Fête de la Musique 2025 | Marc Hervieux’s Big Italian Party

by Frédéric Cardin

Angèle Dubeau often repeats: she listens to the public. You can also listen to her tell the anecdote about this Marc Hervieux concert, given on the Québécor stage, this Sunday evening in Tremblant. People had not had enough of the tenor last year, when he came to present the play A Voice to be Loved: Maria Callas, with Sophie Faucher. It is true that he sings very little in that production. And Angèle, always on site and ready to receive the spectators’ comments, clearly heard the many people who told her: “it was very beautiful, but we were hoping to hear Marc sing more often!”. That was last year. This year, Marc returned, with the mandate to satisfy the festival-goers. Satisfy as in “having a feast,” and a real feast it was! A copious buffet at a big Italian party, with Neapolitan songs (and Italian and Sicilian, to be precise) in abundance, sung by a master of ceremonies in formidable form. From the moment he stepped on stage, Hervieux galvanized the crowd, like a Sinatra in the good old days of Live at the Sands. And then the timeless titles followed one another, Volare, Torna a Surriento, Arrivederci Roma, Parla Piu Piano, Core’n’grato, etc., colorful and delivered with the mastery of a connoisseur. Hervieux is totally in his element here. For each piece, a presentation, simple and embellished with strokes of humor that hit the mark. An hour and a half like that, and the audience would have taken double, I think. You may know me: I like copious and complex music, even demanding and even experimental. As a result, you will probably think that it was a rather “light” set for my usual sonic palate. I would answer that no one, not even a strange music-loving insect like me, can turn up their nose at it and that, moreover, you would have to be monumentally bad-faith-ish not to recognize the absolute perfection of this kind of entertainment. When it’s done with so much sincerity, authenticity, and generosity, one can only bow before such flawless success.

Arabic Classical / central asia / Moyen-Orient / Levant / Maghreb

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Ensemble Urmawi – Du Tasnif au Muwashah à la scène Québecor

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L’Ensemble Urmawi offre un éventail musical allant du Levant à l’Asie Centrale, reliant le répertoire vocal arabe du Muwashah au Tasnif persan. Les œuvres émergent également par les compositions de Showan Tavakol, inspirées des danses kurdes. Sous la direction artistique de Lamia Yared, chanteuse et oudiste, des répertoires anciens du 19e siècle reprennent vie et se distinguent par leur exquise poésie, chantée à la fois en arabe et en farsi.

Ensemble Urmawi offers a musical journey spanning from the Levant to Central Asia, bridging the Arabic vocal repertoire of Muwashah with the Persian Tasnif. The ensemble’s repertoire also features compositions by Showan Tavakol, inspired by Kurdish dances. Under the artistic direction of singer and oud player Lamia Yared, ancient 19th-century repertoires are revived, distinguished by their exquisite poetry, sung in both Arabic and Farsi.

CE SPECTACLE EST GRATUIT!

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classique / jeunesse / musique de chambre

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Étoiles du Conservatoire à la scène Québecor

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Ce concert met le talent de jeunes étudiants ou finissants du Conservatoire qui s’illustrent, tous aussi impressionnants les uns que les autres, et qui seront assurément une merveilleuse découverte pour le public. Venez les entendre et les encourager dans leur quête d’excellence et de passion.
Julien Gagné (piano), Aiden Liu (violon), Stella-Rose Martin (mezzo-soprano), Natacha Demers (soprano), quintette de cuivres avec Nicolas Gagnon (trompette), Loïc Lapatrie (trompette), Mathilde Lepage (Cor), Alexis Duvell (trombone), Maxime Lepage (tuba)

This concert showcases the talent of young students or graduates of the Conservatoire who stand out, each as impressive as the next, and who will undoubtedly be a wonderful discovery for the public. Come hear them and encourage them in their quest for excellence and of passion.
Julien Gagné (piano), Aiden Liu (violin), Stella-Rose Martin (mezzo-soprano), Natacha Demers (soprano),brass quintet with Nicolas Gagnon (trumpet), Loïc Lapatrie (trumpet), Mathilde Lepage (horn), Alexis Duvell (trombone), Maxime Lepage (tuba)

