The April events with Innovations en concert and the Quatuor Bozzini

This April 17-20, Innovations en concert and the Quatuor Bozzini team up to bring you an action-packed series of events celebrating international connections. Surrounding the Innovations en concert solo performance by Philip Thomas on April 20, and the Quatuor Bozzini’s Salon concerts April 17, 18, and 19, various momentous activities are planned: the inaugural Innovations en concert Score Reading Club, a round-table discussion with exciting guests, as well as networking events and receptions.

During the week, out-of-town guests include Bryn Harrison, Laurence Crane, Amber Priestley, Sean Clancy and of course Philip Thomas (all from Great Britain); seven composers of the Ny Musikks Komponistgruppe of Norway: Rebecka Ahvennniemi, Martin Rane Bauck, Kristin Bolstad, Sigurd Fischer Olsen, Tyler Futtrell, Hugo Harmens and Stine Sørlie; and Martin Arnold of Toronto. Featured local artists include Michael Oesterle, Cassandra Miller and Maxime McKinley.

The visit to Montreal of British pianist Philip Thomas, one of Europe’s foremost aesthetic explorers, is made possible by Innovations en concert with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, with the collaboration of the Quatuor Bozzini.

Wednesday, April 17:

Salon qb I, Quatuor Bozzini (a co-presentation of the Groupe LeVivier), 8pm

• Stine Sørlie, Alcoves
  
• Michael Oesterle, Daydream Mechanics V
• Martin Rane Bauck, Zukunft
  
• Tyler Futrell, Pre-echo
  
• Sigurd Fischer Olsen, Mezzo7
  
• Laurence Crane, Holt Quartet (world premiere)
  
• Kristin Bolstad, And nobody gets everything right
  

Thursday, April 18:

Round Table on the international presence of Canadian music, 5:30 to 7pm

• Presentation: Philip Thomas and Canadian Connections
• Round-table: the international presence and character of Canadian contemporary music

Salon qb II, Quatuor Bozzini with Philip Thomas, 8pm

• Maxime McKinley, Les pavements de San Marco
• Michael Oesterle, Alan Turing — Solace for Irreversible Losses
• Hugo Harmens, isms
  
• Laurence Crane, Piano Quintet

Friday, April 19:

Innovations en concert – Score Reading Club, 5:30 to 7pm

• Philip Thomas discusses and performs Laurence Crane
• Bryn Harrison discusses Vessels and Skempton’s Tendrils

Salon qb III, Quatuor Bozzini (a presentation of the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur), 8pm

• Maxime McKinley, Territoire — lune
• Cassandra Miller, Warblework
• Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi, Eight Seasons
  
• Howard Skempton, Tendrils

Saturday, April 20:

Innovations en concert – Philip Thomas, les connexions canado-britanniques, 8pm

• Christopher Fox, L’ascenseur
• Michael Oesterle, Luke
• Martin Arnold, Points and Waltzes
• Bryn Harrison, Vessels
• Richard Glover, Logical Harmonies
• Cassandra Miller, Philip the wanderer

All events at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, with snacks served following the 5@7 events.