The Centre des Musiciens du Monde’s music Tree that brings people together

Interview by Frédéric Cardin
Genres and styles : Musiques du Monde

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From Thursday 4 June until Thursday 17 July 2025, the Centre des Musiciens du Monde in Montreal will be launching its third season of Music Under a Tree. Quite simply, free concerts by musicians from the four corners of the world in Parc Lahaie, just in front of the centre on the corner of Saint-Laurent and Saint-Joseph. India, Burkina Faso, Ukraine, Georgia, Eastern Europe, Turkey and many other learned and folk traditions will be on display to the delight of music lovers eager for universal and humanist communion. I spoke to Frédéric Léotar, General Director of the Centre, about the programme. 

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