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Media Release For immediate release Banff International String Quartet Competition announces new collaboration with SMU Meadows School of the Arts Now valued at over $300,000, one of the richest prizes in chamber music just got richer with the addition of SMU’s Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence Prize BANFF, AB, December 12, 2018 – The Banff International...

Virginia Parker Prize Blake Pouliot The Virginia Parker Prize ($25,000) is awarded to a musician, instrumentalist or classical music conductor under the age of 32 who demonstrates outstanding talent, musicianship and artistic excellence and makes a valuable contribution to artistic life in Canada and internationally. Blake Pouliot—described by the Toronto Star as “one of those special talents that come along once in a lifetime”—is this year’s winner. Pouliot previously won the...

VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi Awarded 1st Prize at Hannover’s Joseph Joachim Competition October 26, 2018 24-year-old VC Young Artist Timothy Chooi from Canada has just minutes ago been awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition – in Hannover, Germany. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Ida Kavafian, and current post graduate student of Catherine Cho at The Juilliard School, Timothy is a former major...

Private concert in the home of Phyllis Lambert Save the date!   ​Are you planning ahead for your fall musical colours?  We are! According to Wikipedia, among the top three most popular classical music works is Vivaldi’s THE SEASONS.  It is with great delight that I announce the brilliant violinist and Festival artist Blake Pouliot will join violist, Barry Shiffman and cellist, Denis Brott, among others, will perform this ubiquitous masterwork in the home of philanthropist and...

FESTIVAL 2018 THANK YOU For Making this Year’s Festival Unforgettable!Concert reviews from you, our audience : “What a concert, a joy for the ears!” - D. Hébert“A very beautiful gift for life!” - L. Thériault Our season began in style with three sold-out concerts taking place in the beautiful Oval room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.  “Rendez-vous au Ritz !” brought together established artists with some of Montreal’s most gifted up-and-coming musicians for a delightful...