Tag Archives: Peter Oundjian

Alicia Weilerstein Enriches the Opening of Oundjian’s 10th Season with the TSO: a review by Stanley Fefferman

September 18. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. Peter Oundjian chose to open his 10th season as Musical Director of the Toronto Symphony with a work he characterized as “ebullient,” and, truth be told, under Maestro Oundjian’s baton, it bubbled like a … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews TSO New Creations A TORONTO SYMPHONY

March 9, 2013. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. The TSO’s ninth New Creations Festival climaxed before a full house with the world premiere of A Toronto Symphony— a crowd-sourced collaboration of composer Tod Machover and “anyone in Toronto who wanted to … Continue reading

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Stanley Fefferman reviews the TSO’s New Creations Festival: ARCADIAC

March 2, 2013. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. Opening night of the Toronto Symphony’s ninth New Creations Festival. TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian has been successful in building an audience for contemporary music to almost a full house in this city … Continue reading

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Yo-Yo Ma’s Elgar @ TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

May 31, 2012. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto Was it a miracle of programming that three unrelated compositions seemed to share a melancholy, Romantic family resemblance, or was it due to the power of the master-artist  in the house, cellist Yo-Yo … Continue reading

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Itzhak Perlman and the TSO’s Beethoven Violin Concerto reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

April 25, 2012. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto An explosion of brass in waltz-time opened the evening into a Russian grand ballroom, the festive  atmosphere darkened by insidious currents of paranoia. Selections from Aram Khachaturian’s Suite from Masquerade and Spartacus (1944) … Continue reading

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Orion: TSO New Creations Festival Closing Concert reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

March 7, 2012. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. To judge by the size and enthusiasm of audiences, this TSO New Creations Festival curated by composer-conductor Peter Eötvös has been a SMASH. Eötvös conducted two of his own compositions in this final … Continue reading

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