First Peoples’ Festival 2024 | A new Great Peace of Montreal proposed by Katia Makdissi-Warren and Oktoecho

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The interview is in French

Composer and musical director Katia Makdissi-Warren invites us to a new Great Peace of Montreal (in reference to the Great Peace of Montreal of 1701, between most Indigenous Nations in North America and French Settlers, one of the first “international” treaties ever signed on the continent) on August 7 at the Place des Festivals in Montreal. With her culturally ecumenical ensemble Oktoecho, Makdissi-Warren will present Saimaniq Sivumut, a show featuring Inuit and avant-garde throat singing, Arabic polyrhythms, Japanese and Irish flutes, modern art music, jazz and more. Saimaniq Sivumut (which means ”peace” and ”forward-looking”), follows on from the first Saimaniq, which won an Opus Award in 2018. I spoke to the artist about it all. Here’s the interview.

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