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période romantique

Fête de la Musique 2025 | Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin: Brahms, Franck, and sunshine

by Frédéric Cardin

The duo consisting of pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and violinist Andrew Wan (also concertmaster of the OSM) needs no introduction. A decade of artistic complicity has brought these two individual and natural talents together in a chamber music diptych of the highest order. The recordings of Beethoven and Schumann sonatas they have made are demonstrations of very high-level musicality. Wan, and perfectly supported by Richard-Hamelin, shows a very focused concentration on the discourse and narration of the works. The young man tells a story while playing, which is already good, but in addition he has something interesting to say. On the big Québécor stage in Tremblant, the Fête de la Musique gave us the first of Brahms’ sonatas, which the two musicians have been working on for some time now and which will be part of the duo’s next album, dedicated to the German composer. We have already heard the two friends in this repertoire, at the Classica Festival earlier this year. The impression had been good, and it was again this Sunday afternoon. The Sonata, in the smiling key of G major despite its very intimate character, was deployed without exaggerated effects, Wan focusing on the interiority of the discourse and on the poised pace of expressiveness. We could have taken a little more in terms of emotions, without the risk of making a fuss, but we were nevertheless very pleased in terms of instrumental beauty and esthetic satisfaction. As a concert supplement, not another Brahms, but rather the great Sonata in A major by César Franck. We too often tend to darken this work, because it is Franck, because despite the fact that he was Belgian, we associate him with Germanism and a lush and dense Romanticism. Yet, the major key implies light and open feeling, even a certain blossoming. Wan and Richard-Hamelin understood this necessity well, despite a restraint that took a bit long to dissipate in the first movement. But the audience was rewarded with a final Allegretto poco mosso full of candor and naturalness, a perfect accompaniment to a generously sunny early afternoon at the foot of Tremblant Mountain.

Early Music / Traditional

Fête de la Musique 2025 | Love at first song for Ménestrel duo

by Frédéric Cardin

There are some encounters whose impact you can’t guess until you’ve experienced them. I didn’t know the Ménestrel duo, made up of Kerry Bursey (vocals and lute) and Janelle Lucyk (vocals and violin), before this concert of just under an hour on the small and intimate Deslauriers stage in the village of Tremblant. The duo has been active since 2019 and has crossed Canada in its entirety (its “13 provinces and territories”) playing from its repertoire: ancient music, whether folk or baroque, Renaissance, and medieval. In Tremblant, the two artists, partly based in Montreal, launched their program with a few folk songs (À la claire fontaine, Greensleeves, la Louison, Au mois de mai, etc.) played with exquisite finesse and refinement, which allowed them to continue further with a few Baroque gems (magnificent Frescobaldi and tender Monteverdi in a duet version of Si dolce il tormento, an air of such beauty that it could make you cry with happiness). The champion of all categories of lyrical tears, John Dowland, a big musical star of the Shakespearean era, also benefited from sensitive and delicate interpretations by the two artists. Both voices are very beautiful, Bursey’s tenor is easy, but above all Lucyk’s angelic soprano, which can enchant even the most demanding music lovers. No doubt that your humble servant will be closely watching Ménestrel’s next activities, because he will not be able to forget, like all the spectators present, the impressive quality of the performance heard on this little Sunday midday at the Festival of Music.

Chanson francophone / chanson keb franco

Fête de la Musique 2025 | Coeur de pirate Offers a Few Previews in Tremblant

by Frédéric Cardin

In a basic, almost spartan format (drums, bass, vocals, and a little piano, of course) but extremely effective, Béatrice Martin, alias Coeur de Pirate, performed for the first time at the Fête de la Musique. Apparently, Angèle Dubeau had been working on getting her to come for quite some time. It finally happened for this 25th edition and, judging by the reaction of the audience, it was a huge success. Of course, there were the songs that everyone was waiting for and singing along to even before the artist arrived: C’était salement romantique, Place de la République, and Somnambule, performed in their classic form, with solo piano and vocals, right in the middle of the program. Like a gentle, melancholic pause. But there were also more upbeat hits such as Golden Baby, Prémonition, Oublie moi, and Crier tout bas.

