Semaine du Neuf | Paramirabo/Musikfabrik: old school avant-garde meets cool post-modernism

by Frédéric Cardin

Two ensembles devoted to contemporary music and separated by an ocean, but also by two schools of thought, met on Tuesday evening 11 March at the Wilder building in the Quartier des spectacles in Montreal. On one side, the Ensemble Musikfabrik from Cologne in Germany, represented by three of its musicians, oboe/English horn (Peter Veale), horn (Christine Chapman) and double bass (Florentin Ginot). On the other, the Montreal sextet Paramirabo, comprising piano, percussion, violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet and flutes. Beyond the difference in timbre imposed by the instrumentation of each ensemble, it was the marked dissimilarity between the two ‘languages’ spoken that was striking. Disparities that were obvious even to the most layman and accentuated by the chosen programme, in terms of syntax, discourse, the importance of narrative in the musical framework, references to the vernacular and many other aspects besides.

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In the first half, the three guests from Musikfabrik demonstrated their breathtaking technical expertise in ultra-pointillist/pointraitist scores in which every possible and impossible sound came out of the instruments present, except perhaps those for which they were initially intended. The quality of the sounds, timbres and textures was pushed to a very high level of perfection. The discourse, stratospherically intellectual, was enough to delight the most discerning of thoughtful music lovers. In my humble opinion, it was Juliet Palmer’s Blur of Lichens that stood out the most, offering, through a hyper-calculated construction, the most beautiful impression of freedom, even lyricism and grace. Canadian Gordon Williamson offered his humorous take on strict abstraction in Odd Throuple (a pun on Odd Couple, but with three people), a work in which he explored the sonic contrasts of this unusual trio (an oboe/English horn, a horn and a double bass, let us not forget). I found Dylan Lardelli’s The Giving Sea, a ‘spiritual evocation’ of the ocean, much more academic. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel that uplift. Maybe this is just me.

READ THE INTERVIEW WITH PARAMIRABO’S PAMELA REIMER ABOUT THIS CONCERT

This strictly atonal and abstract discourse is rooted in a very Boulézian or post-Boulézian vision of the avant-garde (even if it’s not strict serialism/dodecaphonism), which is already a good fifty years old. We can therefore speak of an ‘old school’ avant-garde, an astonishing oxymoron that would have been unimaginable not so long ago.

For the uninitiated, it’s an impression of cerebrality that will echo in the mind, a characteristic typically (let’s say stereotypically) associated with ‘contemporary’ music. Is it good music? Absolutely! But the second half, led by Paramirabo, was about to show us that today’s music is made elsewhere, and that it’s important not to forget that.

This part began with a short piece by Vancouver’s Rodney Sharman, a lovely, poetic tribute to John Cage for English horn (Peter Veale of Musikfrabrik) and piano doubled as toy piano (Pamela Reimer of Paramirabo), draped in neo-impressionist finery. The message had been sent: this second part was going to offer us a completely different experience, less cerebral, more organic, even sensitive, inclusive and eclectic in its amalgams. Post-modernist, and very cool.

And that’s exactly what happened with Paul Frehner’s Un pont sanguin (A Blood Bridge), a narrative, rhythmic work imbued with a very broad post-minimalism and amusing sounds such as a Plan 9 From Outer Space-style synthesiser. A creation that deserves to be repeated as often as possible. Canadian Chris Paul Harman’s Francisez-moi! (Frenchify me) is a nod to the French language, inspired by early French composers, writers and poets. The result is full of humour, with narrations on tape of extracts from various texts, including one on the various qualities of ‘’tétins‘’ (breasts). There is a polytonal Turkish march from Lully in there, post-folk like tunes, and many more friendly things, albeit embedded in a modernist set of harmonies. It’s all fun and games.

Finally, Quebec composer Frédéric Lebel presented his creation Si le Temps, l’Espace (If Time, Space), a beautiful score tinged with neo-spectralism, sparkling with a thousand lights and pleasantly open, even solar.

