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Connected to the World! Announcing the Montreal Chamber Music Festival’s 21st Season

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January 26, 2016

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 21^st season with a thrilling musical voyage around the world – from Canada to Salzburg to Havana to Israel and beyond – presenting a spectacular array of concerts and premieres. Today, Festival Founder and Executive Director Denis Brott C.M., in the company of Ben Heppner and 2016 Festival ambassador Danièle Henkel, announced the complete programming for the Montreal Chamber Music Festival’s 2016 season. Preceded by four “Celebrity Series” concerts in February, March, April, and June respectively – the Festival (June 9 through 19) brings many of the brightest stars on the classical and jazz scene to Montreal’s best concert venues. From the Montreal premiere of audacious organist Cameron Carpenter, to the brilliance of pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and from the exhilarating Cuban-sounds of Jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera to a world premiere musical setting of the children’s classic Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, the tremendous breadth of this year’s Festival offers something special for all audiences.

On the heels of the resounding success of the 2015 edition – which saw a 38% increase in attendance and a 65% revenue increase in ticket sales – the Festival has programmed an even more ambitious 2016 season, featuring over 55 artists, 14 concerts and three series, all taking place in four great concert halls. “With our theme Connected to the World!, the Festival highlights music’s power as a universal language, connecting nationalities, styles and genres, and audience and performer, in extraordinary emotional experiences,” comments Denis Brott. This year’s festival ambassador and music lover Danièle Henkel brings her expertise in wellness to encompass the spiritual and emotional wellbeing that music engenders in all mankind. She comments “It is my immense pleasure to be involved with the Montreal Chamber Music Festival this year, alongside my good friend Denis Brott. Music is essential to inspiring good health and a great life. A festival like this one is an important part of Montreal’s cultural scene and it is a great honor to contribute into making it shine!”

Banishing any doubts that classical music is a living, breathing phenomenon is Cameron Carpenter featuring the International Touring Organ. The Festival is thrilled to present the Montreal debut of the extraordinary and audacious American organist on Tuesday, March 29 at 8pm at Théâtre Maisonneuve. Renowned for his virtuosity, showmanship, technique, and arrangements – as well as his own digital International Touring Organ – Carpenter has generated a level of acclaim and controversy unprecedented for an organist. “No other musician of Carpenter’s generation has more adeptly fused shrewd showmanship, dazzling technique and profound thinking about his instrument and his place in the musical cosmos,” says The San Francisco Chronicle. Cameron’s Montreal concert coincides with the release of his new album, All You Need is Bach, for Sony Classical. Cameron will offer a demonstration of his unique instrument at 4 pm, free for everyone attending the evening concert.

Another stellar concert features Canada’s superstar soprano and Juno Award-winner, Measha Brueggergosman, whose versatile and dynamic performances thrill audiences around the world. Measha is joined by former Canadian Brass member, the virtuoso trumpeter Jens Lindemann for Golden Voices on Thursday, June 9 at 8pm at Pollack Hall in a sparkling evening hearkening back to the legendary collaboration between Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis.

For the first time, the Festival presents two family programs that are sure to delight audiences of all ages. On Tuesday, February 23 at Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts, at 1 pm and 8 pm, the Festival welcomes the Salzburg Marionette Theater presenting The Sound of Music, in its first Montreal appearance since 1954. Founded in 1913 and one of the city’s proudest traditions, the Salzburg Marionette Theater’s faithful adaptation of the Broadway favorite is filled with musical delights, from “My Favorite Things” to “Climb Every Mountain.” Then, on Sunday, June 12 at 3pm at Pollack Hall, the Festival is proud to present its first-ever commission, a world premiere composed by Canadian Opera Company composer-in-residence Dean Burry and based on Montreal-born author Mordecai Richler’s classic children’s tale Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang. Adapted by writer Jacob Richler (the original Jacob Two-Two himself!) and scored for chamber septet by Burry, the new work is narrated by tenor great Ben Heppner. Twinned with this premiere – and for the same instrumental ensemble – is Stravinsky’s quirky and engaging musical tale, L’Histoire du Soldat, narrated in French by Danièle Henkel and Quebec’s statesman bass, Joseph Rouleau.

Ben Heppner will also narrate Richard Strauss’s epic and rarely-heard melodrama Enoch Arden. Heppner is joined by Quebec pianist Stéphane Lemelin for the riveting tale, based on the 1864 poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson. The evening on Saturday, June 18 at 8pm at Pollack Hall will pay tribute to the legendary tenor Jon Vickers whose 1998 performance of this work with Marc-André Hamelin at the Festival atop Mount Royal is etched in the memories of all who were present.

The heart of the Festival remains the great classical repertoire, performed by today’s finest and most profound interpreters. Festival favourite – and nine-time Grammy winners – the Emerson String Quartet, universally acclaimed as one of the best string quartets in the world, presents an all-Schubert evening on Saturday, April 30 at 8pm at Salle Bourgie, including the glorious and majestic Quintet in C, joined by the Festival’s own Denis Brott on cello. More Schubert is heard on Saturday, June 11 at 8pm at Salle Bourgie when clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein performs the exquisite Shepherd on the Rock with brilliant pianist André Laplante and soprano Aline Kutan. The young Israeli sensation will also be joined by exceptional colleagues including violinists Andrew Wan and Giora Schmidt, violist Barry Shiffman, and cellist Denis Brott for Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet as well as colourful Klezmer selections. Mozart takes centre stage on Tuesday, June 14 at 8pm at Pollack Hall, as the Festival presents the Canadian premiere of a newly-discovered transcription by Viennese composer Ignaz Lachner of two Mozart piano concerti, recently recorded on the Naxos label. The brilliant Israeli pianist Alon Goldstein – much acclaimed for his interpretations of these new transcriptions – is joined by the Fine Arts Quartet and bass virtuoso Ali Yazdanfar.

