Celebrating Canadian Musicians Part II
on Art & Fine Living with Jona,
August 29,31 - 2010

This week's program focuses on some of Canada's celebrated classical musicians (Part II), with special mention of conductor/cellist Yuli Turovsky, founder and musical director of I Musici de Montreal, who was recently named Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Quebec. Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts and pianist/composer Dmitri Levkovich are also featured on the show, along with an extensive SPOTLIGHT segment of season launches by many of our Montreal presenters and venues.

Spotlight: Les Violons du Roy, LMMC, Orchestre Metropolitain, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Centaur Theatre, L'Opera de Montreal, Segal Theatre, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The McCord Museum, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Pro Musica

Artist Endorsements: Ben Heppner, Kevin Mason, Lori Laitman, Andre Menard, Daniel Sutin, Peter Quanz, Imani Gonzales

Music: Susan Platts (Pianist Rena Sharon: Frauenliebe und Leben - Lieder - Atma); Yuli Turovsky (Cello from Haydn to Bernstein - Analekta); Opera 2008 (EMI); John Scofield (Piety Street - Emarcy); Dmitri Levkovich (Fantasia - Demo)

Find Art & Fine Living with Jona on 1650 AM in Montreal, and live stream on our website at www.radio-shalom.ca.

Art & Fine Living with Jona airs on 1650 AM in Montreal, and live stream on our website at www.radio-shalom.ca.

Art & Fine Living with Jona is the brainchild of Montreal radio host and producer, Jona Rapoport, who has contributed to Radio Shalom for over a decade. It is a veritable showcase of some of the world’s renowned and emerging talents in music, theatre, cinema, dance, literature, visual and performing arts.

The show has been lauded as a unique platform which supports the arts through insightful interviews, cultural news, coverage of upscale lifestyle trends and presentation of new releases in classical music and jazz.

Art & Fine Living with Jona is the proud media partner of L’Opera de Montreal and The Centaur Theatre Company.

Jona Rapoport is also an artist manager and publicist who represents acclaimed American composer Lori Laitman.

Art & Fine Living with Jona has been endorsed by some of Canada's leading cultural institutions and presenters, among them Celebritas, The Centaur Theatre Company, The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, The Opera de Montreal, The Montreal Bach Festival, The Orford Festival, I Musici Chamber Orchestra, Show One Productions and many others.

Guests who appeared on Art & Fine Living with Jona include, among many others, Nikki Yanofsky, the prolific piano virtuoso Lang Lang, Director Gordon McCall, Orford Artistic Director Davis Joachim, Festival Lanaudiere Artistic Director Alex Benjamin, Choreographer Joyce Morgenroth, Jazz vocalist Susie Arioli, Montreal International Jazz Festival Programming Director, Caroline Johnson, Violinist Alexandre da Costa, Playwright Vittorio Rossi, Singer Sean Lennon, Soprano Marie-Josee Lord, Violinist Gil Shaham, Actor/Director Maurice Podbrey, Pianist Elena Bashkirova, Soprano Natalie Dessay, Film director Mike Newell, Cellist/Conductor Yuli Turovsky, Vocalist Nikki Yanofsky, Poet David Mason,Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Ritz Chef Paul Little, Actress Caroline Cave, Saxophonist Walter Blanding, Choreographer Peter Quanz, Director Bryna Wasserman, Conductor Yoav Talmi, Saxophonist Bill Prouten, Opera Atelier director, Chantal Lambert, Conductor Jacques Lacombe, Grand Ballets Alain Dancyger, Composer Lori Laitman, Violinist Jonathan Crow, Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Playwright Daniel Lillford, Comedy duo Bowser & Blue, Bassist Alain Caron, Bass Denis Sedov, Soprano Suzie Leblanc, Recital series director Richard Turp, Dancer Callie Robinson, Choreographer Stijn Celis, Director Peter Hinton, Violinist James Ehnes, Choreographer Shen Wei, Tenor Richard Margison, Photographer Varda Pollak-Sahm, Choreographer Ohad Naharin, Composer Ofer Ben-Amots, Director Roy Surette, Pianist Simon Tedeschi, Tenor Marc Hervieux, Composer Ofer Ben-Amots, Film Producer George Weiss, Cellist Denise Djokic, Dancer/Choreographer Margie Gillis, Conductor Bernard Labadie, Jazz Vocalist Sophie Milman, Artist Boaz Kaizman, Tenor Ben Heppner and dozens of other fine artists.











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