The members of Paramirabo were impeccable, on par with their illustrious guests. The programme will travel to Germany in the coming months. We can be sure that our German cousins will be impressed not only by the quality of our instrumentalists, but also by the kind of contemporary music they champion, informed by Europe but steeped in North America.

Paramirabo :

Jeffrey Stonehouse, flutes and artistic direction

Viviane Gosselin, cello and general direction

Gwénaëlle Ratouit, clarinets

Hubert Brizard, violin

Pamela Reimer, piano

Krystina Marcoux, percussion

Paramirabo :

Musikfabrik :

Création / Experimental / Contemporary / Poetry

Semaine du Neuf 2025 : collectif9 & Architek Percussion – Quelque part, mon jardin

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collectif9 et Architek Percussion mènent une réflexion poétique sur l’identité et l’appartenance, à travers les mots et les sons.
L’ancrage du spectacle est le poème bilingue across/virage, de l’auteur et performeur canadien Kaie Kellough, qui évoque les thèmes de la langue et de l’appartenance à un lieu, une culture. Le programme explore les styles de cinq compositeur-ices multidisciplinaires d’exception: Eliot Britton, Nicole Lizée, Derek Charke, Luna Pearl Woolf et Bret Higgins. Sur scène, le lyrisme, le groove et les textures exploratoires des compositions rejoignent la voix du récitant Kaie Kellough, créant un dialogue entre la musique et la poésie.

My Backyard, Somewhere is a reflection of our sense of connection between people and places: a poetic migration through words and sounds.
Anchoring the show is the bilingual poem “across/virage” by Canadian author and performer Kaie Kellough, an integrating element bringing the themes of the programme to the forefront – movement, language, belonging to a place, a culture. The music, written for the two ensembles, is a journey through the styles of five multidisciplinary composers from across Canada – Eliot Britton, Nicole Lizée, Derek Charke, Luna Pearl Woolf, and Bret Higgins. Whether with lyricism, groove, exploratory textures, or pop culture technologies, the voices of the composers, author, and performers communicate with each other and with the audience throughout the concert. collectif9 and Architek Percussion are joined on stage by Kaie Kellough (spoken word).

Programme

Luna Pearl Woolf: But I Digress… (2018) – 19 min
Bret Higgins: among, within, beneath, atop (2018) – 8 min
Derek Charke: the world is itself a cargo carried (2018) – 15 min
Eliot Britton: Backyard Blocks (2018) – 17 min
Nicole Lizée: Folk Noir/Canadiana (2018) – 14 min

Program

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marionnettes / techno-opéra

Semaine du Neuf 2025 : Sawtooth & Charles Quevillon – Le Baptême du Haut-Parleur

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Un techno-opéra qui questionne notre rapport à la technologie, à travers une performance hybride mêlant musique, théâtre et vidéo.
Le Baptême du Haut-Parleur mène une réflexion profonde sur la place de cet objet technologique dans la cosmologie humaine, invitant à réfléchir à son rôle, au-delà du simple utilitarisme. Imaginé par le duo Sawtooth (Sarah Albu et Matti Pulkki) et le compositeur et performeur Charles Quevillon, ce techno-opéra pour soprano, accordéon, marionnettiste, électronique et haut-parleur Genelec, établit un parallèle entre le cadre consumériste du haut-parleur et son symbolisme religieux et spirituel. Le premier acte s’inspire notamment du phénomène de unboxing sur YouTube, qui s’apparente à un rituel moderne de baptême des objets technologiques.

A techno-opera that explores our relationship with technology, through a hybrid performance combining music, theater and visual arts.
Loudspeaker Baptism is a profound reflection on the place of this technological object in human cosmology, inviting us to consider its role beyond simple utilitarianism. Conceived by the Sawtooth duo (Sarah Albu and Matti Pulkki) and the composer/performer Charles Quevillon, this techno-opera for soprano, accordion, puppeteer, electronics and Genelec loudspeaker draws a parallel between the loudspeaker’s capitalist, technological framework and its religious and spiritual symbolism. The first act is inspired by the phenomenon of unboxing on YouTube, which is like a modern ritual for the baptism of technological objects.

