{"id":6177,"date":"2026-05-11T09:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/2026\/05\/11\/fimav-is-underway\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:29:31","slug":"fimav-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/2026\/05\/11\/fimav-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"FIMAV IS UNDERWAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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FIMAV IS UNDERWAY!<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THE SOUND ART INSTALLATION CIRCUIT KICKS OFF TODAY!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today, Monday, 11 May, marks the start of our renowned circuit of sound art installations in the heart of Victoriaville. But that\u2019s not all! Free concerts and satellite events await you leading up to the \u2018official\u2019 opening night on Thursday, 14 May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TICKETED CONCERTS
FRIENDLY RICH LES OISEAUX DE MARSVILLE<\/em>, free admission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 12 May | 7 p.m | Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Parminou
Wednesday | 13 May | 7 p.m | Atoll art actuel terrasse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Both sites are part of the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Parminou complex, 150, boul. des Bois-Francs Nord)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friendly Rich brings his portable carnival to town. Les Oiseaux de Marsville<\/em> is a long-form composition for and performance on the orchestrion, an automated wooden pump organ, plus a truckload of other instruments and noisemakers. With these, he plays the fantastical songs of dozens of bizarre birds from the lost, mythic isle of Marsville. Musique actuelle street theatre for all ages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SATELLITE EVENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

12 May | 8 p.m.
Caf\u00e9 Lewis | free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Scott Thomson<\/strong>, FIMAV’s Director, who will discuss “The Future of Musique actuelle” (in French) + an informal concert : Jean Ren\u00e9<\/strong> (viola) & Susanna Hood<\/strong> (voice & dance)

(For reasons beyond our control, violist Jean Ren\u00e9 will replace Malcolm Goldstein for this concert.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 13 | 8 p.m.
Caf\u00e9 Lewis | free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Launch : Inter, art actuel,<\/em> special edition \u00ab Ou\u00efr \u00bb (editors: \u00c9rick d\u2019Orion<\/strong>, Catherine Lalonde Massecar<\/strong> & Alexandre St-Onge<\/strong>) + informal concert : R\u00e9my B\u00e9langer de Beauport<\/strong> (cello), Esther Bourdages<\/strong> (turntable) & Alexandre St-Onge<\/strong> (electronics)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FIMAV IS UNDERWAY! THE SOUND ART INSTALLATION CIRCUIT KICKS OFF TODAY! Today, Monday, 11 May, marks the start of our renowned circuit of sound art installations in the heart of Victoriaville. But that\u2019s not all! Free concerts and satellite events await you leading up to the \u2018official\u2019 opening night on Thursday, 14 May. IN ANTICIPATION … FIMAV IS UNDERWAY!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6179,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177\/revisions\/6179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fimav.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}