On Wednesday, June 15 at 8p m at Pollack Hall, the Festival welcomes the celebrated American pianist Simone Dinnerstein to perform her acclaimed interpretation of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Her 2007 recording of the timeless masterwork took the classical world by storm with an interpretation deemed a “compelling performance” making use of “a level of coloration beyond the palette Bach knew.” (The New York Times). The concert on Thursday, June 16 at 8pm at Pollack Hall presents a unique opportunity to hear the cello played by the legendary Pablo Casals. Israeli cellist Amit Peled, the privileged artist who plays on the 1733 Matteo Gofriller cello, presents the Montreal premiere of Five Pieces on Folk Themes by Russian composer Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, and Casal’s own Song of the Birds, as well as majestic chamber works by Mendelssohn with Ysaye Quartet violist Miguel Da Silva and the Fine Arts Quartet.

Canadian legend Oliver Jones has appeare d with the Festival multiple times over the last years, always to the sheer delight of audiences. Friday, June 3 at 8pm at Salle Bourgie marks a bittersweet occasion: a special retirement tribute to Montreal’s own beloved jazz pianist as he takes his final bow from the Festival’s concert stage. The concert unites Oliver with many of his closest musical colleagues, as well as the wonderful artists he has nurtured over his decades-long career, including pianist Daniel Clarke Bouchard, violinist Josée Aidans, singer Ranee Lee, guitarist Richard Ring, and of course Oliver’s faithful companions, bassist Eric Lagacé and percussionist Jim Doxas. More great jazz will be heard on Friday, June 10 at 8pm at Pollack Hall as Measha Bruggergossman and Jens Lindemann return to join legendary pianist and band leader Tommy Banks in an evening of Spirituals. Wrapping up the TD Jazz series on Friday, June 17 at 8pm at Pollack Hall is the ever-popular world-renowned clarinetist Paquito d’Rivera, returning to the Festival, this time with his own quartet for “A Night in Havana.” With his inimitable Cuban style, the 14-time Grammy winner makes every concert a joyous happening.

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival has always highlighted the talents of the next generation of brilliant classical musicians. This year is no different as the Festival comes to a rousing conclusion on Sunday, June 19th at 3pm at Pollack Hall, uniting many of the recent winners of the Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank competition in a memorial tribute to William Turner, who helped launch the MIB. The young musicians will perform on the exceptional collection of great violins and cellos by such legendary makers as Antonio Stradivarius and Guarnerius del Gesù, valued at over 40 million dollars. Each a brilliant soloist in their own right, together, these young stars create musical magic in repertoire including Mozart and Bartók Divertimenti and Dvořák’s splendid Serenade for Strings.

A Festival pass is available for $600 that gives access to the 14 concerts (20% off the regular ticket prices) – exclusively through the Festival’s office: 514.489.7444.

Finally, in its continuing desire to make chamber music more accessible to the public at large, the Festival will present five free noon hour concerts featuring laureates from the Musical Instrument Bank of the Canada Arts Council. The free concerts will take place each day from Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17, from 12:10 to 1 pm in the north lobby of the Place Ville-Marie.

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If Music Be the Food of Love ~ Cellist Matt Haimovitz on Tour with Voice

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January 15, 2016

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Voice, a London-based female cappella trio photographed at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. May 2015

This February, cellist Matt Haimovitz, known as a “remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance” (The New Yorker), launches a new collaboration with the acclaimed UK trio Voice in If Music Be the Food of Love, a Shakespeare-themed concert program spanning more than eight centuries – from Hildegard of Bingen to Leonard Cohen. Among the works exploring the beauty, heartache, and humor of love are Ned Rorem’s After Reading Shakespeare and three new works on Shakespeare texts. Haimovitz will also present the world premiere of a new work for solo cello, Es War, by American composer David Sanford, commissioned as an overture to Bach’s Cello Suite V. Haimovitz and Voice will appear in Urbana-Champaign on February 3; Portland, Maine on February 5; Burlington, Vermont on February 6; New Canaan, Connecticut on February 21; and Reston, Virginia on February 24.

“I love performing with singers as I rarely get a chance to work with words,” says Haimovitz. “It’s also a rare and wonderful opportunity to work with other musicians who are as comfortable and enthusiastic as I am about drawing from a thousand years of music.” If Music Be the Food of Love features a cornucopia of works inspired by Shakespeare, including original songs from Shakespeare’s time by Thomas Morley and selections from After Reading Shakespeare by Ned Rorem, which Haimovitz recorded in 2007. In addition, Haimovitz and Voice will perform three works on Shakespeare’s sonnet 60, “Like as the Waves,” by Božo Banović, Diana Rosenblum, and Filipe Sousa, winners of the 2014 Oxingale Records Composition Competition, aimed at building new repertoire for cello and usual ensembles.

The diverse program will also include works for solo cello including two of Haimovitz’s new Overtures to Bach project: Philip Glass‘ Prelude, followed by the Prelude from Bach Cello Suite I, and the new David Sanford Es War, with influences by Mingus and Coltrane, introducing the prelude to Cello Suite V. Haimovitz and Voice will also collaborate on a new arrangement of Leonard Cohen’s Who by fire by Luna Pearl Woolf.

Matt Haimovitz is emerging from a banner year that saw the launch the PENTATONE Oxingale series and three critically-acclaimed recordings: Beethoven, PERIOD.; Orbit; and The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena, his profound new interpretation of the Bach Suites inspired and informed by an authoritative manuscript by Anna Magdalena, Bach’s second wife. Gramophone, says: “Those who want to be challenged without compromising tone or tuning, both of which are impeccable here, should look no further,” and ICI Musique concurs, “Matt Haimovitz has made us well aware that this music is alive, breathes, and refuses to be walled up in a stylistic protective shell. And that is the greatest achievement of this exceptional musician.” February will also see the re-release of Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley’s Shuffle.Play.Listen on the PENTATONE Oxingale series. The genre-blurring double-album, deemed “a landmark record” (Portland Press Herald) and “a stimulating step forward” (All Music Guide), juxtaposes works by Stravinsky and Piazzolla with O’Riley’s arrangements of Radiohead and Arcade Fire. Haimovtz’s Overtures to Bach, which were premiered at a number of residencies including Miller Theatre in New York, will be released next fall.

