TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NEGOTIATES NEW THREE-YEAR DEAL
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra has avoided the stormy labour waters that many other orchestras have fallen into. The TSO has successfully negotiated a three-year contract with its musicians – that...
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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra closes out the Toronto Summer Music Festival tonight. The TSO plays Koerner Hall for the first time in a sold-out performance that will include music by Ralph Vaughan...
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TSO SAGA OVER UKRAINIAN PIANIST LISITSA TAKES A TWIST AS FILL IN PIANIST...
There is a new twist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s handling of controversial Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa. The Toronto pianist who was scheduled to fill in for Lisitsa has decided not...
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LONGEST-SERVING TSO CONCERTMASTER DIES, JACQUES ISRAELIEVITCH WAS 67
He enjoyed an esteemed international career as a soloist, conductor and teacher. Violinist Jacques Israelievitch died yesterday in Toronto at the age of 67. Israelievitch had the distinction of being...
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JEFF MELANSON AND TSO PART WAYS
The head of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has resigned. Jeff Melanson and the TSO mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately. Board member Sonia Baxendale has agreed to take on the role of...
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TSO TEAMS UP WITH CANADIAN POP PRINCESS
Canadian pop Princess Carly Rae Jepsen is teaming up again with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only concert in conjunction with the Canada 150 celebrations. The two sides hope to repeat...
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TRUMPET MASTER JOHNNY COWELL DIES
One of the greatest trumpet players Canada, and indeed the world, has ever produced has died. Johnny Cowell was a long time member of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Johnny Cowell was born in London,...
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QUARTETTO GELATO’S SEVASTIAN DIES AT 41
A member of Canada’s classical crossover quartet, Toronto based Quartetto Gelato, died suddenly over the weekend after a performance in Mexico. Alexander Sevastian was the group’s accordionist....
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MENDELSSOHN CHOIR PARTS WAYS WITH EDISON
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Board of Directors has received and accepted the resignation of artistic director Noel Edison. In February the Mendelssohn Board, along with the Board of the Elora...
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MEET THE TSO’S NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Arts administrator, musician and teacher Matthew Loden has been named the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s new Chief Executive Officer. Loden succeeds Gary Hanson who’s been the interim CEO for the past...
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COC AND TSO LOSE CITY MONEY OVER DIVERSITY GUIDELINES
Toronto City Council has clawed back $150,000 in funding for the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra amid diversity concerns. Councillors have voted to cut $100-thousand dollar...
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FALLIS NAMED INTERIM HEAD OF THE TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR
Acclaimed conductor David Fallis has been named Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s Interim Conductor and Artistic Advisor for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. The choir’s executive director says Fallis brings...
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GUSTAVO GIMENO IS NEW TSO MUSIC DIRECTOR
It’s a thrilling day for The Toronto Symphony Orchestra. After a long and exhaustive search the TSO has announced that Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno will become the orchestra’s 11th Music Director...
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TSO RECEIVES $10 MILLION DONATION
Smiles, hand shakes and fist bumps at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra last night after it received a ten million dollar donation, the largest single donation in the TSO’s history. The CEO of the...
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TSO REMOTE AND IN TIME
You may have caught the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s You Tube post on the weekend that featured a number of members playing an excerpt from Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. What’s especially...
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