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Montreal’s Boldly Inventive String Ensemble Launches a Massive Tour Of Over 50 Dates
Across Quebec, With Stops in Ontario & New Brunswick
Debut Album Volksmobiles Coming This September
For Immediate Release, July 3, 2015 … Montreal’s collectif9, a nine-piece string ensemble that brings rock-style charisma to classical music, launches a massive tour of over 50 dates starting this month. With bold, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire, collectif9 brings classical music to pop-culture audiences in an array of diverse performance spaces. In music ranging from Brahms to Piazzolla to John Zorn, the extraordinary artists of collectif9 mix amplification, improvisation, and stage effects to heighten musical performances of the very highest standard. As Le Droit commented, “For classical music to become more accessible to all, the prevailing watchword is collectif9.”
Beginning July 8, collectif9 sets off on an extensive eight-month tour across Quebec, with the support of the Entrées en scène Loto-Québec program. The jam-packed fall season will also include dates in Ontario and the release of the ensemble’s debut recording, Volksmobiles. Back on the road in early 2016, collectif9 will hit select cities in New Brunswick and take the stage at major venues in Montreal (Théâtre Outremont on February 19) and Toronto (Music Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre on March 10).
With a vibrant collection of short, folk-inspired classical works, including Brahms’ Rondo alla zingarese, Quebec composer André Gagnon’s Petit concerto pour Carignan, and chamber works by Schnittke and Aldemaro Romero, each collectif9 show bursts with energy and the unexpected.
Founded in Montreal in 2011, collectif9 has performed at Montreal’s Club Soda and Rialto Theatre, and at Ottawa Chamberfest. In 2012, they launched LIVEshorts, a series of live online performances in unique settings. Videos featuring music by Bartók, Osvaldo Golijov, Shostakovich, and others, can be found at www.collectif9.ca.
collectif9 is: Thibault Bertin-Maghit, leader and bass; Scott Chancey, viola; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Yubin Kim, violin; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; Frédéric Moisan, violin; Grégor Monlun, violin; Andrea Stewart, cello; Roland Arnassalon, violin; and sound engineer Rufat Aliev.
2015| 2016 TOUR!
SUMMER
July 8 7:30pm POINTE-CLAIRE QC Parc Stewart
July 12 2pm TROIS-RIVIÈRES QC Parc des Chenaux
July 14 8:30pm ST-LÉONARD QC Parc Wilfrid-Bastien
July 28 7:30pm BEACONSFIELD QC Parc Centennial
FALL 2015
Sept 18 8pm BELOEIL QC
Sept 20 3:30pm ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU QC Théâtre des deux rives, Salle Desjardins
Oct 3 8pm CORNWALL ON Aultsville Theatre
Oct 4 2:30pm LINDSAY ON
Oct 14 2pm CHÂTEAUGUAY QC Salle Jean-Pierre-Houde
Oct 15 8pm MONTRÉAL QC MdC Marie-Uguay – Théâtre Paradoxe
Oct 16 8pm ST-CAMILLE QC
Oct 18 2pm ST-LAURENT QC Centre des loisirs, Salle Simon Major
Oct 27 7:30pm STE-GENEVIÈVE QC Salle Pauline-Julien
Oct 29 7:30pm MONTRÉAL (ANJOU) QC Église Jean XXIII
Oct 30 8:30pm ST-HYACINTHE QC Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde
Nov 1 8pm LAC-MÉGANTIC QC Auditorium Montignac
Nov 6 7:30pm SAULT STE-MARIE ON Algoma Conservatory
Nov 8 8pm VAL-MORIN QC Théâtre du Marais
2016
Feb 3 8pm LENNOXVILLE QC Théâtre Centennial, Bishop’s University
Feb 5 9pm ST-PRIME QC
Feb 6 8pm DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI QC Salle Desjardins Maria-Chapdelaine
Feb 19 8pm MONTRÉAL QC Théâtre Outremont
Feb 20 8pm SOREL-TRACY QC Café-Théâtre Les Beaux Instants
Feb 21 2pm LA POCATIÈRE QC Salle André-Gagnon
Feb 23 8pm DÉGELIS QC
Feb 24 8pm RIMOUSKI QC
Feb 25 8pm GASPÉ QC
Feb 26 TBC NEW RICHMOND QC Salle de spectacles régionale Desjardins
Feb 28 TBC SEPT-ÎLES QC
March 1 TBC FERMONT QC
March 2 TBC HAVRE ST-PIERRE QC La Shed à Morue
March 4 8pm RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP QC Centre culturel, Salle Alphonse-Desjardins
March 5 8pm LÉVIS QC
March 8 7:30pm DRUMMONDVILLE QC Maison des arts Desjardins
March 10 8pm TORONTO ON
March 13 3:30pm MONT-LAURIER QC Espace Théâtre
March 16 TBC MONTRÉAL (VERDUN) QC Église Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs
April 22 8pm ST-JOHN NB
April 23 7:30pm FREDERICTON NB Fredericton Playhouse
April 28 8pm VICTORIAVILLE QC
May 1 4pm SHAWINIGAN QC Maison de la culture Francis-Brisson
May 4 7pm ST. CATHARINES ON St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre
May 5 8pm BURLINGTON ON Burlington Performing Arts Centre
May 7 7:30pm KIRKLAND LAKE ON Northern College Auditorium
May 8 2:30pm ORILLIA ON
May 11 & 12 8pm LONGUEUIL QC Théâtre de la ville, Salle Jean-Louis-Millette
