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Newswire | Warner Bros. Discovery presents Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

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By on Montreal, Newswire, Orchestral, Toronto

Montreal, October 2, 2023 – Looney Tunes’ legendary animated shorts are taking Canada by storm for Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, with upcoming dates in Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto. This tour marks the 35th anniversary of the acclaimed production, created in partnership by George Daugherty, David Ka Lik Wong and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Themed Entertainment and lauded by critics and audiences around the globe. To ring in the momentous occasion, creator and conductor George Daugherty leads Canada’s premier film music orchestra, the FILMharmonic. Enthusiasts from all walks of life will be able to share in the joy of…

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Newswire | Composer Simon Bertrand Appointed Interim Artistic Director of the SMCQ

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By on Arts Industry, Montreal, Newswire

Montreal, September 27, 2023 – Anik Shooner, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), announces the appointment of Simon Bertrand as Interim Artistic Director. The composer has been actively involved in the Quebec and Canadian music scene for many years. Mr. Bertrand officially took office on September 13, 2023. The Board of Directors has chosen to offer Mr. Bertrand the position of Interim Artistic Director to ensure artistic continuity during the ongoing strategic reflection required by the current post-pandemic cultural context. Mr. Bertrand will carry out his mandate in close collaboration with…

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Newswire | Le FIFA inaugurates a tour of free screenings across Quebec

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By on Film, Montreal, Visual Arts

Montréal, September 27, 2023 – The International Festival of Films on Art (Le FIFA) unveils a tour of free screenings across the province. A pilot project, running from September to December 2023, with the aim of making art films accessible to all audiences and all regions of Quebec. A major player in the promotion of art films for over 40 years, both here and internationally, Le FIFA is today redoubling its efforts in its mission to promote cultural accessibility, by offering an innovative tour of free screenings in emblematic cultural venues in our region. This strategic partnership with the CDPQ…

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In front: Élisabeth St-Gelais and Guillaume Lombart. Behind, from left to right: Denise Lefebvre, visual arts commissioner, Louise Pelletier, Élisabeth St-Gelais's pianist, Michel Ferland, general and artistic director, Baptiste Petit, digital marketing and international development

Newswire | Élisabeth St-Gelais signs exclusive contract with ATMA Classique

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By on Classical Music, Montreal

Montreal, September 19 – Guillaume Lombart, President of ATMA Classique, is delighted to announce the signing of an exclusive recording contract with the multi award-winning Innu soprano Élisabeth St-Gelais on the ATMA Classique label. “Her exceptional voice, remarkable talent and dazzling career debut caught my attention, and I was inspired to help develop her career with this exclusive contract,” says Lombart. ATMA Classique will produce three albums over a six-year period with Élisabeth St-Gelais. The first album will be devoted to Duparc, Chausson, and Poulenc, masters of French melody. St-Gelais will be accompanied by pianist Louise Pelletier, and the recording…

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Newswire | Jocelyn Ménard Caribbean Jazz Group launches Montreal tour

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By on Mainstream Jazz, Montreal, Scena Jazz, World Music

Montreal, September 25 – Saxophonist, composer and arranger Jocelyn Ménard is a Canadian-born jazz musician. Trained in Montreal, New York with George Coleman and Paris with Bernard Maury. He has played regularly with the Bernard Primeau Jazz Ensemble, Vic Vogel’s Big Band and various groups ranging from jazz to Latin music, and has taken part in numerous festivals. Since 1988, he has regularly shuttled between Quebec and Guadeloupe. He plays regularly with André Condouant, Happy Lewis, Charlie Chomereau-Lamotte, and the Big Band Mavounzy, and Gwadloup and in small groups [Men Art Jazz 4tet, An’nax, Guanada…]. With Canadian pianist Normand Deveault,…

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Newswire | 200 years of Ukrainian classical music with the OCM

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By on Classical Music, Montreal, Newswire, World Music

Montréal, September 25, 2023 – For the first orchestral concert of the season, the Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) will shine the spotlight on Ukraine’s rich musical heritage with a varied program spanning more than 200 years of classical works by renowned Ukrainian composers. This will be Maestro Jacques Lacombe’s first appearance this season as the OCM’s new Artistic Director. The concert will take place on Tuesday, October 17, at 7:30 p.m., at Salle Pierre‑Mercure and will serve as a fundraiser for Ukrainian artists through the Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s “Aid for Artists” fund. In addition to a world premiere by Ukrainian‑Canadian composer Joanna Estelle Storoschuk, this all‑Ukrainian…

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Newswire | Trio Fibonacci: “Russia light and darkness”

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By on Classical Music, Montreal

Montreal, 19 September 2023 — For their opening concert of the season on October 3rd at Bourgie Hall, the Trio Fibonacci proposes three Russian trios that go straight to the heart! Composed in the tradition of elegiac or commemorative trios, these pieces stand out both for their universality and for their Slavic colours. Arensky’s trio draws us into its dramatic atmosphere and its lyricism which dances between melancholy and sweetness. Rachmaninoff, the last great Romantic whose 150th birthday we celebrate this year, then offers us music on the scale of his nation, where Eastern sounds meet those of the Orthodox…

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Newswire | Mécénat Musica program distributes $10 million to 50 Quebec cultural organizations since 2020

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By on Classical Music, Montreal

Montréal, Sept. 12th, 2023 – Mécénat Musica program has distributed $10 million to 50 cultural organizations in Quebec since 2020 from funds administered by three partner community foundations: Foundation of Greater Montreal, the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal and Fondation Québec Philanthrope. These distributions are from income generated by the Mécénat Musica cultural program that has created $92,000,000 of in perpetuity capital from donations from more than 600 Mécénat Musica individuals and families. Mécénat Musica is a cultural program by donors for donors to keep culture healthy, in perpetuity, for generations to come. Mécénat Musica encourages individuals to make an in-perpetuity donation of $25,000 to…

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Preview | SMCQ présents : Amitiés et étrangeté

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By on Contemporary, La Scena Online, Montreal, This Week in Montreal

On September 24, 2023, the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) will present the fourth concert in their Hommage 2023-2024 series, dedicated to composer Sandeep Bhagwati. Organized in collaboration with the Vietnamese Cultural Centre of Canada, the multimedia event will involve music, text and images, centered around such themes as proximity, distance, estrangement and familiarity. Titled Amitiés et étrangeté, the program focuses on a single work by Bhagwati, Exercices d’étrangeté 1, inspired by a verse by Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Duy, about Vietnamese diasporic communities. The idea of encountering the unknown is embodied by the musical collaboration that will bring…

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Newswire | Bourgie Hall: The 2023-2024 Season is Fast Approaching!

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By on Montreal

Montreal, Thursday, September 7, 2023 – A new cultural season is upon us:  the opening concert of Bourgie Hall’s 2023-2024 season is only a few weeks away. The kick-off for this exciting season will be given on September 27, at 7:30 p.m., by the prestigious Dover Quartet. Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, these exceptional musicians’ presence in Montreal is certainly not to be missed. The programming, unifying and aligned with today’s musical preoccupations, has been carefully developed by its directors, Artistic Director Olivier Godin and Executive Director Caroline Louis.…

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