Upcoming concert highlights include performances of Luna Pearl Woolf’s Après moi, le déluge with the Washington Chorus in Washington DC (February 28), an Overtures to Bach cycle at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (March 6-7), Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Pronto Musica in Montreal (March 10), Philip Glass’s Double Concerto with the National Orchestra of Spain in Madrid (April 16), Ginastera’s Cello Concerto #1 with NOVUS NY, conducted Julian Wachner at Trinity Wall Street (May 15) and a recital with pianist Christopher O’Riley at the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival at USC in Los Angeles (May 20).

The vocal trio Voice (Emily Burn, Victoria Couper, and Clemmie Franks), formed in 2006, is a regular collaborator with composers, musicians, artists, and poets. Over the years, they have devised and commissioned a number of unique projects which they have performed across the UK, Europe, and the USA. Their recordings include Musical Harmony – “a stunning body of work destined to prick up the hairs on the back of one’s neck” (Oxford Times & Mail) – the English Medieval album I Have Set My Hert So Hy with the Dufay Collective; and the 2015 release Patterns of Love.

Montreal’s Dynamic 9-Piece String Band collectif9 Releases Debut Album, Volksmobiles

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January 14, 2016

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Montreal’s cutting-edge classical string band collectif9 has been gathering steam since its 2011 debut, attracting diverse audiences in clubs, outdoor festivals, and concert halls across Quebec and beyond. Featuring both original scores and new arrangements – often with lights, staging, and amplification more commonly seen at rock acts – collectif9 heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance. Now, following an 18-date summer/fall tour where they performed for as many as 4,000 people, as well as the band’s first international tour in China in December, collectif9 releases its first album, Volksmobiles. Featuring folk-inspired music by Brahms, Bartók, Schnittke, and André Gagnon, the new album presents the world premiere recording of Canadian composer Geof Holbrook’s Volksmobiles, written for the ensemble.

The nine musicians and friends met as students at Université de Montréal and McGill University. In choosing the music for their young ensemble, bass player and lead arranger Thibault Bertin-Maghit aims to keep the pieces relatable to their peers, “I always look to works that have influenced non-classical musicians, focusing on classical music that also connects to pop culture, to give it a context in our own world.” As a nine-piece band, collectif9 balances “the power of an orchestra with the crispness of a chamber music group,” says cellist Andrea Stewart, “there is a lot of room for musical expression.”

The ensemble’s debut recording captures the brilliant colour and driving energy of a collectif9 live performance. It opens with Brahms’ Rondo alla zingarese, one of the group’s most frequently performed pieces and the subject of their first Live Short video. Bartók’s Divertimento for Strings (also on video here) is a condensed version of the composer’s original, performed at lightning speed. The Sonata allegretto from Alfred Schnittke’s 1^st Violin Sonata transports in another intense and vivid arrangement by Bertin-Maghit. The Montreal group also performs a rousing version of the Quebec classic by André Gagnon, the Petit concerto written in honour of the Québécois fiddler Jean Carignan.

Canadian composer Geof Holbrook’s three-movement Volksmobiles captures a folk style tailored to what the composer calls collectif9’s “unique jubilance.” The work is specifically written for nine equal roles and is also intended to be performed with amplification. The work’s 3^rd movement transforms the nine string musicians into a percussion ensemble, striking the bodies of their instruments in an intense and exhilarating performance.

collectif9 will officially launch Volksmobiles on February 19 at Théâtre Outremont in Montreal, and will also be presented by Music Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre on March 10. For complete 2016 tour dates including Lennoxville, Rimouski, and Victoriaville QC, Fredericton, NB, and St. Catherines, ON, see: Upcoming Shows

collectif9 is: Thibault Bertin-Maghit, leader and bass; Scott Chancey, viola; Jérémie Cloutier, cello; Yubin Kim, violin; Xavier Lepage-Brault, viola; Frédéric Moisan, violin; Grégor Monlun, violin; Andrea Stewart, cello; Roland Arnassalon, violin; and sound engineer Rufat Aliev.

Luna Pearl Woolf’s “Better Gods” Debuts at Washington National Opera January 8 & 9

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November 30, 2015

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Better Gods, a new opera by composer Luna Pearl Woolf, will have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center on January 8 and 9 presented by Washington National Opera, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director. The story of the last queen of Hawaii and the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy, with a libretto by Caitlin Vincent, the one-hour opera is part of WSO’s ambitious American Opera Initiative. The music of Luna Pearl Woolf, praised for its “psychological nuances and emotional depth,” by The New York Times, is also featured on several new recordings and is the focus of major composer portraits in Washington, DC and in Montreal in 2016.

Better Gods chronicles a pivotal moment in U.S. history, centred upon the woman who becomes the last in a line of beloved Hawaiian monarchs: “Queen Lili‘uokalani’s best elements of herself – the worldly, educated, deeply Christian woman and the rightful chief of a self-sufficient nation – came to war within herself when that sovereignty was threatened,” comments Woolf, “To me, such insuperable tension within one woman makes her a heartbreaking, fascinating and truly operatic heroine.”

Woolf’s score for Better Gods references some of Lili‘uokalani’s own musical compositions, exploring the cultural crosscurrents they embrace. The 13-player orchestra combines Western and traditional Hawaiian instruments, including Ka ‘eke’eke (bamboo pipe-drums), Pu’ili and ‘Ulili (rattles), and nose flutes, which will be seen on stage. Better Gods is directed by Ethan McSweeney with musical direction by Timothy Myers.

The following month, on Sunday, February 28 at 5pm, The Washington Chorus and Music Director Julian Wachner feature a full program of works by Luna Pearl Woolf as part of their New Music for a New Age series at National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. On the program is Woolf’s acclaimed 2005 work Après Moi, le Déluge for a cappella choir and solo cello (performed by Matt Haimovitz). A response to the tragic aftermath following Hurricane Katrina, Après Moi has been called “sorrowful, deeply political, and aching with universal regret” by Strings Magazine. Also performed will be scenes from the The Pillar, an opera-in-progress based on the book The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques. “As with Better Gods, The Pillar grapples with the radiating, worldly impact of our innermost struggles,” says Woolf. Excerpts from The Pillar will feature soprano Marnie Breckenridge, who also performs Woolf’s Rumi: Quatrains of Love and Odas de Todo el Mundo, a setting of the poem by Pablo Neruda, along with Matt Haimovitz, cello, and Julian Wachner, piano.

