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Montreal, Monday, January 11, 2021 – After two highly successful webcast concerts which welcomed over 3000 viewings from all over the world, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal is proud to continue its 81st season, A Musical Tour of the World, adapted in accordance with public health guidelines. Performances will be made available online for two weeks through pay platforms, for only $20 per concert. The OCM is proud to be collaborating with Guillaume Lombart and the LiveToune team in the high quality broadcasts of its performances.
After many years performing in various Montréal venues, the OCM is proud to announce its new partnership and residency in the acoustic gem, opened in 1992, that is the Salle Pierre-Mercure of the Centre Pierre-Péladeau. Once live attendance will be permitted, the OCM audiences will enjoy direct access to the Berri metro station as well as indoor parking, with the St-Denis famed restaurant strip only steps away.
“We are thrilled to have found our home in the Salle Pierre-Mercure,” says Taras Kulish, OCM’s Executive Director. “This hall is perfect for an orchestra of our size. It offers an intimate setting for audiences and musicians alike, not to mention the wonderful, warm acoustics!”
2021 begins with Fuego Latino, a celebration of Latin and Spanish music. Renowned Montréal guitarist Daniel Bolshoy will perform Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez (February 16). From Yerevan to Montréal will feature the internationally acclaimed soprano Aline Kutan in a concert of Armenian repertoire (March 9). The world tour continues with a celebration of Piazolla’s 100th anniversary and the Four Seasons featuring violinist Marc Djokic (March 30).
Next stop, Austria and the All Mozart concert, featuring Québec pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre who will perform the composer’s Concerto No. 23 (April 27). This spring, the celebrated cellist Stéphane Tétreault returns for performances of music by Shostakovich, Lysenko, and Angelova in The Great Slavs (May 18).
To cap the season, the OCM will partner with Festival Classica to present From Mozart to McCartney, an eclectic evening of classical and popular hits. The program will include Mozart’s beloved Jupiter Symphony, Piazzolla’s Double Concerto for Guitar and Bandoneon (Adam Cicchillitti, guitar and Denis Plante, bandoneon) and arrangements of Paul McCartney songs performed by the OCM’s Quatuor classique.
To learn more about the season and to purchase tickets, visit the OCM website at orchestre.ca
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