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Bozzini Lab Concert
works by Hannah Barnes, Franki Dodwell, Joseph Graydon, Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, Ryder McGinnis, James Preller
June 20, 5pm
Espace Ste-Hilda
6341, avenue De Lorimier
Montréal, Quebec H2G 2P5
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Suggested contribution at the door $20
No one turned away for lack of funds
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The public is invited to an informal meet-and-greet with the artists following the concert
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Hannah Barnes 📷 Lisa-Ann Barnes
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Franki Dodwell 📷 Karen van Gilst |
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Joseph Graydon 📷 Olivia Da Costa |
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Kalaisan Kalaichelvan 📷 Rita Taylor
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Ryder McGinnis 📷 Amasha Nayakaratna |
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James Preller 📷 Joel Bell |
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The Bozzini Lab, little brother of the Composer's Kitchen, is an intensive string composition workshop for young composers at the beginning or middle of their studies or artistic development. A fusion of laboratory, playroom and masterclass concepts, the workshop aims to improve technical skills in writing contemporary music for string quartet instruments, and to nurture creative ideas in an open and stimulating environment.
The Bozzini Lab Montréal 2026 edition takes place with composition mentor, Yannis Kyriakides (Royal Conservatory Hague) from June 15-20. Special thanks to Concordia University.
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Yannis Kyriakides 📷 Bart Grietens
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Festival Suoni per il Popolo (Montréal), 23 juin 2026
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In coproduction with Suoni per il Popolo Festival, we reinvite Yannis Kyriakides and Andy Moor (The Ex) to perform alonside us.
Hypnokaséta (2020)
Performed by: Quatuor Bozzini, Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides
After several performances in Canada and in Europe, the artists present Yannis Kyriakides’ Hypnokaséta at Suoni per il Popolo Festival. It is a continuous set of 16 pieces for string quartet and electronics based on dreams that he had during the first few months of lockdown, April-June 2020. Accounts of these dreams are encoded in the music that is played by the quartet and also encrypted in the sound textures that surround this. The pieces alternate between quartet as the foreground and electronic interludes, where solos or duos underpin the soundscape. The name ’cassettes’ refers to a theory of dreams proposed by Daniel Dennett, that says that dreams are loaded into consciousness like a cassette tape, just before waking.
Rebetika (2006, 19)
Arrangements and Improvisations by Andy Moor & Yannis Kyrakides
Andy Moor (guitar) and Yannis Kyriakides (computer) lovingly deconstruct and reassemble their favorite rebetika music in a set of nine pieces that encompass a wide scope of musical vision. This is an unusual and original take on the so-called "blues" music of the Greek diaspora of the early 20th century. Composer Yannis Kyriakides and guitarist Andy Moor offer their own avant-garde take on this music over the course of the piece. The starting point for these songs is a series of scratchy old bouzouki recordings, which are then sampled and manipulated while real-time guitar is overlaid. This meeting of old musical styles, decrepit recordings and very modern string experiments results in an often very emotive blend, effectively re-writing the past with a combination of reverence and adventurous Tetuzi Akiyama-like musicianship, sounding like an angular, Eastern European Charley Patton on the especially haunting 'Minores’.
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June 23, 7pm
La Sala Rossa
4848 St-Laurent
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| Billets Quatuor Bozzini avec Andy Moor & Yannis Kyriakides |
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Festival Long Play Review
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What a pleasure it was to present works by Feldman, Radigue, and Davachi to enthusiastic and curious listeners at Long Play Festival in Brooklyn in early May.
“The Montréal-based Quatuor Bozzini’s skillful performance showed why all the details are important.”
George Grella, New York Classical Review, May 5, 2026
Read the complete critic here
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Great Spring Sale
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Until June 28, CDs and vinyls are 20% off at actuellecd.com and on Bandcamp (coupon code: cqb20). Consider gifting one of your favourite Quatuor Bozzini albums to a friend or discovering some older discs from our catalogue: |
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Rebecca Bruton + Jason Doell: a root or mirror… (LP/CD/DL)
“A highly creative outing that’s tonally aware, uniquely psychedelic and emits solos from many players that seem like one, every moment is engaging and artistic.” Tom Haugen, Take Effect
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Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4 (CD/DL)
“The connection between Swiss composer Jürg Frey and the Montréal string ensemble Quatuor Bozzini keeps strengthening, as each party gains additional intimacy, introspection, and intuition for the other.” Peter Margasak, Peter Margasak
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Éliane Radigue: Occam Delta XV (CD/DL)
"Quatuor Bozzini realise an extraordinary feat of concentration and sustained bowing, enabling us as listeners to immerse ourselves completely in the soundworld. The very long fade-out in the last ten minutes or so of the first performance is just one illustration of their astonishing control.” Caroline Potter, Tempo
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Quatuor Bozzini: Arbor Vitae (James Tenney: Quatuors + Quintettes) (CD/DL)
"The Montréal-based Bozzinis have established themselves beyond question as one of the finest new music quartets on the scene, skilful and dedicated young players with a consistently adventurous approach to repertoire. Their performances here are never less than outstanding.” Bob Gilmore, Thirty-One |
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Christopher Butterfield: Trip (CD/DL)
“At times haunting and tense, their sound is also unadorned, unaffected and exquisite.” Paul Steenhuisen, The WholeNote |
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