(Credit: Hagen Hopkins) The 2026 Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music laureate is New Zealand-based Canadian composer and cellist Nicholas Denton Protsack. Described by the Canadian Music Centre as a “composer to keep a close eye on,” Protsack’s work explores the connections between sound, ecology, and improvisation, and has been performed across North America, Europe, and New Zealand. Recently, the composer {…}