Programme

Charles Quevillon: Le Baptême du Haut-Parleur (2024) – 60 min
Opéra de chambre en 4 actes:
Délivrance — Mémoires — Souffrance — Sublimation

Program

Charles Quevillon: Loudspeaker Baptism (2024) – 60′
Chamber opera in 4 acts:
Délivrance — Mémoires — Souffrance — Sublimation

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Création / Experimental / Contemporary / musique contemporaine

Semaine du Neuf 2025 : Paramirabo & Musikfabrik

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Ce concert de Paramirabo marque une rencontre inédite avec Musikfabrik, ensemble phare de musique contemporaine en Allemagne. Le programme met en lumière des compositeur-ices visionnaires, avec des créations signées Gordon Williamson, Chris Paul Harman, Paul Frehner, Juliet Palmer, Dylan Lardelli, et des œuvres de Pauline Oliveros et Rodney Sharman. Interprétées par trois membres éminents de Musikfabrik, dans une combinaison rare en trio comprenant le hautbois/cor anglais, le cor et la contrebasse pour une palette sonore sombre et riche, ces compositions promettent d’offrir une expérience avant-gardiste, fidèle à la mission des deux ensembles d’explorer les nouveaux langages de la musique contemporaine.

This Paramirabo concert marks an exclusive encounter with Musikfabrik, Germany’s leading contemporary music ensemble.
The program highlights visionary composers, with creations by Gordon Williamson, Chris Paul Harman, Paul Frehner, Juliet Palmer and Dylan Lardelli, as well as works by Pauline Oliveros and Rodney Sharman. Performed by three prominent members of Musikfabrik, in a rare trio combination featuring oboe/English horn, horn and double bass for a darkly rich sonic palette, these compositions promise to offer an avant-garde experience, true to the mission of both ensembles to explore the new languages of contemporary music.

Programme

Pauline Oliveros: Approaches and Departures, Appearances and Disappearances for solo, duo or ensemble (1994)
Juliet Palmer: blur of lichens* (2025) – 10′
Dylan Lardelli: The Giving Sea* (2025) – 10′
Gordon Williamson: Odd Throuple* (2025) – 10′
*Entracte*
Rodney Sharman: Remembering John Cage (2019) – 4′
Paul Frehner: Un pont sanguin* (2025) – 10′
Chris Paul Harman: Francisez-moi* (2025) 20′
Frédéric Lebel: Si le Temps, l’Espace (2022)
*Création

Program

Pauline Oliveros: Approaches and Departures, Appearances and Disappearances for solo, duo or ensemble (1994)
Juliet Palmer: blur of lichens* (2025) – 10′
Dylan Lardelli: The Giving Sea* (2025) – 10′
Gordon Williamson: Odd Throuple* (2025) – 10′
– Intermission –
Rodney Sharman: Remembering John Cage (2019) – 4′
Paul Frehner: Un pont sanguin* (2025) – 10′
Chris Paul Harman: Francisez-moi* (2025) 20′
Frédéric Lebel: Si le Temps, l’Espace (2022)
*Premiere

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musique contemporaine

Le Vivier InterUniversitaire | Interpreting the Eclipse

by Judith Hamel

On Saturday, January 25, the Espace Orange in the Wilder Building hosted the 9th annual Vivier InterUniversitaire concert, showcasing emerging composers in the field of contemporary music creation. Eight original works came to life in the hands of talented university performers.

The concert opened with Leo Purich’s Shape Games for Saxophone Quartet (2022-2023). In this piece, visual elements projected onto a giant screen presented eight geometric designs. Four of these were used as musical inspiration to interpret these shapes and translate them into sonorities that pushed back their limits.

We continue with Edwin H. Ng’s Eclipse (2024), a work for solo viola inspired by the total solar eclipse of 2024. In it, the composer translates the darkness that imposes itself at the heart of the day, right down to the subtle rays of light filtering through the shadows. It is in understanding this process that the work takes on its full meaning. The viola’s timbre lends itself to this dichotomy between light and shadow, while the strings represent the movement of the darkening day and the rays that reach our well-protected pupils.

