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Dona Rosita manipulated by Marcelle Hudon. Photo: Olivier Gélinas-Roberge
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Innamorati: The meeting
Many life coincidences led to Quatuor Bozzini's encounter with puppeteer Marcelle Hudon. First was Clemens' transplant to Quebec in the late 1990s. Thereafter his reunion with a great-cousin, Felix Mirbt, who had settled in Quebec's Eastern Townships after immigrating in the 1950s, a renowned puppeteer. He was a model,
mentor and colleague for many artists, including Louise Lapointe (artistic director of Festival de Casteliers,) Francis Monty (Théâtre de la pire Espèce) and Marcelle Hudon. The connection was made. Collaborations — and the friendship — between Clemens and Marcelle began with Le requin blanc se mulitiplie in 2001. Then it was Die Reise ou les visages variables de Félix Mirbt in 2011 — a tribute to Felix who had recently left for the long journey in 2002. The years pass, but the artistic affinities remain. In 2020, Quatuor Bozzini — this time in its full formation — and Marcelle meet again to lay the foundations for a new creation. Music, puppets, shadow theatre, video projection and nods to the shared past. We are reacquainted with the character of Dona Rosita, an original puppet by Felix Mirbt, we continue to knit woollen scarves that began during "requin blanc" in 2001.
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Innamorati is a
suite of short pieces of contemporary music performed by four luminous musicians and liberally illustrated by two benevolent puppeteers. While Columbine rises and Zanni tries to catch her feet, birds chatter and musicians play springs. These unlikely lovers meet on a sheet of paper where they intertwine to win a final race against death.
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There is still time to get your tickets for our *IN-PERSON* concert Ways of Returning! The concert will take place on February 23rd at the Espace Orange — Édifice Wilder and is co-presented with Le Vivier. The concert will also be available as a webcast.
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About our remarkable collaborators for
Ways of Returning :
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Tom Johnson builds a poetic musical world by exploring the infinite possibilities of mathematical formulas and assembles compositions in the manner of luminous, sometimes hypnotic kaleidoscopes. Witness to the effervescence of the New York experimental school, notably with his role in The Village Voice magazine in the 1970s, this minimalist composer who rubbed
shoulders with Feldman and Cage is still active today at the age of 82. Read more
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Called "a brilliant musical scientist" (CBC), "breathtakingly inventive" (Sydney Times Herald), and "utterly inspiring" (I Care If You Listen), award winning composer and filmmaker Nicole Lizée creates new music and video from an eclectic mix of influences including the earliest MTV videos, turntablism, glitch, rave culture, film theory, Hitchcock, Kubrick,
Alexander McQueen, thrash metal, 1960s psychedelia and 1960s modernism. Read more
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Michael Oesterle is a Canadian composer living in Deux-Montagnes Québec. While he writes primarily for the concert hall,
he has composed for theatre, film, animation, and dance projects. His concert music has been performed by a wide range of groups such as Ensemble intercontemporain (Paris) and Tafelmusik (Toronto). Oesterle's inspiration comes from his fascination with the lives of scientists and their focus and creativity, their work methods and the adversity they face in society. Read more
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Composer, pianist, and electronic musician Anthony Tan draws influence from conceptual metaphors, an attention to the psychophysical experiences of sound, and a reflection on music’s cultural context. His research interests include instrumental concert music with or without electronics, timbre theory, live and interactive electronics, music perception,
composer-performer paradigms, free improvisation, and genre fluidity. Read more |
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Images: courtesy of Tom Johnson, Murray Lightburn, Christine Unger, Hélène Cyr
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Conference at McGill February 18th : Anthony Tan
Quatuor Bozzini and Le Vivier are proud to join the McGill Association of Student Composers in presenting Anthony Tan for an online webinar and Q&A period Friday February 18 at 4pm. Currently Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Victoria, Anthony Tan will discuss "sonic identity, structural auras, and genre fluidity" in his composition, particularly his recent work "Ways
of Returning" (2019 rev. 2020) for string quartet and electronics. This work, commissioned by Erreur de type 27 and Quatuor Bozzini, won the 2021 Jules Léger Prize and will be presented in concert on Wednesday, February 23 at Espace Orange in Montreal, QC.
Link for the webinar
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Coming up: Concert in Toronto
Quatuor Bozzini + Continuum Contemporary EnsembleMarch 24 and 25 at The Music Gallery
Works by Carolyn Chen, Alissa Cheung, Jimmie LeBlanc, Nicole Lizée, Michael Oesterle, Linda Smith, Tyshawn Sorey, Tanya Tagaq
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Summer course in the UK: Dartington
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Bozzini Lab is back! This open call for emerging composers is for Week 4 (August 13-20) of Dartington Summer School (UK) where Quatuor Bozzini will be joined by mentor Christopher Fox, Emeritus Professor of Brunel University London, recent appointee of Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and long-time collaborator and friend of Quatuor Bozzini, including previous Composer’s Kitchen mentorship. Quatuor Bozzini will also perform in
faculty concerts with Juliet Fraser, including works by Cassandra Miller and Christopher Fox, and final string quartet pieces from the Bozzini Lab workshop. Financial assistance through Dartington available. Deadline March 11 5pm (GMT). Find the program here
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All our projects are possible thanks to the financial support of our public partners, our artistic collaborators and presenters, and also to you, our dear audience.
Creation residencies, commissions, recordings, multidisciplinary projects, creation workshops (via the Composer's Kitchen, the Bozzini Lab, the Performer's Kitchen), educational workshops in primary and secondary schools, CEGEPs as well as universities, all benefit from this financial support.
Quatuor Bozzini is a registered charity and you will receive a receipt for your donation. Thank you for helping us bring these creative projects to life!
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