Chris Walsh Walsh, a Brooklyn transplant, is calling this show The Right Mistake, which nails both the abstract nature of his canvases and the grid-like structure he often employs to keep his visual exuberance under control. Find out more »

Tchaikovsky and Lieberson The TSO is counting on the Russian composer’s thoroughly dramatic fourth symphony to draw an audience, but the real highlight of the program is the Canadian premiere of Peter Lieberson’s settings of poems by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Find out more »

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Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis formed this 15-member group from players in his own septet and surviving members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra—musicians who are steeped in the sound and traditions of the past century’s large ensembles. Find out more »

Sarah Brightman For decades, Brightman has been unleashing that famous three-octave voice of hers in every conceivable venue: at the Olympic Games, in opera, and now, on the second stop of her latest tour, at the Air Canada Centre. Find out more »

Tristan und Isolde Wagner transformed erotic longing into music for his epic story of a medieval Irish princess for the man who killed her betrothed. Find out more »

Angela Meade There is no more ravishing farewell than Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, completed in 1948, the year before he died. Find out more »

A Woman of No Importance A lady, a lord and their illegitimate offspring form the centre of this 1893 Oscar Wilde play. Find out more »

Buika Named by NPR as one of the world’s 50 great voices, this Spanish singer pays no heed to traditional musical boundaries, unleashing that wrap-around mantilla of a sound on flamenco, blues, jazz, Afro-Cuban and gypsy traditions. Find out more »

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Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 The sixth major work by the late-Romantic giant is sometimes called the “Tragic” symphony. Find out more »

Interior Design Show Some 300 exhibitors roll out their latest in the way of home decor porn, while the speakers series spotlights both home-grown luminaries (Douglas Coupland, Bonnie Brooks and Christiane Lemieux) and big-name imports. Find out more »

Human Rights Human Wrongs Ryerson’s new home for the world-famous Black Star photo collection kicks off a series of curated shows with an investigation into the impact of photojournalism on scenes of political struggle, suffering and violoence, from the end of World War II up to the Rwandan genocide. Find out more »

Mahler’s Symphony no. 6 The sixth major work by the late-Romantic giant is sometimes called the “Tragic” symphony. Find out more »

Marc-Andre Hamelin The Montreal-born pianist goes old school: works by Rachmaninov are the most modern on the program. Find out more »

Visions: Rhapsodies and Fantasias Pianist Christina Petrowska Quilico is the go-to gal if you want to premiere a new composition that requires both formidable technical skill and emotional sensitivity (Ann Southam and Helga Schmidt have written for her). Find out more »

Bacharachattack Burt Bacharach and his recently deceased lyricist, Hal David, may no longer be dominating the charts with their jazz-inflected pop tunes, but there’s always something there to remind us. Find out more »

Maples Blues Awards The Academy Awards of Canadian blues get chosen, in our nicely collaborative Canuck way, by fans across the country. Find out more »

Dance Ontario Dance Weekend The city’s biggest dance party celebrates its 2oth. Practitioners and partisans descend on Harbourfront for a peek at the best in ballet, bharatanatyam, jazz, contemporary, flamenco and breakdancing. Find out more »

The Body in Question The mutual admiration society formed by Toronto Dance Theatre’s artistic director, Christopher House, and American postmodern pioneer Deborah Hay—an acolyte of choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage—pays off handsomely for local audiences. Find out more »

All Mozart All the Time The TSO often devotes a good chunk of January to Mozart, who was born on the 27th of the month, 257 years ago. Find out more »

Shen Yun This New York–based dance company promotes traditional Chinese culture far from the reach of the Chinese government. Find out more »

The Walkmen and Father John Misty New York-based indie rock group The Walkmen are the headliners, and rightly so, but the more interesting act on this bill is the opener. Find out more »

The Penelopiad Nightwood Theatre’s smash success returns after last winter’s sold-out run. Find out more »

Chris Walsh Walsh, a Brooklyn transplant, is calling this show The Right Mistake, which nails both the abstract nature of his canvases and the grid-like structure he often employs to keep his visual exuberance under control. Find out more »

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Oliver Twist at the TIFF Lightbox Poor orphan Oliver always wants more. And TIFF delivers, with two adaptations of the classic Dickens novel. Find out more »