{"id":157737,"date":"2026-05-11T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/fimav-2026-scott-thomson-nous-presente-sa-programation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:15:21","slug":"fimav-2026-scott-thomson-nous-presente-sa-programation","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/fimav-2026-scott-thomson-nous-presente-sa-programation\/","title":{"rendered":"FIMAV 2026 | Scott Thomson Presents His Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>The quintet of singer Amirtha Kidambi, the Ahmed Quartet with pianist Pat Thomas, the trio of saxophonist Darius Jones, John Oswald and his Plunderphonics, harpist Sarah Pag\u00e9 and No Hay Banda, the string ensemble of violinist Josh Zubot, the trio of saxophonist Yves Charuest, countertenor Eric Chenaux and his experimental soul, the trio of French saxophonist Sakina Abdou\u2014these are just a few of the 25 different programs presented at the upcoming Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV), which begins this Monday, May 11, and concludes this Sunday, May 17. As it has done since its launch in 2020, PAN M 360 continues its coverage of FIMAV and offers several interviews this week. We begin with an interview with artistic director Scott Thomson, who is in his third consecutive year at the helm, including a second edition hampered by reduced organizational resources following a more arduous than anticipated transition of power. All that is behind us now, and Scott Thomson beams with pride as he discusses his 2026 programming.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><\/p>\n\n\n    <div class=\"panm-ads-wrapper alignfull\"><span class=\"panm-ads-copy\">Publicit\u00e9 panam<\/span><div class=\"panm-ads-render\" data-ads-id=\"157072\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong>WATCH THIS INTERVIEW!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavitrine.com\/fr\/series\/festival-international-de-musique-actuelle-de-victoriaville-fimav-2026\/1671\">This interview was conducted in collaboration with La Vitrine, which also disseminates information about FIMAV.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FIMAV 2026 | Scott Thomson explique sa programmation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/80rzoYa6xwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quintet of singer Amirtha Kidambi, the Ahmed Quartet with pianist Pat Thomas, the trio of saxophonist Darius Jones, John Oswald and his Plunderphonics, harpist Sarah Pag\u00e9 and No Hay Banda, the string ensemble of violinist Josh Zubot, the trio of saxophonist Yves Charuest, countertenor Eric Chenaux and his experimental soul, the trio of French [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":157535,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[4628],"tags":[],"genre":[8058,3197,3166,9772],"class_list":["post-157737","interviews","type-interviews","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews-en","genre-experimental-contemporain-en","genre-free-improvisation","genre-free-jazz-2","genre-musique-de-creation-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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