With his drop-dead handsome looks, elegant attire and superb musicianship, Miloš Karadaglić is accomplishing what no other guitarist before him has done: inflame the passions of both classical and pop music fans with a repertoire that spans the ages.

The Victoria Symphony’s final subscription concerts of the current season will feature violin virtuoso James Ehnes with a performance of Sibelius’ famed Violin Concerto, the most frequently recorded and performed concerto for the violin composed in the 20th century. The concert also features the world premiere of the first two movements of Michael Oesterle’s New World: Of Hope and Refuge.

The doubtful history of crossover albums makes the new Josh Groban, ‘All That Echoes’ one of the most successful and enjoyable releases of the past few years, certainly in its genre. Groban is in magnificent vocal form here.

When ‘Classical Barbra’ was released in 1976, it was greeted with acclaim by such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein and Glenn Gould, Most Streisand fans were bored by it, but a different view prevails today, particularly in these quarters, where we regard this work as an unqualified triumph.

Jesse Cook and his band wowed a packed house at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver BC last night, December 16, 2012. He has played this city many times, and always to a devoted and enthusiastic crowd, but never more so than this time around.

Lindsey Stirling,the dubstep violinist/dancer extraordinaire delighted hundreds of fans in a sold-out concert appearance at the Rio Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia last night (November 17, 2012).