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Marc Wieser

Marc Wieser

Marc Wieser is a pianist-musicologist based in Montreal. Specialising in chamber music and vocal repertoire, Marc undertook PhD studies at McGill University, and has presented and performed throughout North America and Europe. Marc is currently the Project Coordinator for the Azrieli Music Project at the Azrieli Foundation, Canada.

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Sublime Beethoven in Angela Cheng’s "Soirée viennoise"

By Marc Wieser, 20 May 2014

Angela Cheng’s recital featured a potentially intimidating quartet of sonatas by the Viennese masters, but under her hands the music was anything but intimidating.

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Sublime Beethoven in Angela Cheng’s "Soirée viennoise"

Sumptuous Turandot wants romantic chemistry at Opéra de Montréal

By Marc Wieser, 17 May 2014

Opéra de Montréal’s sumptuous production of Turandot at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier is a grand spectacle in every sense, but misses on some of the finer details.

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Sumptuous Turandot wants romantic chemistry at Opéra de Montréal

Ravel and Liszt Uneven Partners in André Laplante Recital

By Marc Wieser, 13 May 2014

Contrasts dominated in André Laplante’s recital for the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, some coming off to great effect, and others less so.

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Ravel and Liszt Uneven Partners in André Laplante Recital

Yuja Wang sails through Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 3

By Marc Wieser, 26 April 2014

Yuja Wang has the virtuosity for Rachmaninov in spades and stamina to spare, but her technically brilliant performance raised the question of whether it all wasn’t a little too easy.

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Yuja Wang sails through Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 3

Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben steals the show: Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Montreal

By Marc Wieser, 08 April 2014

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra led by Peter Oundjian performed at Montreal’s Maison Symphonique in a well-executed and altogether comfortable programme which nonetheless failed to challenge any notion of orchestral status-quo.

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Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben steals the show: Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Montreal

Hollywood in Montreal: Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic

By Marc Wieser, 20 March 2014

The Los Angeles Philharmonic marks its first visit to Montreal since the heady days of Expo ’67 for Corigliano and Tchaikovsky.

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Hollywood in Montreal: Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic

It takes two to tango: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in Montreal

By Marc Wieser, 19 March 2014

Considering the sheer wattage of Yo-Yo Ma’s name, it was not his playing alone that stole the show; rather, the magic of this performance existed in the act of collaboration between two artists.

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It takes two to tango: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in Montreal

Effect over Substance in Natalie Dessay's Montreal art song recital

By Marc Wieser, 01 March 2014

Natalie Dessay’s recital at the Maison Symphonique last night should have been an art song lover’s dream come true. Instead the audience was treated to a bizarre spectacle of over-expression and under-singing.

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Effect over Substance in Natalie Dessay's Montreal art song recital

Louis Lortie scales the heights of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage

By Marc Wieser, 02 February 2014

What cathartic release to revel in three hours of a complete performance of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage, the house lights of Montreal’s Maison Symphonique fully dimmed, a charismatic virtuoso on stage in the person of the indomitable Louis Lortie.

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Louis Lortie: Années de pèlerinage in Montreal

Beethoven's “lesser” symphonies with the OSM and Nagano

By Marc Wieser, 09 January 2014

The OSM opened their 2014 offering with an evening of Beethoven. Kent Nagano was at the helm with pianist Radu Lupu as the soloist in the Fourth Piano Concerto.

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OSM and Kent Nagano play Beethoven

The Met in HD: Manon, 2012

By Marc Wieser, 19 December 2013

Read our review of Laurent Pelly's production of Massenet's Manon in its 2012 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

The Met in HD: Manon, 2012

Jan Lisiecki plays Schumann with Kazushi Ono and the OSM

By Marc Wieser, 28 November 2013

Every city has its favourites, and Jan Lisiecki is Montreal’s darling. There was a sense of proprietary pride in the audience as he strode across the stage at the Maison Symphonique, to join Kazushi Ono and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

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OSM with Ono and Jan Lisiecki