Ma acquired the violin in 1969 and his estate gifted it to the New England Conservatory in Boston after his death. Ma attended the conservatory, where he earned a master’s degree in 1950.

The instrument, called the “Joachim-Ma” after two of its previous owners, was previously gifted to New England Conservatory with the stipulation that it could be sold to benefit student ...

“No one goes into arts and culture expecting to become experts in housing policy or addiction policy,” said Medd, CEO of the Victoria Conservatory of Music. But there’s no way to exist as an ...

Westmount Mayor Christina Smith announced on Friday she will not be seeking re-election. In a message on the city's website, Smith said the decision to step aside after 12 years on council, came ...

“It’s not a reasoned, thought-through project at all,” said Phyllis Lambert, the founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, after studying Westmount’s plan for the southeast sector ...

Westmount Mayor Christina Smith will not seek re-election, she announced Friday. “Everyone kept asking,” whether she’d run again, Smith said Friday. “And I wanted to be honest.” Smith ...

It is not often that a suburb or small municipality can set an example for the broader city, but that is just what Westmount is doing. While Montreal’s bureaucracy and taxation have made life ...

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