Eric Chenaux 17 May | 10 p.m. | $30Le Carré 150 | Cabaret Guy-Aubert Eric Chenaux (France, Ontario) Through the uncanny combination of his vocal falsetto – evoking even Betty Carter or Jeanne Lee – and his kaleidoscopic guitar playing, Eric Chenaux’s songs are drenched in emotion while remaining resolutely experimental. Here he re-joins a … Eric Chenaux
Rafael Toral « Guitar Concert » 16 May | 3 p.m. | $25Le Carré 150 | Cabaret Guy-Aubert 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 evoking birdsong. Guitar Concert … Rafael Toral « Guitar Concert »
John Oswald « PlunderphoniCoveralls » Three Versions :14, 15, 16 May | 11pm | freeFIMAV Quartier général | Studio Monique-Bourgeois | Carré 150 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 … John Oswald « Plunderphonic Coveralls »
Sarah Pagé & No Hay Banda « Voda » 17 May | 5 p.m. | $25Centre des congrès | Hôtel le Victorin 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 in her experimental harp … Sarah Pagé & No Hay Banda « Voda »
Yves Charuest / John Edwards / Mark Sanders 16 May | 5 p.m. | $25Centre des congrès | Hôtel le Victorin 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 FIMAV legends Evan Parker … Yves Charuest / John Edwards / Mark Sanders
