The WSO presents world premieres of wet ink orchestral works by six emerging Canadian composers, alongside the winner of the CMC Prairie Region Emerging Composer Competition, Scott Ross-Molyneux. Now in its third year, the WNMF…
Two of Canada’s most exciting young ensembles – classical string band collectif9 and percussion quartet Architek – make their WNMF debuts, coming from Montreal to co-present the Manitoba premiere of My Backyard, Somewhere. The text,…
In this watershed edition of WNMF, the festival’s founder and WSO Conductor Laureate Bramwell Tovey returns to Winnipeg to lead the orchestra in a massive program that clearly bears his artistic stamp. One of the…
WNMF 2019 opens with a characteristically unique event, held in a custom-designed ice amphitheater situated in The Forks on the frozen Assiniboine River. A collaboration with architect Peter Hargraves (Warming Huts), this newly created space…
The WSO’s new Music Director Daniel Raiskin takes the podium in his first full WNMF program, giving Winnipeg a taste of his wide-ranging musical vision. A noted advocate of contemporary music, Maestro Raiskin is joined…
Instrumental progressive metal – not a musical style that typically makes it onto the Billboard charts (three albums in a row), and even less something you’d expect to find at a contemporary classical music festival.…
The WSO presents world premieres of wet ink orchestral works by six emerging Canadian composers, alongside the winner of the CMC Prairie Region Emerging Composer Competition, Scott Ross-Molyneux. Now in its third year, the WNMF…
Two of Canada’s most exciting young ensembles – classical string band collectif9 and percussion quartet Architek – make their WNMF debuts, coming from Montreal to co-present the Manitoba premiere of My Backyard, Somewhere. The text,…
In this watershed edition of WNMF, the festival’s founder and WSO Conductor Laureate Bramwell Tovey returns to Winnipeg to lead the orchestra in a massive program that clearly bears his artistic stamp. One of the…
WNMF 2019 opens with a characteristically unique event, held in a custom-designed ice amphitheater situated in The Forks on the frozen Assiniboine River. A collaboration with architect Peter Hargraves (Warming Huts), this newly created space…
Mix a bit of yodeling with Tuvan throat singing, add in a pinch of Sardinian cantu a tenore, fold in compositions from cutting-edge composers, and you have the ground-breaking vocal octet Roomful of Teeth. Formed…
The WSO’s new Music Director Daniel Raiskin takes the podium in his first full WNMF program, giving Winnipeg a taste of his wide-ranging musical vision. A noted advocate of contemporary music, Maestro Raiskin is joined…
