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The innovative Montreal ensemble Collectif9 will be at the Lanaudière Festival on 12 July for a concert based on the principle of folklore. Of course, knowing this string orchestra that does nothing like the others, we can already anticipate some crazy, surprising and perhaps even iconoclastic visions of the clichés and stereotypes it imposes. The groove, the beat, the rhythm, is also likely to be part of the show, in a daring way of course, because Collectif9 is a group of learned music, certainly, but of its time. On the programme: Nicole Lizée, a brilliant creator of eclectic worlds ranging from high art to pop culture. Also: John Zorn, the unclassifiable, Vijay Iyer, a genius of contemporary jazz, and many others. Find out more in our interview with Collectif9’s Andrea Stewart and Thibaut Bertin-Maghit.