In her adopted home of Montreal, Luna Pearl Woolf will be the subject of a composer portrait called Triptych on Thursday, May 12 at 7:30pm, presented by Bourgie Hall at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The evening celebrates the peculiar dynamic of three – from Mélange à trois, a wordless opera for violin, cello and percussion, to String Trio (pueraria lobata), to a new work commissioned by the Arte Musica Foundation/Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a response to the three colossal harlequin-hued wooden figures of Venus in Jim Dine’s “At the Carnival,” newly acquired into the museum’s permanent collection.

Earlier this season, Luna was commissioned by cellist Matt Haimovitz to write a new “overture” to Bach’s sixth cello suite. The piece, for solo cello piccolo, was premiered at Miller Theatre in New York City in October and will be recorded for release next fall for the PENTATONE Oxingale Series. Her music also appears on recent PENTATONE releases Orbit and December Celebration. The holiday collection featuring new Carols by seven American composers includes Woolf’s “How Bright the Darkness” on a new text by MacArthur-winning poet Eleanor Wilner, alongside works by Corigliano, Getty, Adamo, Bolcum and Heggie. “Woolf has mustered just the right combination of sonorities and thematic material that makes the perfect glove to fit Wilner’s poetic hand,” says The Examiner.

Luna Pearl Woolf’s music offers penetrating insight into its subjects, creating acoustic sound worlds that evoke and inspire. Her innovative collaborations with authors, filmmakers, dancers and musicians – including Joyce diDonato (Carnegie Hall commission), Jeremy Irons, Frederica von Stade, and Cornelia Funke, among others – tell original stories or grapple with history and current events. Woolf also founded Oxingale Productions, Inc. with cellist Matt Haimovitz and has produced thirteen critically-acclaimed recordings.

Better Gods by Luna Pearl Woolf

January 8 and 9 at 7:00 pm Ÿ The Kennedy Center, Washington DC

Commissioned by the Washington National Opera, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OQOMA

The Washington Chorus: Music for a New Age featuring Luna Pearl Woolf

Sunday, February 28 at 5:00 pm Ÿ National Presbyterian Church, Washington DC

http://www.thewashingtonchorus.org/newmusicforanewage

Triptych, A Composer Portrait

Thursday May 12 at 7:30 pm Ÿ Bourgie Hall, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/whats-on/event/triptych/

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collectif9 heads to China!

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November 20, 2015

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Montreal’s collectif9 will spend Christmas far from home. The vibrant nine-piece string ensemble, known for its energized, innovative arrangements of classical repertoire – and for attracting diverse audiences whether in a concert hall, club, or outdoor stage – will perform three concerts in China: at the Daning Theatre in Shanghai on December 23rd; the Shenzhen Concert Hall on the 24th; and the Zhongshan Arts Centre on Christmas Day.

collectif9 is in the midst of an extensive breakout tour across Quebec – with the support of Entrées en scène Loto-Québec – as well as Ontario. Over 4,000 people have seen the show since July – from tiny, intimate venues like Le P’tit Bonheur de St-Camille, to packed houses like the fantastic The Machine Shop in Sault Ste-Marie, to raucous outdoor shows outside of Montreal. A highlight for the band was a collaboration in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec which brought collectif9 together for a workshop, as well as on stage, with local string players ranging from 8 to 65 years old.

Continuing on the road in early 2016, collectif9 will hit select cities in New Brunswick and take the stage at major venues in Montreal (Théâtre Outremont on February 19) and Toronto (Music Toronto at the Jane Mallett Theatre on March 10). For a full tour schedule see: Upcoming Shows.

Early 2016 will see the release of collectif9’s debut recording, which will include Brahms’ Rondo alla zingarese; the Bartók Divertimento for Strings; André Gagnon’s Petit concerto pour Carignan; an arrangement of Wagner’s Overture from Tannhauser; and Geof Holbrook’s Volksmobiles, written for the ensemble. For a teaser of the upcoming recording, click here.

See www.collectif9.ca for a series of video performances in unique settings, featuring music by Piazzolla, Bartók, Golijov, Schnittke, Shostakovich, and Brahms.

Montreal Chamber Music Festival Celebrity Series On Sale!

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November 20, 2015

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The Montreal Chamber Music Festival, entering its 21^st season, is pleased to announce that all four concerts in its pre-Festival Celebrity Series are on sale Monday, November 23 at 12 noon at the Place des Arts and Bourgie Hall box offices. The series includes the delightful Salzburg Marionette Theater presenting The Sound of Music, appearing in Montreal for the first time since 1954 (two shows on February 23, Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts); the Montreal debut of stereotype-smashing organist Cameron Carpenter featuring the International Touring Organ (March 29, Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts); the return of the Emerson String Quartet with cellist Denis Brott (April 30, Bourgie Hall) in a performance of Schubert’s magnificent String Quintet in C Major; and Oliver Jones – A Retirement Tribute, (June 3, Bourgie Hall) in honour of Montreal’s beloved jazz legend as he takes his final bow from the Festival’s concert stage.

The Montreal Chamber Music Festival is considered to be one the finest of its kind in the world. It celebrates the intimate art of chamber music in all its forms presenting outstanding performers in concert – uniting established artists with emerging talent from around the world on its stage. Renowned for its innovative programming, the Festival’s 2016 theme is Connecting to the World! Comments founding Artistic Director Denis Brott, C.M., “This year we focus on music’s power as a universal language – to connect national identity, audience and performer in unforgettable expressions of human emotion.”

On Tuesday, February 23 at Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts (two shows: 1pm and 8pm) the Montreal Chamber Music Festival welcomes the wonderful Salzburg Marionette Theater, presenting The Sound of Music. Founded in 1913 in Salzburg, Austria and one of that historic city’s proudest traditions, the Salzburg Marionette Theater travels internationally, presenting its charming shows for all ages. The faithful adaptation of the Broadway favorite The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein is full of musical delights – from “Do Re Mi” to “My Favorite Things” to “Climb Every Mountain.” Don’t miss the Salzburg Marionette Theater’s first Montreal appearance in over 60 years!

