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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…
Measha sings what she wants
Don’t try and hem Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman into any one musical category — she bridges the worlds of classical, operatic, and popular music on a regular basis,…
CPO Assistant Principal Oboe David Sussman on playing Bach and the oboe d’amore
This week, David Sussman will get to perform on an instrument so uncommon, there are reportedly only half a dozen of them in the entire province. Sussman, the…
Liszt: The Roger Daltry of Early Music
Eun Sun KimPhoto by Nikolaj Lund Music is always radical. No matter what kind, be it classical, contemporary, blues, jazz, or pop, music takes us places words and…
Meet the Musician: Principal Bassoon Antoine St-Onge
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming ten new musicians this 2018/2019 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to…
Principal percussionist Josh Jones on cancer and concertos
Hikoi setup in Jack Singer Rehearsal Hall with Josh Jones Photo: Greg MacKay A little over a year ago, Josh Jones, Principal Percussionist of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO),…
Meet the Musician: Violinist Austin Hansen
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is welcoming ten new musicians this 2018/2019 Season. We’ll be introducing them to you with our “Meet the Musician” blog series. Follow along to…