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Bruce A. Russell

Bruce A. Russell aka El Mahboob is a Toronto-based composer, pianist, father of three; and wrote in Musicworks about the Sabat/Clarke duo and their recording of Feldman’s Complete Music for Violin & Piano on Mode.
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Anaïs Maviel--Photo courtesy www.anaismaviel.bandcamp.com

5 Questions to Anaïs Maviel (cross-disciplinary artist)

Anaïs Maviel is a creator with a unique perspective who unites several disciplines compellingly. A v...
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Bruce A. Russell
Vivian Fung--Photo by Charles Boudreau

5 Questions to Vivian Fung (composer)

Vivian Fung has attained the kind of success that is the result of a strong, not easily confined mus...
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Bruce A. Russell
Errollyn Wallen--Photo by Azzura Primavera

5 Questions to Errollyn Wallen (composer, performer)

Equally recognized as a singer-songwriter and a contemporary classical composer, Errollyn Wallen is...
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Bruce A. Russell
Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov

5 Questions to Niloufar Talebi and Aleksandra Vrebalov about Abraham in Flames

Niloufar Talebi is an author, librettist, widely published writer, and translator, with several awar...
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Bruce A. Russell
Continuum--Photo by Nicola Betts

Toronto Celebrates New Music with Sixth Annual 21C Music Festival

From January 16-20, 2019, the sixth annual 21C Music Festival found Toronto in the grip of an extrem...
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Bruce A. Russell
Bushra El-Turk--Photo courtesy www.bushraelturk.com

5 Questions to Bushra El-Turk (composer)

In her work, composer Bushra El-Turk blurs boundaries of several kinds: between cultures, discipline...
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Bruce A. Russell
Christina Petrowska Quilico

5 Questions to Christina Petrowska Quilico (pianist)

Christina Petrowska Quilico has a career that is unparalleled among Canadian pianists. She has long...
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Bruce A. Russell
Susanna Malkki

5 Questions to Susanna Mälkki (Principal Guest Conductor, LA Phil)

Susanna Mälkki is a Finnish conductor at the forefront of the international symphonic world, who is...
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Bruce A. Russell
Sophia Subbaya Vastek

5 Questions to Sophia Subbayya Vastek (pianist, multidisciplinary artist)

Sophia Subbayya Vastek is a pianist and multidisciplinary artist who has performed in South Africa,...
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Bruce A. Russell
Layale Chaker

5 Questions to Layale Chaker (composer, violinist)

Layale Chaker has appeared as a soloist, performer, improviser and composer in Europe, the Middle Ea...
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Bruce A. Russell
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5 Questions to Eunbi Kim (pianist, entrepreneur)

New York City-based Eunbi Kim is a virtuoso pianist and genre-defying creator and performer. Her 201...
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Bruce A. Russell
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5 Questions to Alan Pierson (Artistic Director, Alarm Will Sound)

Conductor and pianist Alan Pierson is the artistic director of Alarm Will Sound, a 20-member ensembl...
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Bruce A. Russell
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Taktus Dazzles with Glass Houses for Marimba

The late Ann Southam (1937-2010) is an iconic figure in Canadian composition, and the solo piano cyc...
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Bruce A. Russell
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Taktus Raise Their Mallets for Ann Southam

On Friday, July 17, 2015, percussion duo Taktus hosted the launch of their CD Glass Houses for Marim...
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Bruce A. Russell
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An Evening with Barrière and Saariaho

Billed by Soundstreams as an “intimate concert plus a discussion,” this was a rare opportunity to wa...
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Bruce A. Russell
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Flux Quartet Delivers a Reference Recording of Feldman’s String Quartet No. 1

The FLUX Quartet have masterfully laid claim to the complete string quartets of Morton Feldman, beco...
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Bruce A. Russell
Marc-André Hamelin - Photo by Sim Canetty-Clarke

Marc-André Hamelin performs Feldman’s For Bunita Marcus

On Sunday afternoon, May 25, 2014, celebrated pianist-composer Marc-André Hamelin performed Morton F...
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Bruce A. Russell

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