The Festival is proud to present the Montreal debut of the extraordinary and audacious American organist, Cameron Carpenter featuring the International Touring Organ on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 pm at Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts. The “extravagantly talented” (The New York Times) Carpenter has generated a level of acclaim, exposure, and controversy unprecedented for an organist. Renowned for his virtuosity, showmanship, technique and arrangements for the organ – as well as his own digital International Touring Organ – Carpenter occupies a unique place in today’s classical music landscape. “No other musician of Carpenter’s generation has more adeptly fused shrewd showmanship, dazzling technique and profound thinking about his instrument and his place in the musical cosmos,” says The San Francisco Chronicle.

Beloved by audiences in Montreal and around the globe, the Festival is once again delighted to host the Emerson String Quartet, universally acclaimed as one of the best string quartets in the world. The Quartet’s unparalleled list of achievements over three decades includes more than thirty acclaimed recordings and nine Grammy Awards. On Saturday, April 30 at 8 pm the quartet will be joined by the Festival’s own Denis Brott, cello for Franz Schubert’s Quintet in C. Schubert composed the Quintet in 1828, revolutionizing the art of writing for strings with this symphonic sounding, lush, and glorious work.

Closing out the Celebrity Series – as well as opening the Festival’s TD Jazz series – is none other than Oliver Jones, a Festival favourite over many years and cherished by all Montrealers and jazz lovers. The Retirement Tribune concert on Friday, June 3rd at Bourgie Hall honours Jones as he takes his final bow from the Festival’s concert stage. This concert will unite him with artists he has nurtured over his decades-long career and bring him together with many of his closest colleagues. We salute you Oliver Jones!

The main Festival will run from June 9 through 19. The complete programming will be announced in January 2016. The Festival wishes to thank its generous sponsors, government partners and donors.

SALZBURG MARIONNETTE THEATRE presents THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

Tuesday, February 23 at 1 pm & 8 pm Ÿ $38.50 – $55

CAMERON CARPENTER featuring the INTERNATIONAL TOURING ORGAN

Tuesday, March 29 at 8 pm Ÿ $29.25 – $72.25

ON SALE AT PLACE DES ARTS BOX OFFICE

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EMERSON STRING QUARTET with Denis Brott, cello

Saturday, April 30 at 8 pm Ÿ $20 – $49

OLIVER JONES – A RETIREMENT TRIBUTE

Friday, June 3^at8 pm Ÿ $20 – $49

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Le Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal est heureux d’annoncer, à l’aube de sa 21^eédition, que les quatre concerts de sa Série Célébrités sont en vente dès le lundi 23 novembre à midi, aux billetteries de la Place des Arts et de la Salle Bourgie. La série comprend le merveilleux Théâtre de Marionnettes de Salzbourg – à Montréal pour la première fois depuis 1954 – dans The Sound of Music (23 février, Cinquième Salle, Place des Arts), la première montréalaise de l’extravagant organiste Cameron Carpenter et son International Touring Organ (29 mars, Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts), le retour du prestigieux Emerson String Quartet dans le grandiose Quintette à cordes en do majeur, dit « le quintette à deux violoncelles », de Schubert, avec la participation du violoncelliste Denis Brott, (30 avril, Salle Bourgie), et un hommage du Festival à Oliver Jones, à l’occasion de son départ à la retraite (3 juin, Salle Bourgie).

Le Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs en son genre en Amérique du Nord. Sous la direction artistique de son fondateur Denis Brott, C.M., il célèbre l’art intimiste de la musique de chambre sous toutes ses formes en présentant de prestigieux interprètes et, parfois, en réunissant sur une même scène artistes chevronnés et excellents musiciens en début de carrière. Reconnu pour ses programmations novatrices, le Festival a choisi le thème Branché sur le monde ! pour son édition 2016. Denis Brott précise : « Cette année, nous mettons l’accent sur le pouvoir de la musique comme langage universel, pour relier cultures nationales, auditeurs et interprètes ».

Le mardi 23 février, à la Cinquième Salle de la Place des Arts (deux spectacles : 13 h et 20 h), le Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal accueillera le merveilleux Théâtre de Marionnettes de Salzbourg, dans The Sound of Music. Fondé à Salzbourg, en Autriche, en 1913, et l’une des traditions dont cette ville historique est le plus fière, le Théâtre de Marionnettes de Salzbourg séduit les publics de tous âges, partout dans le monde. Sa fidèle adaptation d’un des grands succès de Broadway, The Sound of Music, de Rodgers et Hammerstein, est truffée de ces exquis moments musicaux que sont les chansons Do Re Mi, My Favorite Things, ou encore Climb Every Mountain. À ne pas manquer !

Le mardi 29 mars à 20 h, au Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts, le Festival présentera fièrement la première montréalaise de l’extraordinaire et audacieux organiste américain Cameron Carpenter et son International Touring Organ. Selon le New York Times, « le génialement excentrique » Carpenter suscite un enthousiasme, une publicité et une polémique sans précédent. Reconnu pour sa virtuosité, son fabuleux sens du spectacle, sa technique et ses arrangements pour orgue – ainsi que pour son propre International Touring Organ numérique – il occupe une place à part dans le paysage de la musique classique d’aujourd’hui. Selon le San Francisco Chronicle, « aucun autre musicien de sa génération ne réunit plus brillamment sens du spectacle, technique audacieuse, et pensée approfondie quant à son instrument et à sa place dans l’univers musical. »

Encore une fois, le Festival est ravi d’accueillir l’Emerson String Quartet, adoré du public montréalais comme il l’est partout ailleurs, et universellement reconnu comme l’un des meilleurs quatuors à cordes au monde. Son incomparable liste de réalisations au cours des trois dernières décennies comprend plus de trente enregistrements encensés par la critique, et neuf Grammy Awards. Le samedi 30 avril à 20 h, il interprétera notamment le Quintette en do majeur de Schubert, avec la participation du directeur artistique du Festival, Denis Brott. Dans ce quintette composé en 1828, Schubert a révolutionné l’art de l’écriture pour cordes en conférant à l’œuvre un caractère symphonique, luxuriant, grandiose !

