Sara Davis Buechner Saturday, November 17, 7pm Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts 6199 Chebucto Road $10-$35 ceciliaconcerts.ca Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is ready to give Halifax concertgoers a recital they won’t soon forget. An acclaimed musician who’s seen her share of personal and professional struggles as a transgender individual, it’s a […]
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Afraaz Mulji: Piano prodigy
Worlds Apart: Afraaz Mulji Saturday, June 17 at 7pm Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 Chebucto Road $25 ceciliaconcerts.ca If it makes noise, chances are Afraaz Mulji can play it. Now 18, the Tanzanian-born musician took up the tabla (a type of Indian drum) at age three. These days, he focuses on percussion as well […]
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Cecilia Concerts launches its upcoming season
Cecilia Concerts has announced its 2017/18 season, and it’s music to our ears. The season kicks off in September with clarinetist Dominic Desautels, Cecilia’s musician-in-residence for the year. In addition to homegrown talent, music fans can get a taste of Belgium later in the fall through the Psallentes ensembles and cello octect Ô-Celli. Things wrap up […]
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Classical Yas
Yas Quartet Sunday, March 26, 7pm Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts 6199 Chebucto Road $10-$30 ceciliaconcerts.ca Yas Quartet has been making waves. The international string group is fresh off a third-place win at the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China. Made up of violinists John Heffernan and Artem Kolesov, cellist Titilayo Ayangade (who has […]
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Laxmi Adhikari’s sweet harmonium
Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaasen, Laxmi Adhikari Sunday, May 24, 4:30-6pm Common Roots Urban Farm free Before Laxmi Adhikari and his wife Raj Adhikari moved to Halifax in 2011 from Nepal, they had over three decades of playing music under their belts—Laxmi on the harmonium and Raj on the Madal drum—their son also performs music, but he’s […]