Charles Richard-Hamelin, Yves Lambert, Daniel Bélanger, Lorraine Desmarais and Catherine Major, these are some of the many artists who will perform this year at the 22e Tremblant Music Festival, from September 2 to 5.
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More than 35 free concerts will be presented in Tremblant’s pedestrian village, in various styles ranging from classical to jazz, including a variety of world music. “This annual meeting has been part of our lives for more than 20 years and I still have a lot of music to share with you,” said violinist Angèle Dubeau, founder and artistic director of the annual meeting, in a press release. Our greatest musicians and singers will come, just like you, the heart to the party for this long weekend in the majestic setting of Mont-Tremblant. I promise you great encounters and pure emotion. »
Madame Dubeau will play herself with her ensemble La Pièta on the occasion of the third and last big concert of the festival, on Sunday September 4th. She will receive on stage the great Daniel Bélanger for a show combining French song and classical music. On Friday, the first major concert will be dedicated to Chopin, in an interpretation by Charles Richard-Hamelin, recent medalist at the international competition in Warsaw, while the Saturday event will be hosted by the inimitable Yves Lambert, accompanied by the group Bon Débarras .
The great jazz pianist Lorraine Desmarais will also be there to highlight her 40-year career, with a program composed of her works as a trio in which she intends to present a few winks from her next album project Street Beat Suite.
Faithful to the tradition established for years, amateur pianists will once again be able to venture out to play a few notes on the public piano, but this time they will have the chance to come across Catherine Major, who will take a crowd bath by presenting four intimate recitals, a unique opportunity for the public to discover the inspirations and probably also some snippets of life of the generous artist.
Finally, the blending of cultures will once again be honored with shows by Degg J Force, which combines hip-hop with traditional West African sounds, OktoEcho, which draws on Sufi and Indigenous traditions from Canada , Zal Sissokho & Caroline Planté, who combine flamenco with African Kora, Oktopus with his klezmer rhythms from Eastern Europe or Wesli and his Haitian-inspired Afro-beat.