If you are a Calgarian involved with classical music in any way, you’ve probably heard of the dashing young Polish-Calgarian pianist Jan Lisiecki. At the young age of fifteen, he is already making a name for himself on the international stage as a musical sensation. Having performed as a soloist with world renowned orchestras like…
Friday and Saturday The Wonder of Chopin This weekend, celebrate one of Poland’s greatest musicians, Frédéric Chopin, with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and piano prodigy Jan Lisiecki. The young 15-year-old Calgarian will play Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 as the orchestra plays Saint-Saëns powerful Organ Symphony. For tickets, call 403-571-0849. Friday and Saturday Gender, Culture…
“Art is the focal point of all the great civilizations of the world. The spirit of the community is found in the arts.” When most of us think of Calgary, we think of the bustling roads that criss-cross our busy, oil-oriented city, and the wide rolling landscape of golden canola plants and wheat. But Calgary…
This Saturday, the EPCOR Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary. The centre had great performances from the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Alberta Ballet. They also spoke about their history. We got the tickets from Kids Up Front, an amazing charity with locations all across Canada that provide tickets to events to kids, giving them the opportunity…
Begins Friday Calgary International Film Festival More than 200 local, national and international films are featured during the 10 days of the Calgary International Film Festival. Be sure to check out the Youth by Youth Cinema Competition this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre, which includes 15 films by youth ranging in age…
(picture courtesy of http://appletravel.cn/news-10032.html) The Chinese Opera Festival was one of the performing arts highlights of the Calgary Chinatown Centennial celebration. With the unique collaboration of traditional BeiJing Opera artists and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jubilee Auditorium was filled with lively Eastern music. It was certainly a rare treat for Calgarians to see this…
With the ending of summer, lot of exciting arts and performances events are happening around Calgary in the upcoming weeks. A lot of them, like Artwalk, are free and open to public. Since they’re all located in places easy to get to by bus or train, go check them out and have some fun! 1) ARTWALK Sept.…