Three historic days with Franghiz Ali Zadeh and the Molinari Quartet in Montreal

Interview by Frédéric Cardin
Genres and styles : Contemporary

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The Quatuor Molinari is pulling out all the stops (with the help of the Fondation Famille Lupien): composer Franghiz Ali Zadeh is in Montreal for three days of presentations and explorations of her musical universe. Two of these days (February 13 and 14) are entirely free of charge, and the third (February 15) will culminate in a performance of all the string quartets by this great Azerbaijani composer, plus the creation of a brand new work dedicated to the Montrealers! Ali Zadeh, an artist who has won admiration from the world’s great musicians for nearly 50 years (Kronos Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, etc.), will be in Canada probably for the first time and will be meeting the public during two days of free activities at the Conservatoire and the Maison de la culture du Plateau. It’s a unique opportunity to come and talk to one of the great contemporary artists of our time, and above all to experience her extraordinarily communicative, accessible yet rigorous music, which fuses the learned language of the religious chants known as mughams with that of the modern West. I spoke about all this with Olga Ranzenhofer of the Molinari Quartet.

DETAILS AND TICKETS (concert on 15 February)

The Quartet according to Ali-Zadeh. Round table: Folklore in contemporary music (13 February – FREE event)

The Quartet according to Ali-Zadeh. Dialogue sur le Plateau: The string quartets of Ali-Zadeh (14 February – FREE event)

Studio of the Molinari Quartet (podcast series) (in French)

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