sm25-3_EN_p01_coverV1_sm25-3EN 2019-10-29 4:06 PM Page 1 sm25-3_EN_p02_ADS_queens isabel_sm23-5_BI_pXX 2019-10-28 6:59 PM Page 2 2O19 BADER AND OVERTON 2O VIRTUOSI festival STEWART YEFIM JAN LISIECKI LEONID NEDIAK GOODYEAR BRONFMAN EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MEASHA BRANFORD FINE ARTS QUARTET BRUEGGERGOSMAN MARSALIS ORCHESTRAL VIRTUOSITY VIRTUOSIC TOUR DE FORCE ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with The United Performance of the VIRTUOSO PIANIST JAN LISIECKI NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA WED, OCT 16, 2019 at 7:30 PM OF CANADA and EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA THE SPECTACULAR KINGSTON PRODIGIOUS Sascha Goetzel, Conductor VIRTUOSO Blake Pouliot, Violin CLASSICAL, SOUL, LEONID NEDIAK WED, NOV 13, 2019 at 7:30 PM TUES, OCT 29, 2019 at 7:30 PM AND JAZZ VIRTUOSO PIANIST EXTRAVAGANZA CHAMBER MUSIC YEFIM BRONFMAN AT THE ISABEL VIRTUOSITY SAT, NOV 23, 2019 at 7:30 PM FINE ARTS QUARTET and 390 KING STREET WEST, KINGSTON ON STEWART GOODYEAR, PIANO VIRTUOSO JAZZ THURS, NOV 7, 2019 at 7:30 PM BRANFORD MARSALIS Branford Marsalis Quartet BUY A FESTIVAL SPIRIT & SOUL FRI, MAR 6, 2020 at 7:30 PM PASS AND MEASHA BRUEGGERGOSMAN SAVE! 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Liganor italienne de La Scène Musicale. / LA SCENA ADVERTISING MUSICALE, published 7 times per year, is Adrian Sterling, Dino Spaziani dedicated to the promotion of classical and jazz music. Each edition contains articles 6 NOVEMBER 2019 sm25-3_EN_p07_ADS_cedars_missisaugua_LMMC_V2_sm23-5_BI_pXX 2019-10-30 5:18 AM Page 1 Symphonie des Cèdres pour ‘La Cloche’ Cedars Symphony for ‘The Bell’ DIMANCHE/SUNDAY NOVEMBRE 17NOVEMBER 2019 16H/4PM L’Église St. Andrew & St. Paul Church 3415, rue Redpath, Montréal, QC H3G 2G2 Entrée Sherbrooke Entrance par l’Orchestre/by the Orchestra Mettant en vedette/Featuring Stéphane Té*+eault chef d’orchestre/conductor violoncelliste/cellist Gilles Aug3+ Un concert au bénéfice du Fonds ‘La cloche’ qui fournit « La Trousse Réconfort » à chaque nouveau patient diagnostiqué au CUSM. A Concert benefitting ‘The Bell’ Fund, which provides ‘Comfort Kits’ to every newly diagnosed cancer patient at the MUHC.