The third work on the program is Hélpide Dulce, Escampas (2023) by Pablo Jiménez. This piece for string quartet plunges us into a noisy world of sound. Clusters emerge, instruments overlap and create a background sound that is both organic and disquieting. A well-constructed, organic chaos that oscillates between refined language and raw, evocative expressiveness. A la Jacob Collier, Jiménez takes his salute, fangs in hand, to warm applause from the audience.

Then, Jonas Regnier’s Wistful Fragments (2024) for trumpet with live electronics invites us to explore our auditory memories, using recordings of everyday life. The selection of landscapes such as an urban ambience, birdsong, piano playing, and the sequence of fragments seemed to me to lack a little coherence, but despite this, the alliance between trumpet and electronic processing was skilfully constructed. The composer exploits to the full the expressive possibilities of the blend between these two sound sources.

The fifth work, Composition pour sextuor (2023) by Jules Bastin-Fontaine, features meticulous work on counterpoints and textures. The choice of instruments favors sonic superimpositions that generate new textures. Resonant bodies such as flutes and bass clarinet are used to create reverberant sound backgrounds. Although the expressiveness of this piece did not stand out for me, the care taken in the construction of the textures deserves to be highlighted.

The sixth work, Tracé, Fossile (2023) for violin and cello by Alexandre Amat, highlights the distortions produced by excessive bow pressure. This process generates noisy sonorities that permeate the entire piece. Rather than relying on pitch-based melodic motifs, the work explores a musicality centered on sound mass, which becomes denser or lighter according to musical intentions.

The penultimate piece is Anita Pari’s The Mockingbird (2024) for string quartet. The work favors an ensemble musicality where one feels a common breath throughout the performance. This cohesion amplifies the dramatic passages. As the title suggests, the work evokes a warbling atmosphere, combining a refined musical language with an organic, poetic dimension that resonates authentically.

The evening concluded with Alexander Bridger’s Shards of Bengaluru Bill (2023), a work for flute, clarinet, accordion, viola and double bass. Dressed in bright colors, two performers marked time in certain passages of the work, a gesture that seemed planned, but which seemed to us somewhat strange or with a floating doubt. That said, the instrumentation, in particular the use of accordion and double bass, provided an original sound dimension.

Among the works presented, those by Edwin H. Ng, Pablo Jiménez and Alexandre Amat were my favorites of the evening.

In short, it was an opportunity to discover the promising talents of the new generation of composers, the vast majority of whom are men, despite the values of accessibility and inclusion put forward in this context. Achieving parity remains a laborious and complex process, we have to conclude.

Photo Credit: Claire Martin

percussions

Sixtrum et Cordâme: I Am Vertical

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Inspiré par la poésie de Sylvia Plath, I Am Vertical réunit les ensembles Sixtrum et Cordâme dans une rencontre inédite entre percussions, voix et cordes.

Les compositions de Jean Félix Mailloux, mises en musique par la voix de Coral Egan, donnent vie aux mots de Plath, invitant le public à une exploration intime des émotions humaines.

Composé de virtuoses aux multiples talents, l’ensemble de percussion Sixtrum renouvelle sans cesse son univers en se confrontant à d’autres disciplines et genres artistiques. Chacune des collaborations du groupe vise à trouver des formes d’expression inédites et des manières originales de toucher le public.

Piloté par le prolifique compositeur et contrebassiste Jean Félix Mailloux, Cordâme est un ensemble montréalais de musique de chambre qui explore les sonorités des cordes, aux frontières du classique et du jazz. L’ensemble offre des concerts chargés d’émotion grâce à une musique subtile et sensible.

Inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath, I Am Vertical brings together the Sixtrum and Cordâme ensembles in an original encounter between percussion, voice and strings.

Compositions by Jean Félix Mailloux, set to music by the voice of Coral Egan, bring Plath’s words to life, inviting the audience to an intimate exploration of human emotions.

Composed of multi-talented virtuosos, the Sixtrum percussion ensemble constantly renews its universe by confronting other disciplines and artistic genres. Each of the group’s collaborations aims to find new forms of expression and original ways of reaching audiences.

