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INDUSTRY NEWS
by SHIRA GILBERT
» Quebec-born theatre, opera and film director and
theatrical producer ROBERT LEPAGE is the 10th Glenn
Gould Prize Laureate. The biennial prize is awarded to
a living individual for a unique lifetime contribution to
the arts and carries a $50,000 award. Lepage has
directed productions at the Metropolitan Opera, most
recently a controversial Ring Cycle, as well as for opera
houses in Japan, France, England, Spain and
Canada. His groundbreaking and influential productions,
which often fuse diverse media, are mostly staged
by his Quebec company, Ex-Machina. Nominated by the
general public and chosen by an international jury,
Lepage was described by Glenn Gould Foundation
Executive Director Brian Levine as an “inspired selection.”
Lepage will name a young artist of his own choosing
to receive The City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé
Prize, worth $15,000. Lepage and his protégé will receive
their awards at a gala ceremony in Toronto later this year.
Past Canadian laureates include LEONARD COHEN
(2011) and OSCAR PETERSON (1993).
» THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA has announced that
Israeli violinist and pedagogue YEHONATAN BERICK has
been appointed Professor of Violin at the University of
Ottawa School of Music beginning this summer. Berick
maintains a busy career as a soloist and recitalist and has
performed with the Quebec, Winnipeg, Haifa and
Jerusalem Symphonies, among others. He moves to
Ottawa after 11 years at the University of Michigan and 9
years at McGill University.
The NATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE
(NMC) has broken ground on its new
160,000-square-foot building in downtown
Calgary. Projected at a cost of
$150 million and with a scheduled
completion of 2015, the new Centre
will house the Canadian Music Hall of
Fame and the Canadian Country Music
Hall of Fame Collection. It will also
include performance spaces, recording
studios, broadcast facilities, the Rolling
Stones’ mobile recording studio, and
artist-in-residence programs. NMC currently
reaches more than 75,000 people
each year through its collections
and programs.
» Beginning in the 2013/14 season, ROBERT UCHIDA
becomes the new Concertmaster of the EDMONTON
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Uchida spent the last seven
seasons as Concertmaster for SYMPHONY NOVA SCOTIA.
Uchida has held prior posts as Associate Concertmaster
of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and as Guest
Concertmaster for the VANCOUVER SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, and the
Radio Chamber Philharmonic of the Netherlands.
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» Choisi par un comité de sélection à la suite d’une audition publique
en trois parties, JEAN-WILLY KUNZ est nommé organiste en résidence
à L’ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL. Durant la première
épreuve, Kunz a charmé le public avec une musique de son pays natal,
la France, dans un récital d’orgue de 30 minutes à l’église Saint-Jean-
Baptiste. Par la suite, à la Maison Symphonique, Kunz a accompagné
le premier violon Andrew Wan avec une basse continue imposée
d’une telle musicalité que le public a été enchanté. Pour la dernière
épreuve, l’organiste, le chef ainsi que les musiciens ont joué d’un
même souffle dans les deux pièces imposées. Kunz se démarque
comme un soliste et chambriste exceptionnel. - CHRISTINE LEE