Congratulations to the new director of the Bach Society, Matthias Maute! Maute won the JUNO Award—the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy—for Best Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral Performance) for Gloria! Vivaldi”s Angels on the Analekta label.
Eva Beneke was asked to join the board of directors of the Bach Society in September of 2016.
Spanish mezzo-soprano Nerea Berraondo and German guitarist Eva Beneke met through mutual musical friends, and began exploring the Spanish voice/guitar repertoire. As a result of this collaboration and the critical acclaim they received so far, the duo has been signed by the acclaimed NAXOS label to undertake a complete recording of Fernando Sor´s repertoire for voice and guitar. This album, to be released in 2017, will include Sor ́s famous Seguidillas, along with some lesser known songs, Lied and Sor´s own Arrangements of Mozart’s Don Giovanni Arias, along with other yet to be discovered treasures.
