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Mozart, Beethoven, and dad: Conductor Boris Brott, NACO, pay tribute to composer father After more than 50 years as a conductor, Boris Brott knows his way around Mozart and Beethoven, two of the composers to be heard when the National Arts Centre Orchestra performs at Dominion-Chalmers Church July 5. View article here.

ARTHUR KAPTAINIS, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE More from Arthur Kaptainis, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: April 13, 2015 Last Updated: April 13, 2015 5:45 PM EDT Pollack Hall has turned 40: not so old, although it is hard for many of us to remember a music scene without it. Alexis Hauser and the McGill …

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Festival Music de Chambre Montreal Presents: Singing Strings! This special concert is part of the Festival’s Israel Connection. The evening pays tribute to Alexander Brott (1915 – 2005), Canadian composer, conductor, violinist and pedagogue. The Ariel Quartet, a brilliant young ensemble from Israel, performs as soloists in Alexander Brott’s Ritual (1942). They join a string …

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Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Brott – conductor, violinist, teacher, composer, composer, composer, composer. Not necessarily in that order. I thought I should make that point right away. For all his dedication to the first three roles and a certain redoubtable presence in the machinations of 20th-century musical Montreal, Brott will …

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McGill Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Pollack Hall.  Join us for this amazing event.