Led by prolific composer and double bassist Jean Félix Mailloux, Cordâme is a Montreal-based chamber music ensemble that explores the sonorities of strings at the frontiers of classical and jazz. The ensemble offers emotionally-charged concerts of subtle, sensitive music.

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Contemporary

Semaine du Neuf | Collectif9 : musical hero for everyone

by Frédéric Cardin

On Friday 15 March, collectif9, supported by two composers/videographers (Myriam Boucher and Pierre-Luc Lecours), gave the North American premiere of Héros, a work first performed in France in 2020, but which has never been able to travel since because of the pandemic crisis. It was a sort of second Première for this five-movement piece, written for the ensemble’s nine instrumentalists (4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 double bass) and two live video artists.

Thibault Bertin-Maghit, founder and general/artistic director of collectif9, explains the process of musical creation in the interview he gave me, which I encourage you to listen to here:

Semaine du Neuf | Beethoven 3.0 par l’ensemble collectif9

I’ll just give you a brief summary: starting with Beethoven’s music (2020 was the 250th anniversary of his birth), Boucher and Lecours, who are used to working with electronics, wove a digital musical framework in which Beethoven becomes difficult to recognise, which they then transcribed for the Montreal acoustic ensemble!

From acoustic to digital and back to acoustic again, the rather original approach promised some surprising moments. In truth, this was not the case, which is not to say that it was not good. It’s just that I was expecting some technically virtuosic instrumental passages, spectacularly drawn with millimetric pointillism. I was imagining something perhaps experimental.

Instead, Héros is draped in the hyper-seductive garb of repetitive American minimalism. The five movements develop in slow-fast-slow-fast alternation with a mixed finale. The overall effect is far more ‘pleasant’ than the original premise suggests, and results in a product whose ‘exportable’ potential for touring outside the usual circles of creative music is very interesting.

Concert Héros
collectif9
cr.: Philippe Latour

The video projections animated live by Boucher and Lecours move back and forth between abstraction and natural scenes (lots of birds) filtered by effects of transparency and chromatic color changes. Beethoven’s relationship with nature is probably what most reminds us of his presence in the background, as we search in vain for some melodic reference to the composer (apart from a few chords here and there). In any case, the interest lies not in finding familiar quotations, but rather in the sensory, audio-visual journey on offer.

I found the fourth movement to be the most exciting and absorbing. Against a backdrop of vertical stripes of varying widths and speeds, the highly rhythmic, even nervous music creates a hypnotic trance effect. Certain geometric bands appear in perfect synchronicity with the attacks of the instrumentalists. A fine example of live video creation truly integrated with a musical score.

The final movement offers an almost lyrical synthesis in its elegiac amplitude, touching and much appreciated by the audience.

The Espace Orange at the Wilder was filled to capacity, confirming another success for the Semaine du Neuf contemporary music festival.

As I mentioned, the export potential of Héros is undeniable. I can see this contemporary creation, which is by all accounts fairly user-friendly, being very well received throughout Quebec and elsewhere, in venues not used to the repertoire normally offered by Le Vivier contemporary music hub. Where Andréa Streliski and Jean-Michel Blais draw in the crowds, the Montreal ensemble should be able to pull its weight with Héros.

Another fine coup by collectif9.

Modern Classical

Semaine du Neuf: Collectif9 Presents Héros

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An immersive music and video creation that deconstructs the music of an iconic composer.

Created by composers and video artists Myriam Boucher and Pierre-Luc Lecours for nonet à cordes collectif9, Héros interweaves 18th-century musical ideas with those of today in a space covered by large-scale video projections. Although rooted in the current of electronic music, Héros resonates with older musical styles through reworked quotations from the music of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. As moments of splendor alternate with episodes of great tension, the musicians navigate between the imitation of the natural world and the exploration of fabricated universes, creating a dialogue between profoundly different aesthetics and musical currents.

The musicians of collectif9 occupy the space in different configurations, while video projections played in real time echo the music as much as they suggest its interpretation. With its amplified sounds, moving musicians and projections that travel on the walls and floor, Héros is a gripping immersive experience.

