Since it began in 2010, Music and Beyond has been making headlines for its ability to highlight exciting connections between classical music and other art forms. Take a look back at some of the exciting concerts and events presented by Music and Beyond!
Hooshyar Khayam says it was pure chance that when he left Tehran, the capital of Iran, in early 2020, he relocated to Ottawa. Now he’s looking to stay…
With 70 concerts on its bill between July 4 and 17, the Music and Beyond festival is back at last with its first full-length live edition since 2019…
On July 4, Ziegler will host the Opening Gala: Homage to Piazzolla concert for his third Music and Beyond season. It’s his first time as the festival’s gala performer, and his first time back since…
In the last two years, Cree composer and playwright Tomson Highway has published two books, recorded his newest album Cree Country, won the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic…
Jordi Savall likens the pioneering musical work that he did more than five decades ago to the efforts of an archeologist or even a spy. Then, the now 81-year-old Spaniard visited Europe’s great…
Roughly four decades ago and a few years before he burst onto the global jazz scene, Marcus Roberts, then a music student at Florida State University, asked Count Basie how he had become…
In a city of major music festivals like Jazz Fest and Bluesfest, sometimes the larger players take up the headlines. But in a city known to attract big artists in the summer, Music and Beyond…
The festival features more than 50 concerts, predominantly in six Ottawa churches but in Orléans, the University of Ottawa’s and elsewhere…
A multidisciplinary finance leader, William holds degrees from Toronto Metropolitan (BComm Hons), the Royal Conservatory (LRCM), Western (MMus), and Ottawa (MBA) where he served as President, Graduate Student Association. He has worked for such companies as TD Bank Group, Schneider Electric, and Yamaha. With a passion for the Chinese-Canadian community, he was the 3rd prize winner at the 2020 International ‘Chinese Bridge’ Mandarin language Proficiency Competition. William seeks to apply accounting oversight to furthering the effectiveness of Music & Beyond as Canada’s preeminent summer classical music festival.