And then, through a fairly fast-paced set, performed at full speed but without giving the impression of being rushed, the Pirate with a lyrical heart offered up a few new songs that those present at the foot of Tremblant Mountain had the privilege of hearing live for the first time: the recent Cavale, which served as a perfect and exciting appetizer at the very beginning of the show, the dramatic and powerful Les enfants des temps derniers, and the ballad Château de sable, written for her daughter Romy. If what we heard in these songs is any indication of what the next album, due out in a month, will be like, it is sure to be a popular success, as it is on par with the singer’s best productions, with melodies that stick in your memory.

Publicité panam

Musiques du Monde

Fête de la Musique 2025 | The musical Esperanto of the Kuné ensemble

by Frédéric Cardin

The Toronto-based collective Kuné (which means “together” in Esperanto) brings together a fairly broad ecumenical group of influences and musical traditions in the same assemblage. West Africa, Greece, Iraq, Brazil, Turkey, Peru, Mexico, etc. are all represented by the musicians who form its beating heart. The mayonnaise is deliciously taken, obviously, because the pieces follow one another with a speed that leaves no spectator hungry. Catchy rhythms, which draw as much from the traditions of Brazil and West Asia as from Mandingo Africa, traditional Europe and the Latin world; simple but catchy melodies, seductive voices, perfectly interwoven intercultural arrangements and instrumentations, in short, Kuné is a kind of small global orchestra emblematic of contemporary Canada. One wonders why these artists have not come to Quebec before (unless I am mistaken). In any case, we should look into it, because they know how to raise the energy level on a stage.

Classical

Fête de la Musique 2025 | The feathers of Luc Beauséjour and the character of Julie Boulianne

by Frédéric Cardin

Not easy for classical artists to perform at the Tremblant Music Festival. The temperature has its moods, and it doesn’t care if it suits the performers and their instruments. It was chilly on this Saturday afternoon at the foot of the mountain, which can’t be ideal for a singer. Plus, it rained, it was sunny, and it rained again. But well, Julie knows how to do it and has performed with character the different arias on the program presented on the big Québécor stage. A lot of Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni...) and French Melodies (Hahn, Pauline Viardot…), a repertoire that she naturally inhabits and that the Quebec mezzo beautifully sketched, with a touch of facial expression, enough to follow the characters’ states of mind. Luc Beauséjour assisted with all the necessary elegance on piano. At the end of the recital, which was still attended by quite a few people despite the uncertain weather, Angèle Dubeau gave the pianist a bag full of bird feathers. He revealed to us that he uses them to make plectrums for his harpsichord (which is used to pluck the strings of the instrument), a material that was used in the past. Just to see the reaction of the audience who “discovered” a manufacturing secret hidden behind the music, the Fête de la Musique was worth organizing.

Opera / Western European

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Marc Hervieux – La Dolce Vita : la fête italienne à la scène Québecor

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Marc Hervieux vous invite à une célébration haute en couleur de la musique italienne.
Accompagné de neuf musiciens, il interprètera avec passion les plus beaux classiques napolitains et siciliens, dans des versions toutes personnelles.
Au rythme des tarentelles, laissez-vous emporter par les sons chaleureux des cordes, de la mandoline, du piano, de la clarinette et des percussions.

A Grand Italian Celebration!
Marc Hervieux invites you to a vibrant and colorful celebration of Italian music.
Accompanied by nine musicians, he passionately performs beloved Neapolitan and Sicilian classics in personal interpretations.
Set to the lively rhythm of tarantellas, let yourself be swept away by the warm sounds of strings, mandolin, piano, clarinet, and percussion.

CE SPECTACLE EST GRATUIT!

