendrier / Calendar Eric Legault Graphisme / Graphics W.K. 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To judge from (Glenn Gould's former manager), came out of retire- his performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto ment to direct his career. Since then Ehnes has SALLE POLLACK HALL with the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal last played with many of the major symphony orchestras April, Ehnes's best years are ahead of him. Local in North America, Europe and Asia, and in 1995, he 555 Sherbrooke Ouest / West critics went wild, comparing Ehnes with the young signed an exclusive recording contract with Telarc Yehudi Menuhin. That evening, we witnessed a rare Records. Le dimanche ˆ 15 h 30 phenomenon : a born artist with remarkable tech- Due to the weak classical music market, only Sundays at 3:30 p.m. nique and sensitivity but without vanity or cheap one Telarc CD has been released. "I'm really into showmanship, winning his audience by the force of the recording side of the business, so it is frustrat- music alone. La Scena Musicale caught up with ing that Telarc has already cancelled four projects. I 27 sept. QUATUOR Ë CORDES Ehnes on vacation in Indiana, where we got the consider our relationship friendly, but I'm exploring Sept. 27 ST. PETERSBURG story of his career from its very beginning. other options." A recording with CBC Records is on STRING QUARTET Ehnes grew up in a musical household in the drawing board. Ehnes would be a definite catch Brandon, Manitoba. His father was a trumpet pro- for a major label. fessor at Brandon University and his mother a for- Ehnes's biggest concern these days is not 18 oct. HEXAGON mer ballet dancer. "I could have chosen any instru- work, but finding a new violin. His current instru- Oct. 18 piano et quintette ˆ vent ment, because they were all around, but for some ment, a 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius on piano and winds reason I only wanted a violin." Ehnes guesses that loan from the Canada Council Instrument Bank, it was Itzhak Perlman on "Sesame Street" that must be returned in 18 months. Finding someone to 1er nov. JAMES EHNES turned him on to the violin at age 4. "I remember loan or finance another Strad is proving a Nov. 1 violon / violin longing for a violin for what seemed ages, but was headache. "Those who want to help don't have the probably just a few months. Something about the money, and those who have the money don't want 22 nov. ANGELA HEWITT way a violin produced music excited me. I knew to help," he muses. A good Strad runs upwards of Nov. 22 piano then that it was the instrument for me," he recalls. In 1979 his parents gave him a mini-violin for 6 dŽc. ROBERT HOLL Christmas. Between the ages of 5 and 9 he took Dec.