About
The Record Label
Canary Classics is the record label of violinist Gil Shaham. Gil Shaham established Canary Classics as one of the very first artist owned labels in 2003, allowing him the artistic freedom to collaborate where he feels there is an artistic and musical synergy.
Why Canary Classics?
The name is essentially a pun, invoking both the songbird and ‘canar’, the Hebrew word for violinist.
For well over 10 years Gil Shaham was a prolific recording artist on the Deutsche Grammophon label. With Canary Classics Gil Shaham is now able to record with whom he chooses and release what he wants "freedom is invaluable," and adds, "I always had a problem with authority.”
A Family Business
‘Canary Classics is kind of like a family business’ says Shaham ‘like a restaurant and hopefully people like the food and will come back. Technology and the evolution of digital have really set us artists free. You can make the highest quality recording pretty much on your laptop now. When I first started making recordings, you had huge walls of equipment. You still need a great engineer and producer, but the recording process is relatively inexpensive now."
The ‘family business’ grows at the rate of 2 – 3 recordings every year and has allowed Gil Shaham to work and record with close musical friends and family. Sister Orli Shaham has recorded for Canary Classics, along with Gil’s wife, violinist Adele Anthony, as well as conductor David Robertson, music director of the St. Louis Symphony, who as it happens is Orli Shaham’s husband!
Label Representation
m-edge Ltd.
92 Cromer Street
London
WC1H 8DD
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44 (0) 2078131640
Distribution
USA / Canada
[PIAS] Los Angeles
Tel: +1 818 333 1522
Matthew Owen, General Manager - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sarah Fogler, Publicity - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
UK
[PIAS]
1 Bevington Path,
SE1 3PW
London
+44 203 862 7616
Richard Gay, Head of Classics and Jazz - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Katie Ferguson, Director of Streaming Strategy - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Japan
King Records
2-9-2, Suido, Bunkyo-ku,
TOKYO 112-0005
+81-(0)3-3945-2333
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France
DistrArt
Andrei Mihaila - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Netherlands/Benelux
[PIAS]
Thijs SiebertMarketing & Product Manager Classics - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Germany
[PIAS] Berlin
Marcus Kettner, Classical General Manager - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Italy
SELF Distribution
Giuseppe Taiana This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Latin America
[PIAS] Latin America
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Scandinavia
Naxos Sweden
Kryptongatan 6,
SE-703 74 Örebro
Tel: +46 19206860
Mans Uggla This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Korea
Synnara
Seran Kim - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Taiwan
Lin’s Publishers Inc. Taipei, Taiwan
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Switzerland
Musikvertrieb
General Manager: Pascal Kuenzi - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Classics Label Manager - Alex Schmid - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Canary Classics Partners
Media, Press and Public Relations
Sarah Dinin
Dinin Arts Management & Consulting, LLC
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Gil Shaham General Management
Mary Pat Buerkle
Opus 3 Artists
470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor North
New York
NY 10016
USA
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Tel: +1 212 584 7500
Fax +1 646 300 8219
www.opus3artists.com
European Management
Hans-Dieter Goehre
Concerto Winderstein GmbH
Brunnstr. 1
80331 München
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Tel: +49 89 38 38 46 0
www.concerto.de
UK Management
Katie Cardell Oliver
Harrison Parrott Ltd.,
5-6 Albion Court
Albion Place
London W6 0QT
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7229 9166
www.harrisonparrott.com