Une création musique et vidéo immersive qui déconstruit la musique d’un compositeur emblématique.

Créé par les compositeurs et artistes vidéo Myriam Boucher et Pierre-Luc Lecours pour le nonette à cordes collectif9, Héros entrelace les idées musicales du 18e siècle à celles d’aujourd’hui dans un espace recouvert par des projections vidéo à grand déploiement. Bien que prenant ancrage dans le courant de musique électronique, Héros fait résonner des styles musicaux plus anciens par l’entremise de citations retravaillées de la musique du légendaire Ludwig van Beethoven. Alors que s’alternent moments de splendeur et épisodes de grande tension, les musiciens naviguent entre l’imitation du monde naturel et l’exploration d’univers fabriqués, créant un dialogue entre des esthétiques et courants musicaux profondément différents.

Les musiciens de collectif9 occupent l’espace dans différentes configurations alors que des projections vidéo interprétées en temps réel font écho à la musique autant qu’elles suggèrent son interprétation. Avec ses sons amplifiés, ses musiciens en mouvement et ses projections qui voyagent sur les murs et au sol, Héros est une expérience immersive saisissante.

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Contemporary

Semaine du Neuf : Le Quatuor Bozzini at Édifice Wilder

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Presented in its world premiere, Linda Bouchard’s Torrents is a film with live string quartet and recorded sound, the fruit of a multi-year collaboration between the composer, Quatuor Bozzini and video artist Huei Lin. Inspired by maritime signals, the work integrates ideas of communication and relationships, singularity and multiplicity, granularity and fluidity. 60 Loops by Pierre Jodlowski explores the interaction between machine and human gesture in a Steve Reich-like minimalism, eventually superimposing 40 quartet lines in a dynamic, hypnotic progression. Luke Nickel’s Supreme Chains is another world premiere written for Quatuor Bozzini, in which impossible virtual rollercoaster films interact with the string quartet.

Présenté en création mondiale, Torrents de Linda Bouchard est un film avec quatuor à cordes en direct et son enregistré, fruit d’une collaboration de plusieurs années entre la compositrice, le Quatuor Bozzini et le vidéaste Huei Lin. Inspiré par les signaux maritimes, l’œuvre intègre les idées de communication et de relations, de singularité et de multiplicité, de granularité et de fluidité. 60 Loops de Pierre Jodlowski étudie l’interaction entre la machine et les gestes humains dans un minimalisme à la Steve Reich, superposant éventuellememt 40 lignes de quatuor dans une progression dynamique et hypnotique. Supreme Chains de Luke Nickel est une autre création mondiale écrite pour le Quatuor Bozzini, où des films de montagnes russes virtuelles et impossibles interagissent avec le quatuor à cordes.

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expérimental / contemporain

Pythagore’s Toolkit at Espace Orange

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Following on from the success of last season’s debut, the intrepid modern-day puppet is back, exploring new experiences as fun and surreal as ever, interacting with the music through attentive listening, awkward dancing and playful manipulation of sound.

Legend has it that, passing a forge, Pythagoras was astonished by the wide range of high-pitched sounds he heard as the blacksmiths used hammers of various sizes to strike their pieces of metal. The sounds were rich, varied, sometimes harmonious, sometimes discordant. Once our beloved Greek thinker returned home, he immediately began experimenting with a plethora of different hammers and metals. Over time, he detected and then identified musical intervals and some of the relationships produced by harmony. These explorations of sound, as well as his development of new instruments, were a trigger for him to develop the principle of an underlying order in the natural world – what we now call physics.

In Pythagoras’ Toolbox, using puppets and live music, Rachel Warr and Benjamin Olivier bring to life a modern-day Pythagoras, exploring sound, space (conceptual/sound/real world), rhythm, harmonies and dissonances (order and chaos), instrument making and design, varied musical textures and structures, and even dance. Aimed at children aged 3 to 12, but also open to adults, Pythagoras’ Toolbox will engage the audience in a dialogue leading to an understanding of sound phenomena. The production features musicians from Paramirabo (Quebec), composer Benjamin Oliver and director Rachel Warr (UK), and two puppeteers manipulating a brand-new Pythagoras.