Pour conclure la Série Célébrités et, du même coup, lancer la série Jazz TD 2016, nul autre qu’Oliver Jones, depuis longtemps un des artistes préférés du Festival, un musicien hors-pair adoré de tous les Montréalais et des amateurs de jazz. À l’occasion de sa retraite prochaine, ce concert du vendredi 3 juin (Salle Bourgie) lui rendra hommage. Lors de ce qui sera sa toute dernière prestation sur la scène du Festival, il sera entouré d’artistes qu’il a encouragés tout au long de sa carrière, et de plusieurs de ses plus proches collègues. Nos hommages, Oliver !

La programmation régulière du Festival se déroulera du 9 au 19 juin 2016. La liste complète des concerts sera dévoilée en janvier prochain. Le Festival tient à remercier tous ses précieux commanditaires, partenaires gouvernementaux et donateurs.

LE THÉÂTRE DE MARIONNETTES DE SALZBOURG PRÉSENTE THE SOUND OF MUSIC

le mardi 23 février à 13 h et 20 h Ÿ 29 $ – 55 $

CAMERON CARPENTER ET SON INTERNATIONAL TOURING ORGAN

le mardi 29 mars à 20 h Ÿ 25 $ – 65 $

EN VENTE À LA BILLETTERIE DE LA PLACE DES ARTS

514-842-2112 ou 1-866-242-2112 ou www.placedesarts.com

Taxes et frais de services en sus.

L’EMERSON STRING QUARTET AVEC DENIS BROTT, VIOLONCELLE

le samedi 30 avril à 20 h Ÿ 20 $ – 49 $

HOMMAGE À OLIVER JONES

le vendredi 3 juin à 20 h Ÿ 20 $ – 49 $

EN VENTE À LA BILLETTERIE DE LA SALLE BOURGIE, MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE MONTRÉAL

514-285-2000, #4 ou 1-800-899-6873 ou www.mbam.qc.ca/concerts/

Taxes et frais de services en sus.

VivaVoce, Montreal’s Acclaimed Chamber Choir, Presents its 17th Season

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October 30, 2015

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Montreal’s VivaVoce announces its 17^th season, a rich and diverse program of three concerts, all taking place at Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Praised for their “compelling mastery” (Le Devoir), and “ideal balance” (American Record Guide), the 12-voice professional chamber choir performs music from Renaissance composer Cipriano de Rore (on his 500^th birthday!) to cantatas by J.S. Bach to new works from contemporary greats like Nico Muhly and Brian Cherney. In his amiable style, Music Director Peter Schubert provides an entertaining and informative (and bilingual) guide to the music performed at each concert, with unique, delightful introductions and analyses for the informed listener and neophyte alike.

For the opening concert of the season on Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm, VivaVoce, in collaboration with the Arte Musica Foundation, presents two cantatas as part of year two of the Foundation’s “Complete Cantatas of Bach” series. Schwingt freudig euch empor!, BWV 36, and Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 will feature soloists Stephanie Manias, soprano; Charlotte Cumberbirch, alto; François-Olivier Jean, tenor; and Cairan Ryan, bass. VivaVoce will invite the audience to join the choir for the final chorale of Cantata 36 – game choristers should arrive for the concert 45 minutes early for a rehearsal with Peter Schubert. To fully experience these exquisite works, the public is also invited to a talk on these two cantatas by noted French musicologist Gilles Cantagrel the previous Tuesday, November 24 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Maxwell Cummings Auditorium in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. ($10 or free admission upon presentation of a VivaVoce concert ticket).

VivaVoce bursts into the New Year with Sing, Bang, Boom! on Sunday, January 17 at 3:00 pm. The exciting new percussion quartet Architek joins VivaVoce for works by young American composers Nico Muhly and Elliot Cole, and world premieres of works written for the two ensembles by Canadians Luke Nickel and Brian Cherney. The afternoon promises surprising and beautiful new sounds arising from the mix of voices and newfangled percussion instruments.

In the Sweet Shade on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm explores the music of Renaissance rock star and Monteverdi role model Cipriano de Rore (1515 or 1516 – 1565). As de Rore turns 500, VivaVoce will demonstrate why his flowing lines, chromatic harmonies, thick counterpoint, and serious expression make his madrigals, masses, and motets revelatory even today. “In the sweet shade” (Alla dolce ombra) is his most famous piece.

The award-winning VivaVoce was founded in Montreal in 1998 by Peter Schubert. Committed to performing classical music from all periods – and to developing the art of Canadian choral music by commissioning new works each season – VivaVoce’s virtuosic performances of difficult contemporary scores have gained it a reputation as Montreal’s leading chamber choir. Their recordings for ATMA Classique include Scenes from the Gospels, and Atacama: Symphony No.3 by Montreal composer Tim Brady, which was nominated for a 2014 Juno Award. VivaVoce’s 2012 performance of the work won the Prix Opus for Premiere of the Year.

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L’ensemble montréalais VivaVoce annonce sa 17^e saison, une programmation riche et diversifiée de trois concerts tous présentés à la salle Bourgie du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. Encensé pour sa « cohésion parfaite » (Le Devoir) et son « équilibre idéal » (American Record Guide), le chœur de chambre professionnel de douze voix interprète un répertoire allant du compositeur de la Renaissance Cipriano de Rore (pour son 500^e anniversaire!) aux œuvres nouvelles de Nico Muhly et Brian Cherney en passant par les Cantates de Jean-Sébastien Bach. Fidèle à son approche amicale, le directeur musical Peter Schubert fournit également un guide divertissant, informatif et bilingue sur la musique jouée à chaque concert avec des présentations des œuvres et des analyses uniques et passionnantes tant pour le mélomane averti que pour le néophyte.

