Les cadeaux

Pianiste jazz de renommée internationale, Oscar Peterson est né en 1925 dans le quartier de la Petite-Bourgogne, à Montréal. L’artiste a commencé à apprendre le piano dès l’âge de sept ans et est rapidement devenu un jeune prodige. Grâce à ses succès comme C Jam Blues, le musicie ... Show More

Saviez-vous que les platéosaures, ces dinosaures herbivores mesurant huit mètres de haut, ont déjà foulé le sol de la Nouvelle-Écosse? Partout au Canada, les paléontologues ont retrouvé des centaines de fossiles datant de l'époque jurassique. C'est toutefois en Alberta que les sc ... Show More

Léonard de Vinci est considéré comme un génie. En plus d’être un peintre talentueux, il s’intéressait aussi à l’astronomie, aux mathématiques et à la botanique. Pourtant, il était souvent la cible de moqueries en raison de son esprit dispersé et de sa lenteur. N’empêche, 30 000 p ... Show More

Singer, songwriter, composer, and genuine music lover Jon Batiste serenades us with his harmonica-keyboard while reminiscing on the sounds of his childhood kitchen in New Orleans. He describes what it was like to grow up in a big, musical family of jazz legends, and shares some o ... Show More

John Wilson's guest is the violinist Nigel Kennedy. A prodigy whose childhood talents were nurtured by Yehudi Menuhin, one of the greatest violinist of the 20th century, Kennedy himself became an international star in 1989 with his recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. It sold ove ... Show More

Very few people in the world are blessed with exceptional musical talent that is apparent from an early age. What is childhood like in the spotlight, especially as a young woman? To find out, Kim Chakanetsa meets two musicians whose careers began when they were children. Tosin Je ... Show More

Kirsty Young's castaway is the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Winner of two Grammy Awards, she is best known for her interpretations of Handel, Mozart and Rossini operas. Born into a Catholic family in Kansas, she was the second-youngest of seven children. Her love of music was aw ... Show More

Musicians who appeared in Art Kane's iconic 1958 photograph, celebrating the golden age of jazz.  Musicians include: Oscar Pettiford, Maxine Sullivan, Jimmy Rushing, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rolling, Count Basie and Lester Young.  

Wynton Marsalis was on the cover of Time as the avatar of the "New Jazz Age." His central role in reviving the genre is thanks partly to his gorgeous, virtuosic trumpet-playing, and partly to his founding of Jazz at Lincoln Center. JALC established jazz at the heart of American h ... Show More

Oscar-winning film-maker Damien Chazelle talks to John Wilson about his career and cultural influences.As a child, Chazelle first started experimenting with making films using his dad’s old camcorder. After studying filmmaking at Harvard, he drew on his own experiences as a skilf ... Show More

Sean Rafferty spends time in the company of the pianist Lang Lang, one of the most famous classical musicians in the world today. He has had a hugely creative, successful and glamorous career, performing all over the world and collaborating with musicians from Herbie Hancock to S ... Show More