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SUMMER CONCERTS WITH SIGNS OF THE FALL TO COME
Montreal, June 19, 2008: Deriving strength from her last performance at Sharon Temple, Louise Bessette is now engaged in a series of concerts throughout Québec and Ontario, including two concerts in July with colleagues Simon Aldrich (clarinet), Yegor Dyachkov (cello) and Olivier Thouin (violin). These wonderful musicians will present once again the Quatuor pour la fin du temps at the Maison Trestler, on July 9, 2008 at 8PM, and for the Festival de Musique de Lachine, at the Pavillon de l'Entrepôt, Complexe Guy Descary, on July 11, 2008, at 8PM.
The Quatuor pour la fin du temps was the logical choice for the musical quartet as they will be asked to play the masterpiece more than once throughout the upcoming fall. Thanks to Automne Messiaen 2008, dedicated to the organization and coordination of events to mark the centenary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, the Montreal community will be filled to the brim with Messiaen's music. It was therefore inevitable to introduce the audience to Messiaen's musical world with the interpretation of the work that would put a definitive imprint on his experimental evolution. The Quatuor pour la fin du temps bears the stamp of an essentially immaterial musical language, a sign of the musical researchs that the composer would undertake in the future. To this day, this quartet remains a poignant tribute to life and humanity. No other chamber piece could encompass so effectively all that Messiaen can offer. Also on the program, and therefore further exploring the French School of music, the Première Rhapsodie pour clarinette et piano by Debussy and the Sonate pour violon et violoncelle by Ravel.
A versatile musician with an acrobatic mastery of the keyboard, Louise Bessette is appreciated throughout the world. She performs frequently with renowned formations and is seen regularly in festivals throughout Europe and America. She won the First Prize at the Concours International de Musique Contemporaine in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the First Prize and the Special Prize for Piano at the International Gaudeamus Competition, the 1991 Flandre-Québec Award, and the Prix Opus for "soloist of the year" 1996-97, awarded by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique. Piano teacher at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal since 1996, she is transmitting to young virtuosos her passionate love of music.
Information and interview requests:
Louise Bessette
514-387-8871
info@louisebessette.com
www.louisebessette.com
http://www.trestler.qc.ca/concert.html
www.concertslachine.ca
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