À la suite du succès de la première saison passée, l’intrépide marionnette des temps modernes est de retour, explorant de nouvelles expériences toujours aussi amusantes et surréalistes et interagissant avec la musique par une écoute attentive, une danse maladroite et une manipulation ludique du son.

La légende raconte qu’en passant devant une forge, Pythagore fut étonné par le large panel de sons aigus qu’il a entendus alors que les forgerons utilisaient des marteaux de différentes tailles pour frapper leurs morceaux de métal. Les sonorités étaient riches, variées, tantôt harmonieuses, tantôt discordantes. Une fois notre cher penseur grec rentré chez lui, il a aussitôt commencé à expérimenter une pléthore de différents marteaux et métaux. Au fil du temps, il y a alors décelé puis identifié des intervalles musicaux et quelques rapports que produisait l’harmonie. Ces explorations du son, ainsi que son développement de nouveaux instruments, ont été pour lui un déclencheur, développant ainsi le principe d’un ordre sous-jacent dans le monde naturel – ce que nous appelons maintenant la physique.

Dans la boîte à outils de Pythagore, au moyen de marionnettes et de musique live, Rachel Warr et Benjamin Olivier donnent vie à un Pythagore des temps moderne, explorant le son, l’espace (conceptuel/sonore/monde réel), le rythme, les harmonies et dissonances (ordre et chaos), la fabrication et la conception d’instruments, des textures et structures musicales variées, et même la danse. Destinée aux enfants de 3 à 12 ans, mais aussi ouverte aux adultes, La boîte à outils de Pythagore entraînera le public dans un dialogue menant à la compréhension des phénomènes sonores. La production met en vedette les musiciens de Paramirabo (Québec), le compositeur Benjamin Oliver et la metteuse en scène Rachel Warr (Royaume-Uni) et deux marionnettistes qui manipulent un tout nouveau Pythagore.

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Electroacoustic

Éclat! at Espace Orange

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Ensemble Éclat, a group of fifteen up-and-coming Montreal musicians, is dedicated to programming immersive events, promoting the work of young composers, and advancing and integrating new technologies into the arts and music. It is supported by the Pôle Relève du Vivier, which helps emerging new music artists incubate, disseminate and circulate their artistic projects and works throughout Quebec.

Formé de quinze musicien·ne·s de la relève montréalaise, Ensemble Éclat est dédié à la programmation d’évènements immersifs, à la promotion de l’œuvre de jeunes compositeur·rice·s et à l’avancée et l’intégration de nouvelles technologies dans les arts et la musique. Il est soutenu par le Pôle Relève du Vivier qui accompagne les artistes émergent·e·s en musiques nouvelles dans leur incubation, diffusion jusqu’à la circulation de leurs projets artistiques et de leurs œuvres sur le territoire du Québec.

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Free Improvisation

Ensemble Tesse Presents Concerti

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Ensemble Tesse is a group of six musicians from the Montreal music scene whose aim is to co-create new musical works. It is supported by the Pôle Relève du Vivier, which assists emerging new music artists in the dissemination and circulation of their artistic projects and works.

This concert presents six new works entirely created and composed by the ensemble. The six pieces are of variable geometry, ranging from duos to sextets, and feature each of our group’s six soloist-improvisers.

Ensemble Tesse est un groupe de six musiciens de la scène musicale montréalaise dont l’objectif est de co-créer de nouvelles œuvres musicales. Il est soutenu par le Pôle Relève du Vivier qui accompagne les artistes émergent·e·s en musiques nouvelles dans la diffusion et la circulation de leurs projets artistiques et de leurs œuvres.

Ce concert présente six nouvelles œuvres entièrement créées et composées par l’ensemble. Les six pièces sont à géométrie variable passant du duo au sextuor et s’enchaînent en mettant à l’avant-plan chacun.es des six solistes-improvisateurs de notre groupe.

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