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“Information”, second part of the tetralogy by Quebec composer Tim Brady
In co-broadcast with Chants Libres and Le Vivier, Bradyworks and Tim Brady will present, Saturday and Sunday at the Espace Orange in the Wilder Building – Espace danse, Informationa bilingual…
in 2025, Rachida Dati wants to pay tribute to the composer Pierre Boulez
The Minister of Culture announced Tuesday that she had entrusted a mission to Laurent Bayle, former director general of the Philharmonie de Paris, intended to celebrate next year the centenary…
Composer Péter Eötvös dies at 80
Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös died on Sunday in Budapest at the age of 80 “following a long illness”, reported the Hungarian agency MTI early Sunday afternoon, citing his…
Celine Dion thanks the composer of All By Myself
On Instagram this week, Céline Dion took the time to thank composer Eric Carmen, who died on March 10, for giving her one of his “most important” songs, All By…
Film music composer Hans Zimmer will perform at the Bell Center
Composer of the soundtracks for a dizzying number of great cinema hits, German-American star Hans Zimmer will be in concert at the Bell Center in Montreal on September 17. Published…
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, the composer of the hits “Alexandrie Alexandra” and “Gentleman burglar”, died at 82
He had composed the music for dozens of songs by Claude François and also by Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Michel Sardou, Marie Laforêt among others. France Télévisions – Culture Editorial…
Estate of the composer Maurice Jarre | Jean-Michel Jarre and his sister rejected
The French musician Jean-Michel Jarre and his sister Stéphanie, who challenged before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) the decisions of the French courts depriving them of the inheritance…
BAnQ gets its hands on the archives of pianist and composer André Gagnon
Bibliothèque et Archives nationaux du Québec (BAnQ) announces that it has acquired the archives of composer, pianist and conductor André Gagnon, who died in 2020. The archival documents, spanning from…
The Bourgie Hall celebrates the centenary of Hungarian composer György Ligeti
After the Xenakis centenary in 2022, the year 2023 is marked by the centenary of the birth of the Hungarian composer György Ligeti. The Bourgie Hall is organizing a Ligeti…
Richard Desjardins dedicates a musical documentary to the composer Frédéric Chopin
“Chip chip” is Frédéric Chopin’s nickname given to him by his companion of nine years, the writer George Sand. It is also the title of the documentary devoted by Richard…
Sandeep Bhagwati, composer honored by the Contemporary Music Society of Quebec, in search of another musical life
The composer honored by the “Tribute Series” of the Société de musique contemporain du Québec promises us a 2023-2024 season open to the world. On the eve of the opening,…
Lou Deprijck, the Belgian composer of the global hit “ ça plane pour moi”, has died
The Belgian singer and composer died at the age of 77, his partner announced on Tuesday. The Belgian singer and composer Lou Deprijck, who claimed authorship of the hit That…
It’s great for me | Death of Belgian composer Lou Deprijck
(Brussels) The Belgian singer and composer Lou Deprijck, who claimed the authorship of the success That Plane For Me of Plastic Bertrand, died at the age of 77, his partner…
The Met commissions an opera from a Ukrainian composer
The Metropolitan Opera and the Lincoln Center Theater announced Monday the commission from Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets for an opera whose subject will be based on the story of Ukrainian…
screen revival of Josef Mysliveček, prolific composer and mentor of Mozart, who has fallen into oblivion
Petr Vaclav’s film brings back to life a composer from Prague, contemporary of Mozart, Gluck and Haydn, mysteriously erased from history after having yet composed and premiered dozens of operas…
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho dies aged 70
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died, her family announced on Friday. She was 70 years old and was suffering from cancer. Article written by Published on 02/06/2023 21:47 Reading time…
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho dies aged 70
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died, her family announced on Friday. She was 70 years old and was suffering from cancer. Article written by Published on 02/06/2023 21:47 Reading time…
250,000 euros per year, “it’s not a lot”, the composer of the music for “La Boum” is talking about money!
At 83, he rocked his incredible melodies all our childhood! Vladimir Cosma is indeed the creator of musical masterpieces accompanying incredible cult films: Le Grand Blond, Diva, La Boum, The…
The brilliance of a royal composer | The duty
Bernard Labadie conducted La Chapelle de Québec and Les Violons du Roy in a generous and brilliant Handel program, one that is not often heard and which deserves a larger…
a composer assures that he “was not Meghan Markle in disguise” after an unlikely rumor
On social networks, some spectators of the event had wondered about this guest of the ceremony. Article written by Posted on 05/12/2023 12:07 Reading time : 1 min. Composer Karl…