Pour le concert inaugural de la saison qui aura lieu dimanche le 29 novembre 2015 à 14 h, VivaVoce, en collaboration avec la Fondation Arte Musica, présente deux cantates faisant partie de l’an deux de l’intégrale des Cantates de Bach de la Fondation. Il s’agit de Schwingt freudig euch empor! BWV 36, et Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131, avec les solistes Stephanie Manias, soprano, Charlotte Cumberbirch, alto, François-Olivier Jean, ténor et Cairan Ryan, basse. VivaVoce invite le public à se joindre au chœur pour le choral final de la Cantate 36. Les choristes amateurs doivent arriver au concert 45 minutes avant pour une répétition avec Peter Schubert. Pour mieux apprécier ces œuvres sublimes, le public est aussi invité à une conférence sur ces deux cantates par le réputé musicologue Gilles Cantagrel le mardi précédent le concert, le 24 novembre, de 17 h 30 à 19 h, à l’auditorium Maxwell Cummings du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (10 $ ou admission gratuite sur présentation d’un billet du concert de VivaVoce).

VivaVoce se lance dans la nouvelle année avec À Chœur battant! le dimanche 17 janvier à 15 h. L’excitant nouveau quatuor de percussion Architek se joint à VivaVoce pour jouer des œuvres des jeunes compositeurs américains Nico Muhly et Elliot Cole, ainsi que pour la création mondiale d’œuvres écrites pour les deux ensembles par les Canadiens Luke Nickel et Brian Cherney. Un après-midi qui promet des sonorités surprenantes et magnifiques nées du métissage des voix et des percussions.

Dans la douceur de l’ombre, le mardi 26 avril 2016 à 19 h 30, explorera la musique de la vedette de la Renaissance – et modèle de Monteverdi – Cipriano de Rore (1515 ou 1516 – 1565). Alors que Rore fête son 500^e anniversaire, VivaVoce fera entendre ses lignes fluides, ses harmonies chromatiques et son contrepoint dense, de même que l’expressivité de ses madrigaux, ses messes et ses motets, de véritables révélations encore aujourd’hui. Dans la douceur de l’ombre (Alla dolce ombra) demeure son œuvre la plus connue.

L’ensemble primé VivaVoce a été fondé à Montréal en 1998 par Peter Schubert. Il se consacre à l’interprétation de la musique classique de toutes les époques et au développement de la musique chorale canadienne en commandant de nouvelles œuvres chaque saison. Les prestations virtuoses de partitions contemporaines de VivaVoce lui ont permis d’acquérir une réputation de leader en tant que chœur de chambre à Montréal. Ses enregistrements sur ATMA Classique incluent Scenes from the Gospels et Atacama: Symphony No.3 du compositeur montréalais Tim Brady, qui a été en nomination en 2014 pour un prix Juno. L’interprétation de 2012 de VivaVoce pour cette œuvre lui a valu le Prix Opus « Création de l’année ».

www.vivavoce-montreal.com

Sacred Echoes: A Kristallnacht Commemoration

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October 13, 2015

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Congregation Shaar Hashomayim and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre present Sacred Echoes, a multimedia musical cantata for two cantors, narrator, orchestra, and children’s choir. A journey back in time to the once-vibrant Jewish communities of pre-World War II Germany, Sacred Echoes features lush symphonic arrangements of masterworks of the German liturgical repertoire alongside dramatic virtual reconstructions of Germany’s majestic synagogues, many of which were destroyed during the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. First performed last year at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles and now for the first time in Canada, Sacred Echoes is a collaboration between Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, the Department of Architecture of Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, and the McGill Chamber Orchestra, with the support of the Segal Centre.

“I am thrilled to bring this unique program to Montreal – to the Jewish community, to the music community, and to the survivors who are still among us, each of whom lost their own Shaar (synagogue) during Kristallnacht,” comments Roï Azoulay.

Montreal became home to over 9,000 Holocaust survivors in the first few years following the Holocaust, proportionately a large part of the Montreal and Jewish communities. The revival of this music and the virtual reconstruction of the synagogues both commemorate and recreate a rich cultural life which is meaningful to Montrealers. The performance at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim on Sunday, November 1 at 7:30 pm features Shaar Hashomayim’s Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and Rabbi Adam Scheier, as narrator; Cantor Netanel Baram from the Beverly Hills Synagogue; the McGill Chamber Orchestra conducted by Shaar Hashomayim Music Director Roï Azoulay; and the Akiva School Children’s Choir. Two Holocaust survivors who witnessed Kristallnacht, Mrs. Irene Stengel, as well as Dr. Stephen Schloss – on whose initiative Sacred Echoes was created – will speak of the impact of this fateful night of state sanctioned terror, unleashed on the Jews of Germany and its annexed territories, while the world silently watched.

The music in Sacred Echoes is drawn from the vast repertoire of liturgical synagogue music written by several of the composers of the “golden age” of German cantorial music. Composers Louis Lewandowski, Salomon Sulzer, and Edward Birnbaum, among others, were greatly influenced by synagogue music giants such as Yossele Rosenblatt, as well as non-Jewish composers like Maurice Ravel. Originally scored for cantor with organ or choir, the new orchestral arrangements written specifically for Sacred Echoes are by American composer James M. Stephenson.

The visuals on view in Sacred Echoes are part of TU Darmstadt and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen’s exhibit “Synagogues in Germany – A Virtual Reconstruction,” which has appeared in several major American museums. The project virtually depicts synagogues in fifteen German cities that were destroyed during the Nazi era and stresses the cultural loss that their destruction represents – from the mounting decline in the social situation of German Jews during the period of 1933–1938, followed by photographs of several of the more than 1,000 synagogues destroyed during the Third Reich’s “Night of Shattering Glass.” Included are virtual reconstructions of synagogues in cities including Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt, Munich, and others.

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, established in 1846, is the oldest and largest traditional Ashkenazic congregation in Canada. Cantor Gideon Zelermeyer and Music Director Roï Azoulay continue a musical tradition that stretches back to the great synagogues of the major capitals of the Old World.

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, while sensitizing the public to the universal perils of antisemitism, racism, hate and indifference. Through its Museum, its commemorative programs and educational initiatives, the Centre promotes respect for diversity and the sanctity of human life. (www.mhmc.ca)

The TU Darmstadt’s Architecture Department students and faculty members have been jointly working on computer reconstructions of synagogues that were destroyed by the Nazis in 1938 since 1995. The project may be traced back to a student initiative that emerged in 1994, a year when anti-Semitic utterances noticeably escalated throughout Germany and marked by the firebombing of the Lübeck synagogue. The reconstructions were generated under the leadership of Prof. Dipl. Ing. Manfred Koob and Dr. Marc Grellert.

