Rafael Toral « Guitar Concert » 16 May | 3 p.m.Le Carré 150 | Cabaret Guy-Aubert Single tickets on sale 18 March Rafael Toral « Guitar Concert » (Portugal) Rafael Toral’s Spectral Evolution was widely hailed as one of 2024’s best records, a dreamlike wash of sumptuous chord progressions paired with ethereal synthesised sounds, often … Rafael Toral « Guitar Concert »
John Oswald « PlunderphoniCoveralls » Three Performances:May 14, 15, 16 | 23 hFIMAV Headquarters | Studio Monique-Bourgeois | Carré 150 | free John Oswald « PlunderphoniCoveralls » (Ontario etc.) Toronto polymath artist John Oswald pioneered the compositional approach, Plunderphonics, primarily as a recorded project making familiar music unfamiliar through radical re-creation –– Michael Jackson is … John Oswald « Plunderphonic Coveralls »
Sarah Pagé & No Hay Banda « Voda » 17 May | 5 p.m.Centre des congrès | Hôtel le Victorin Single tickets on sale 18 March Sarah Pagé & No Hay Banda « Voda » (Quebec) Voda (“water” in Russian) is Quebecoise composer Sarah Pagé’s studio recording from 2023, radically expanding her instrumental vocabulary rooted … Sarah Pagé & No Hay Banda « Voda »
Yves Charuest / John Edwards / Mark Sanders 16 May | 5 p.m.Centre des congrès | Hôtel le Victorin Single tickets on sale 18 March Yves Charuest / John Edwards / Mark Sanders (Quebec, UK) John Edwards and Mark Sanders are arguably the most in-demand bass-drums pairing in contemporary music, sought in trios formed by … Yves Charuest / John Edwards / Mark Sanders
Beast 15 May | 5pmCentre des congrès | Hôtel le Victorin Single tickets on sale 18 March Beast (Quebec) Utterly contemporary music on Early instruments. Beast delves into the rich textural space that drones on this instrumental combination affords. These are interlaced with brief, mostly melodic, interjections that dance within that space. Combining deep historical … Beast
