Jan Lisiecki – Artist Profile
Just 22, Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has won acclaim for his extraordinary interpretive maturity, distinctive sound, and poetic sensibility. The New York Times has called him “a pianist who makes…
NACO’s I Lost My Talk
I Lost My Talk is based on the poem by Mi’kmaw elder and poet Rita Joe, C.M. Rita Joe penned her poem to express not only the pain and suffering…
Introducing Janna Sailor
Janna Sailor returns home to Saskatchewan to make her conducting debut with the SSO in the opening night of our Pops Series, Stardust – the music of David Bowie. Conductor…
The Return of James Ehnes
There has always been something special about the way James Ehnes plays the violin. The clarity of sound, the elegant phrasing, and his heightened attention to detail have made…
Dvorak’s 8th Symphony
Dvořák kept the typical format of a symphony in four movements, but structured them in an unusual way. All movements show a remarkable variety of themes, many of them based…
The State of the SSO
Each fall as we’re getting ready to launch a new season, I get to take some time to look back at the past year and reflect on the “state of…
What does being Canadian mean to you?
If you weren’t born Canadian, would you chose to be? Over the last few years we’ve taken Canadian new music very seriously – concertos, symphonies, chamber music, and brand new…