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Putting People First: COVID-19 and the Canada Council for the Arts

By Newswire on 17 March 2020 Newswire

March 16, 2020 Last updated: March 17, 2020 Dear artists and cultural workers, We fully support all measures taken by the authorities in our country to try to limit the spread of the pandemic and its harmful consequences for human beings, especially the most vulnerable among us. We appreciate the devastating impact that measures of isolation and social distancing will have on the arts and culture sector, which are directly dependent on audience attendance and domestic and international travel for their creative, production and dissemination activities. Cancellations and postponements of performances, festivals and other events, as well as the closure…

Petition: Compensation for freelance artists following cancellation of cultural events (COVID-19)

By Newswire on 17 March 2020 Newswire

Jeffrey Stonehouse Montreal, Canada Mar 14, 2020 — We have translated the petition so that our anglophone colleagues can sign too! Please see below: Compensation for freelance artists following cancellation of cultural events (COVID-19) We the undersigned freelance artists and cultural workers are calling on the provincial and federal governments to urgently compensate for the loss of income caused by the cancellation of cultural events due to COVID-19. The most recent public health security measures announced by governments have devastating economic repercussions for self-employed workers in the cultural sector. We all support these measures to limit the spread of COVID-19…

COVID-19: Measures at the Conseil des arts de Montréal

By Newswire on 16 March 2020 Newswire

Greetings, The Conseil des arts de Montréal has taken note of the Gouvernement du Québec’s guidance on measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We are closely monitoring the situation as it evolves and wish to reassure the Montréal organizations and collectives we work with. The Conseil’s financial commitments Facing this emergency situation, the Conseil des arts de Montréal will maintain its financial commitments to the organizations and collectives it supports through its various programs. We are aware of the financial strain these circumstances will create within the community. Measures to maintain the Conseil’s services In light of the extraordinary…

National Arts Centre Cancels All Performances and Events Until Sunday, April 5

By Newswire on 13 March 2020 Newswire

NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE CANCELS ALL PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS UNTIL SUNDAY APRIL 5 March 13, 2020 – OTTAWA – Christopher Deacon, President and CEO of the National Arts Centre has issued the following statement : The health and safety of our visitors, artists, and staff is of paramount importance. Due to the unprecedented pandemic of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we are cancelling all performances and events at the National Arts Centre until Sunday April 5, 2020. This decision is the right thing to do to keep our community safe and healthy. Our audience expects nothing less of us. We take comfort in…

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Debussy. Rameau (DG)

By Norman Lebrecht on 13 March 2020 Lebrecht Weekly

The place to go these days to hear French piano music is Iceland. The best-selling, innovative Bach interpreter Víkingur Ólafsson has taken a pair of French composers two centuries apart and effectively melded their music into one by the simple method of interleaving short pieces across a whole album. The outcome is astonishing in respect of both Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) and Claude Debussy (1862-1918), revealing unsuspected aspects in both masters, as well as an underlying French expression in their music. Turn, for instance, from two little amusements in Debussy’s Children’s Corner to three Pièces de clavecin by Rameau and you…