Léonard de Vinci

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

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 som ...

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. To ...

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