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Ludwig Van is an independent digital news media website supported by its audience and sponsors. Our primary focus is on arts coverage, including news reporting

and criticism. We are tasked with keeping Canada’s arts community accountable, and critiquing both emerging and established artists and arts productions. That said, but are not above having fun once in a while.

The Ontario Cross-Cultural Music Society Symphony Orchestra and The Canadian Chinese Orchestra are getting together for ...
06/23/2026

The Ontario Cross-Cultural Music Society Symphony Orchestra and The Canadian Chinese Orchestra are getting together for a concert on June 17 Ontario Cross-Cultural Music Society Canadian Chinese Orchestra

The Ontario Cross-Cultural Music Society Symphony Orchestra and The Canadian Chinese Orchestra are getting together for a concert on June 27.

Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto is a compilation of tracks from composers working in the fields of ambient, neocla...
06/23/2026

Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto is a compilation of tracks from composers working in the fields of ambient, neoclassical, and electronic music - it dropped June 19, 2026, and there’s an album release party you can attend on June 25 Imaginary North

Lake Effect: Quiet Music From Toronto is a compilation of tracks from composers working in the fields of ambient, neoclassical, and electronic music.

Norm Foster’s plays are celebrated at The Foster Festival in St. Catharines - Paula Citron reviews the world premiere of...
06/23/2026

Norm Foster’s plays are celebrated at The Foster Festival in St. Catharines - Paula Citron reviews the world premiere of The Bean The Foster Festival

Watching The Bean, I found myself wishing for a different ending, yet knowing that playwright Norm Foster had chosen exactly the right one.

Cultureland Opera Collective presented The 3rd Space, a concert event that used opera to explore themes of migration, wa...
06/22/2026

Cultureland Opera Collective presented The 3rd Space, a concert event that used opera to explore themes of migration, war, longing, loss, and transformation Tapestry Opera

Cultureland Opera Collective presented The 3rd Space, a concert event that used opera to explore themes of migration, war, longing, loss, and transformation.

Laugh out loud gags and an uber-talented cast create a must-see show in Stratford Festival's remount of Something Rotten...
06/22/2026

Laugh out loud gags and an uber-talented cast create a must-see show in Stratford Festival's remount of Something Rotten! Stratford Festival

Laugh out loud gags and an uber-talented cast create a must-see show in Stratford Festival's remount of Something Rotten!

A jazz legend, a children’s chorus, misunderstood classical repertoire, and comedy operetta - it’s all in Critic’s Picks...
06/22/2026

A jazz legend, a children’s chorus, misunderstood classical repertoire, and comedy operetta - it’s all in Critic’s Picks this week Toronto Children's Chorus Koerner Hall Toronto City Opera

Classical music and opera events in Toronto for the week of June 22 to 28, 2026.

Andrew Loe — med student and violist — talks about forming the Canadian Doctor’s Orchestra h
06/19/2026

Andrew Loe — med student and violist — talks about forming the Canadian Doctor’s Orchestra h

Andrew Loe, a student in UBC’s Island Medical Program based in Victoria, is putting together the Canadian Doctors Orchestra in what seems to be a first for this country.

An exciting new season in 2026/27 with The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, including the addition  of the three artists...
06/19/2026

An exciting new season in 2026/27 with The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, including the addition of the three artists making up the inaugural cohort of the Conducting Fellowship Program, along with guest artists such as pianists Marc-André Hamelin and Jean Phillippe Sylvestre, violinist Jessica Linnebach, and cellist Rachel Mercer, artists from the Bayerische Staatsoper Opera Studio, and iconic Canadian fiddler Natalie McMaster Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra

For 2026/27, the Hamilton Philharmonic is looking forward to the expansion of its Centre for Musical Leadership initiative, and a roster of Canadian and international guest artists.

LV caught up with cellist Sabina Sandvoss and violist Davin Mar, First and Second Prize Winners respectively of the Mich...
06/18/2026

LV caught up with cellist Sabina Sandvoss and violist Davin Mar, First and Second Prize Winners respectively of the Michael Measures Prizes, just before the National Youth Orchestra of Canada kicks off their 2026 Canadiana Tour on July 18 in Toronto NYO Canada

We spoke with Michael Measures Prize winners Sabina Sandvoss and Davin Mar before The National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada) tour kicks off July 18 in Toronto.

Paranormal Activity, based on the movie series and playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, is full of genuinely scary thr...
06/18/2026

Paranormal Activity, based on the movie series and playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, is full of genuinely scary thrills and chills - LV reviews Mirvish Productions

Paranormal Activity, based on the movie series and playing at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, is full of genuinely scary thrills and chills.

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