Victor Feldbrill

...an examination of Feldbrill's achievements and challenges is crucial to understanding the programming and performance of classical music in English Canada during the past half century. I am therefore grateful to have Pitman's informative biography, which astutely places Feldbrill's life and career in the historical and socio-political context of Cold War Canada. At the same time, I hope that this biography will spark further research into the art of this important maestro – something that might only be possible when more recordings of his performances become accessible. I urge all major university libraries to purchase this biography.

Canadian Association of Musical Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres

Drawing on press clippings, personal letters and numerous Interviews with Feldbrill and others, Pitman gives a full chronicle of Fledbrill's Decade at the helm of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

The Hamilton Spectator