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Grace Bumbry, Mezzo/Soprano. 1937 – 7th May 2023. Trail blazing opera star who sang in every International Opera house.
Soprano with a lustrous voice and a charismatic stage presence.
Menahem Pressler, 16th Dec.1923 – 6 May 2023. Brilliant pianist who just couldn’t retire.
A great teacher and a wonderful chamber musician.
Conrad Black.
Born again Canadian.
Harry Belafonte 1927- April 25th 2023. Honey voiced singer and outspoken activist.
Day-O. I did what I could.
Comedy Noire.
Belarus, the nuclear toy shop, first choice of autocrats.
Jerold Gerbrecht, 1935-March 25th 2023. Prominent Vancouver musician.
Established the VAM as a notable centre for music education in Canada.
Lynn Seymour,CBE, 8 March 1939 – 7 March 2023. Great dramatic Ballerina.
From Wainwright,Alberta, raised in Vancouver, on to London and World fame.
Ethics Commissioner calls for mandatory ethics training for all senior Liberals.
‘When you get in trouble and don’t know right from wrong, give a little whistle.’
George Zukerman, OC. OBC. 1927- 1st. Feb.2023. The mover and shaker for classical music in BC and beyond for seventy years.
Imaginative and indefatigable Bassoonist and Impresario.
Burt Bacharach 1928- 8th February2023. The composer who struck a gold seam and mined it for six decades.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 