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LOUISE BESSETTE AND L'AUTOMNE MESSIAEN AT THE GALA FOR THE OPUS AWARDS
Montreal, February 5, 2010 - The thirteenth annual gala of the Opus Awards, organized by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique, took place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at Salle Claude-Champagne, in Montreal. Assembled for this unique event, musical artists and artisans were honored with a total of 27 different awards, rewarding their achievements for the season from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009
Pianist Louise Bessette was honored to receive two "Special Awards": Performer of the Year (accompanied by a prize of $5000 from the Canada Council for the Arts) and "Musical Event of the Year" for Automne Messiaen 2008. Louise Bessette would like to thank Maestro Kent Nagano and the composer Gilles Tremblay, the Patrons of Honor of Automne Messiaen, as well as all of those who participated in the realization of this great event, highlighting the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen.
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- Pianist Louise Bessette: a French movie and a new recording
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- Louise Bessette in Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton
- Louise Bessette's concerts in October 2009
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- Summer Concerts With Signs Of The Fall To Come
- Olivier Messiaen and a world premiere by Nicolas Gilbert
- Louise Bessette celebrates the centennial of Olivier Messiaen
- Louise Bessette and Les Oiseaux Exotiques
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- Pianist Louise Bessette at the Salon Musicora in Paris, presented by the Conseil québécois de la Musique
- Louise Bessette and Esprit Orchestra
- Pianist Louise Bessette on CBC Radio Two and Espace Musique
- World Premiere by Serge Arcuri - Louise Bessette and I Musici de Montréal
- 49th Annual Piano Technician's Guild Convention and Technical Institute
- Louise Bessette and Aventa Ensemble
- Louise Bessette's Upcoming Activities
- Master class with pianist Louise Bessette / Concours International de piano XXe siècle d'Orléans
- Homage to Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)
- Louise Bessette Appointed Officier of the Ordre National du Québec
- Louise Bessette at the CCA
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- Radio-concert for Easter. Carillons éternels with Louise Bessette
- Duo Bessette-Daoust
- Summer in Concert! Louise Bessette, piano
- Tango Diablo!, a solo recital by the pianist Louise Bessette
- CBC Young Composers National Competition
- Louise Bessette and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
- Louise Bessette plays Messiaen with the NACO
- Louise Bessette in concert: December 2002
- Louise Bessette in concert: October 2002
- Oliver Messiaen: Louise Bessette and Håkon Austbø, pianists
- Louise Bessette, member of the Order of Canada
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