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Soul Jazz / soul-roots / Vocal Jazz

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Dominique Fils-Aimé – Roots à la scène Québecor

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Dominique Fils-Aimé revient sur scène afin de nous présenter son plus récent album, « Our Roots Run Deep », lui ayant permis de décrocher son deuxième prix JUNO en carrière dans la catégorie « Album Jazz Vocal de l’année ». Après avoir exploré ses influences musicales afro-américaines, ce nouveau spectacle plus intime nous invite à explorer les racines de son âme. Elle partage avec nous son désir profond de se connecter autant à elle-même, à ses musiciens qu’à son public, avec le désir de nous envelopper un ressenti humain et réconfortant. Lauréate d’un Félix dans la catégorie « Album jazz de l’année » en 2019, du JUNO « Album Jazz Vocal de l’année » en 2020 et nominée sur la courte liste du prestigieux Prix Polaris en 2019 et 2021, l’autrice-compositrice-interprète originaire de Montréal captive par son timbre envoûtant et un discours aussi poétique qu’empathique.

Dominique Fils-Aimé graces the stage once again, unveiling her latest album, “Our Roots Run Deep,” a masterpiece that clinched her second JUNO award for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” After having explored her African-American musical influences in her album trilogy, this new show invites the audience to delve into the roots of her soul. She manifests a strong desire to connect with her higher self, her musicians along with the audience, with the intention of enveloping the listener in a soothing aural embrace. Fils-Aimé won a Felix in 2019 for Jazz Album of the Year, a JUNO in 2020 for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year and was nominated for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize shortlist in both 2019 and 2021. The mercurial singer-songwriter hailing from Montreal dazzles the listener with her radiant voice and underlying message of empathy.

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afro-soul / Haitian / Jazz

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Bel & Quinn – Elevator Pitch à la scène Deslauriers

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Bel and Quinn présentent leur nouvel album, Donte sann yo (2023). Combinant les rythmes d’Haïti, le soul, le jazz et le funk, ce projet est un chant de libération et de joie. Le duo rend hommage à leurs ancêtres, à leur mère, aux femmes qui ont marché avant elle, mais également à elles-mêmes. Les deux sœurs d’origine haïtienne offrent leurs chansons à leur public comme un acte de guérison, d’amour et d’acceptation de soi. Elles désirent leur transmettre un message d’espoir. Elles proposent un spectacle excitant et rempli d’authenticité.

Bel and Quinn present their JUNO nominated album, Donte sann yo (2023). Combining Haitian rhythms, soul, jazz, and funk, this project is a song of liberation and joy. The duo pays homage to their ancestors, their mother and the women who walked before them. The two sisters of Haitian descent offer their songs to the audience as an act of healing, love, and self-acceptance. Bel and Quinn want to convey a message of hope. They offer an exciting and authentic show.

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classique / Piano / violon

Fête de la musique de Tremblant : Andrew Wan et Charles Richard-Hamelin en duo interprètent Brahms et Frank à la scène Québecor

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Plongez dans la richesse et l’intensité des œuvres pour violon et piano de Johannes Brahms et César Franck, interprétées par deux virtuoses de renommée internationale : Andrew Wan, violoniste de l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, et Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianiste lauréat du prestigieux Concours Chopin.
Après avoir exploré et enregistré les intégrales des sonates de Beethoven et de Schumann (Prix OPUS, JUNO), les artistes se plongent dans ces œuvres majeures de Brahms et Franck dont la musique se situe formellement entre le classicisme et le romantisme. Cette musique allie la douceur lyrique et l’énergie dramatique!

Dive into the richness and intensity of Johannes Brahms and César Franck’ works for violin and piano, performed by two internationally renowned virtuosos: Andrew Wan, violinist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, pianist and laureate of the prestigious Chopin Competition.
Having previously explored and recorded the complete sonatas of Beethoven and Schumann (OPUS and JUNO Awards), these artists now delve into Brahms and Franck’s major works, situated musically between classicism and romanticism. This music masterfully combines lyrical softness with dramatic energy!

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