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World music: Fall Season in Montreal

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By on Montreal, World Music
September 2024

Place des Arts This fall, Place des Arts’s programming includes a Dance of Sands concert presented by Lebanese artist Aleph and his orchestra on Oct. 21 at Théâtre Maisonneuve. On the menu: a refined blend of jazz, flamenco and oriental music. On Nov. 22, Greek singer Nikos Vertis presents a selection of hits and songs from his latest album at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Next year kicks off with a Chinese New Year’s gala on Jan. 12 at Théâtre Maisonneuve, with Feng Hua Xue Yue 2025, directed by Singaporean lyric coloratura soprano Han Yong, accompanied by China-ASEAN host Chen Mingzhen. The celebrations…

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Montreal (In)Flux

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By on City, La Scena Online, Montreal, Scena Jazz
September 2024

“It almost happened by accident,” says Peter Burton (from Arts in the Margins) about the many organisations pulling their forces together for the upcoming Flux Festival, which will have its first edition from Oct. 4 to 10. In an era where money is rare for the creative arts, necessity is the mother of collaboration and no less than seven different organizations are involved in putting together concerts and conferences about experimental and improvised music during that week, including the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation as well as Innovations en concert. But while concert-goers will find much to enjoy…

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Antoine Bareil and the OSL Explore the Mendelssohns

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By on City, Montreal, Orchestral
September 2024

Since its founding in 1984, Orchestre symphonique de Laval (OSL) has brilliantly established itself in the musical landscape of Greater Montreal. On the eve of its 40th anniversary, the orchestra will open its new season with Encounter: Antoine Bareil plays Mendelssohn, an evening under the direction of conductor Adam Johnson featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor (1844), Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) by Modest Mussorgsky, and the Overture in C major (1832) by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. A grandiose program combining the enchanting expressiveness of German Romanticism with the raw lyricism of the Russian tradition. A family story Felix…

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Metropolitan Opera Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin signs contract extension through 2029–30 season

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By on La Scena Online, Montreal, Newswire

The Metropolitan Opera today announced the contract extension of its Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, through the 2029–30 season.

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Fall at the MBAM: The Museum’s collection takes the spotlight this season

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By on Daily News Roundup, La Scena Online, Montreal, Scena Arts, Visual Arts

While the major exhibition Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools: Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks continues its run until October 20 – and, already, it’s been seen by over 50,000 people – the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is preparing a host of offerings for this fall, including an opportunity to see more than 100 works that have recently entered the Museum’s collection.

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