Maxim Emelyanychev takes The Sleeping Beauty back to its Baroque roots

Maxim Emelyanychev

Michael Sweeney, Maxim Emelyanychev and the Toronto Symphony

By Gianmarco Segato, 04 December 2023

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“the visceral thrill was undeniable”

Reviewed at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto on 1 December 2023

Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel: Overture

Mozetich, Concerto for Bassoon and Strings with Marimba

Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Suite (comp. Emelyanychev)

Michael Sweeney, Bassoon

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Maxim Emelyanychev, Conductor

The art of connection: the Toronto Symphony visits Vienna

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On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

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Toronto Symphony kicks off season with an effective double bill

John Gilks, 18th September

The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar.

****1

A satisfying melange of Classic and Caribbean with the Toronto SO

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Kristiina Poska makes a successful Toronto debut with solid Beethoven and some spicy Caribbean fireworks from Stewart Goodyear.

***11

Springtime in Toronto: touring programme needs some rethinking

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The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert, tipped for European touring next year, fails to convince.

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Music of the Spheres: stars align for Thomas Adès’ TSO debut

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Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

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John Adams trumps Trump in Toronto

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John Adams returns to Toronto to conduct the TSO in an exciting and varied programme marked also by the debut of Spotlight Artist Anna Prohaska.

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.