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The Azrieli Music, Arts and Culture Centre (AMACC) is thrilled to announce that its 2026 Azrieli Music Prizes Gala Concert will take place on October 15, 2026, at 7:30pm ET at Maison symphonique de Montréal.

This singular evening of groundbreaking new music will feature four works for full choir and orchestra by 2026 AMP laureates Hana Ajiashvili, Nicholas Denton Protsack, Adrian Mocanu and Dalit Hadass Warshaw. AMACC is thrilled to continue its partnership with l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the OSM Chorus, this time with renowned guest conductor Asher Fisch on the podium, joined by outstanding soloists: sopranos Hila Plitmann and Hila Baggio, baritone Noam Heinz, cellist Ariel Barnes and gambists from Canada's own Les voix humaines.

Can't make it to Montréal? Then join us online. The 2026 AMP Gala Concert will be livestreamed on leading global platforms to over 190 countries.

Created in 2014 by Sharon Azrieli CQ, D. Mus., for the Azrieli Foundation, the biennial Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offers opportunities for discovering, creating, performing and celebrating excellence in music composition. Offering the largest prize package of its kind in Canada, AMP has become one of the most significant composition competitions in the world.