Celebrating 76 years of professional chamber music, the McGill Chamber Orchestra is one of Canada’s most renowned chamber groups. Since 2000, the MCO is under the Artistic Direction of conductor Boris Brott, Doctor of Music honoris causa. The orchestra is a vibrant ensemble consisting of the best professional musicians and presents concerts throughout the year in the best halls of Montreal.

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New Live Recording of The Creation, Haydn’s Crowning Masterpiece, from the Handel and Haydn Society

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October 2, 2015

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“The chorus, brilliantly prepared and wielding phenomenally precise diction, outdid even its usual high standards … From the opening through the final, buoyant chorus, Christophers emphasized both the music’s dramatic contours and its almost boundless well of character.” – The Boston Globe

CORO proudly presents a new recording of Haydn’s TheCreation (COR16135) from Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society, recorded live at Symphony Hall in Boston. The venerable organization, which is celebrating its Bicentennial this season, gave the first American performance of The Creation in 1819. Under the baton of Harry Christophers, H+H Artistic Director since 2009, and featuring soprano Sarah Tynan, tenor Jeremy Ovenden, and bass-baritone Matthew Brook, TheCreation is available from Allegro Classical on a double CD on October 2.

Inspired by Haydn’s trips to England, where he first heard Handel’s oratorios, The Creation is widely considered Haydn’s crowning masterpiece. Set for three soloists, four-part chorus, and a large classical orchestra, there seems little doubt that Haydn wanted a big sound, by the standard of his day. Ebullient in spirit, the oratorio is based on both the biblical Book of Genesis and Milton’s Paradise Lost. Harry Christophers says: “Haydn’s music is always a joy to perform but The Creation he excels himself allowing soloists, chorus and period orchestra to revel in vivid word painting both vocal and instrumental. Can there be a more consistently happy work than The Creation?”

For 200 years the Handel and Haydn Society has enriched life and influenced culture by bringing vocal and instrumental music to America. Founded in Boston in 1815, H+H is considered the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States and is celebrating its Bicentennial this season with special concerts and initiatives to mark two centuries of music making. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Harry Christophers, H+H performs at the highest level of excellence and also provides engaging, accessible, and broadly inclusive music education in Greater Boston and beyond. H+H’s Bicentennial celebration has inspired critical praise and feature coverage from the international press. The New York Times called it “an anniversary genuinely worth toasting” and The Economist wrote that “for a classical arts organisation, 200 years of continued existence is in itself worthy of a party.” As part of the celebration, H+H released a retrospective book, The Handel and Haydn Society: Bringing Music to Life for 200 Years, and opened a Bicentennial Exhibition at the Boston Public Library featuring musical memorabilia and interactive displays. In 2015 H+H also commissioned and premiered My Angel, his name is freedom, a new work from award-winning American composer Gabriela Lena Frank.

The Creation is CORO’s fifth recorded collaboration with Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society. Previous recordings include three Mozart oratorios—the Mass in C Minor (2010), Requiem (2011), and Coronation Mass (2012); Haydn, Vol. 1 (2013); the best-selling Joy to the World: An American Christmas (2013); and last year’s critically-acclaimed Messiah by Handel.

André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert Coming to Over 200 Cinemas Across the U.S. on October 20

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September 21, 2015

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CinemaLive, in cooperation with André Rieu Productions, Fathom Events and Universal Music Enterprises, is proud to present André Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert, a spectacular cinematic music event with the world’s leading pop classical artist.

Set amongst the breathtaking setting of Rieu’s hometown of Maastricht in The Netherlands, this magical concert event provides an unforgettable evening full of humor, grand emotion, and glorious music for every age. The 2015 Maastricht Concert, which has already broken box office records in the UK, The Netherlands, Denmark and Australia, will be screened in more than 200 cinemas across the U.S. for one night on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m. (local time).

The concert features André Rieu’s famous 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, his sopranos, tenors, and some very special guests. Highlights include Australian soprano Mirusia Louwerse, whom André calls the ‘Angel of Australia,’ powerful trio The Platin Tenors, and enchanting music, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, the stirring This Land is Mine from Exodus, and, of course, André’s signature waltz, The Blue Danube. Also seen on screen are Rieu’s legions of fans, who have gathered from around the world to experience the concert in person.

The event boasts extra features specifically for cinema audiences including an exclusive interview with André moments after he steps off stage, conducted by British TV presenter and CinemaLive host Charlotte Hawkins.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW – For participating cinemas and to book tickets, visit www.FathomEvents.com

About André Rieu

Adored for his energetic, festive live performances that enthral audiences, André Rieu consistently appears on the worldwide list of highest-grossing touring artists, and has sold more than 40 million CDs and DVDs worldwide. Since his Johann Strauss Orchestra was created in 1987, his spectacular live concerts have reached hundreds of thousands of fans from all over the world. In 2014 alone, 700,000 people attended his live shows.

About CinemaLive

CinemaLive is one of the world’s leading Event Cinema producers and distributors, providing the entertainment industry with direct live access (or filmed content) to cinema locations on an international basis. CinemaLive distributes theatrically to over 70 countries covering a range of Event Cinema including music concerts, opera, theatre, musicals and comedy. With offices in London and Sydney, the CinemaLive subsidiary has quickly become one of the fastest growing companies in its field since establishing in late 2008. For more information visit www.cinemalive.com

About Fathom Events

Fathom Events is the recognized leader in the alternative entertainment industry, offering a variety of one-of-a-kind entertainment events in movie theaters nationwide that include live, high-definition performances of the Metropolitan Opera, the performing arts, major sporting events, music concerts, comedy series, Broadway shows, original programming featuring entertainment’s biggest stars, socially relevant documentaries with audience Q&A and much more. Fathom Events takes audiences behind-the-scenes and offers unique extras, creating the ultimate entertainment experience. It is owned by a consortium called AC JV, LLC., comprised of AMC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: AMC), Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) and Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), the three largest movie theater circuits in the United States. In addition, Fathom Events’ live digital broadcast network (“DBN”) is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live events to 820 locations in 177 Designated Market Areas® (including all of the top 50). For more information, visit www.fathomevents.com

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