The Toronto Symphony, flush with cash, has appointed Yolanda Bruno and Clare Semes as associate concertmasters. Both have been promoted from tutti violins. Luri Lee becomes assistant principal second violin and Kun Yan is associate principal second violin.
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(TORONTO, ON) Acclaimed Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang, the Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, returns to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the first time since 2009. She will lead Principal Flute Kelly Zimba Lukić in Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s masterful showcase for the instrument’s many shades and a shining example of one of the most distinct and remarkable voices in turn-of-the-20th-century music. Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message considers how humankind communicates what really matters, using the first message sent into space as a point of departure. Boundless energy exudes from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
15 virtual events for New Year s Eve 2021 in Toronto
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New Year’s Eve will be different this year in Toronto. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have a blast ringing in 2021 from home. Tune into a streamed concert, try an online cooking class or clear the furniture and join a dance party right from your living room.
Here are virtual events for New Year’s Eve 2021.
Live holiday concerts and awkward office parties are out this year but that doesn’t mean the season has to be joyless. Some of the city’s holiday favourites and a few newer events have gone virtual this year for cozy at-home streaming. Here’s how to indulge in the festivities this season while you’re stuck at home.
A sing-along classic
1For more than three decades, Tafelmusik has performed Handel’s famous
Messiah in an interactive sing-along rendition led by founding director Ivars Taurins. This year, it’s streaming a performance of Sing-Along
Messiah, recorded in 2010 at Koerner Hall, for free. To December 26, YouTube.