Big thanks to Matt Galloway & The Current on CBC Radio for having me on this morning to talk about musicians who are blazing new paths by being fully themselves, incl. Mariachi Ghost, Cris Derksen, Lenka Lichtenberg & Mari Samuelsen 🎧: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Just read this feature by Garrett Schumann is a composer and am now very keen to hear Lusitano's music...feels like (yet another!) perfect candidate for the In Concert Revival Hour. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth nytimes.com/2023/01/05/art…

Excited to be celebrating the unique hybrid of sounds and sensibilities that we have out here on the Western edge of the continent right now on CBC Vancouver Tune in for some good vibes and 🔥 tunes cbc.ca/listen

80 years ago, Molly Applebaum was buried underground on a farm in Nazi-occupied Poland She kept a diary of her ordeal Today she’s 92, lives in TO, her words have been set to music by Payadora & will be aired on CBC Music 🙏 Paolo Pietropaolo Canada Council for the Arts cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Sitting here crying listening to Rachmaninoff again How does that work? no matter how many times I hear it... 🥹♥️

Very excited that Season 2 of our little sci-fi podcast, The Apocrypha Chronicles, starts releasing today with Episode 1 - set 31 years after the events of season 1: linktr.ee/renaissanceope… Featuring amazing work by musicians, actors and composers I’m humbled to work with!

Shocked and saddened today. Jocelyn's music was moving and beautiful and it made a real difference in the world, beyond the concert hall.💔

I've been absolutely shattered this week by the sudden accidental death of my dear dear friend and mentor, Chris Brookes, audio genius, wonderful human. Thank you to CBC Radio's Ideas for giving me the chance to write a few words about my friend. cbc.ca/radio/ideas/ch…

‘Radio is like a swimming pool…’ Today on Helluva Story, we pay tribute to master documentary maker Chris Brookes, listening to excerpts from some of his amazing docs & stories with longtime collaborator Paolo Pietropaolo. Listen CBC Radio or get our podcast now podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hel…

Somehow I'm planning to play Rod Stewart on my classical music radio programme on Sunday

If I see the words "has emerged as" or "foremost of their generation" one more time in a music bio I... I... I may have to shake my fist uselessly at a passing cloud

Wonderful news! Congratulations to Naomi Woo, Lady Conductor and to NYO Canada.

Music is the greatest drug

CBC Music's Paolo Pietropaolo (Paolo Pietropaolo) rounds up his favourite Canadian #classical albums of the year. Records from ARC Ensemble, Kerson Leong, Barbara Hannigan and others. cbc.ca/music/outstand…

Celebrating some of my favourite Canadian #classical albums of the year in this best-of list for CBC Music 🥁🥁🥁 Amazing music from ARC Ensemble Kerson Leong Barbara Hannigan Payadora Stéphane Tétreault Eliana Cuevas Taraf Syriana and others! cbc.ca/music/outstand…

Thanks to Matt Galloway and The Current on CBC Radio for having me on today to talk about why certain Christmas songs can unleash a flood of emotions, and share great 🎄songs by Jill Barber Reid Jamieson + CVM & Hawksley Workman Listen at the link 👇 cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

❄️❄️❄️Happy Winter Solstice to all. This season, may you find comfort and good cheer in the ways that you love best.❄️❄️❄️ And, if you feel like wintry soundtrack for this longest night, may I humbly propose my Winter Solstice special - available at cbc.ca/revival.

I can't stop listening to the music of Julius Eastman, over and over and over again on repeat

baseball/classical music analogy also, not a viola joke but a serious thought Are violists the catchers of the orchestra?