Partner organisations

Appassionata

• Founded in 2000 in Montréal by Daniel Myssyk and Françoise Henri, this chamber orchestra, which is rooted in the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension neighbourhoods, comprises 15 string instrumentalists, to which is added on occasion winds and percussions. With an ever present wish to bring classical music to the widest public possible, along with contributing to the wellbeing of society, the Ensemble currently offers annually a concert series with a diversified program choice, with an extra focus on school aged children and cultural communities.

Les Boréades de Montréal

• Founded by Francis Colpron in 1991, Les Boréades de Montréal focuses on early music. The ensemble has chosen an interpretative approach in keeping with the spirit of the Baroque era, by adhering to the rules of performance practice of the past and playing on period instruments. Les Boréades create, produce, and present concerts, and record on the Atma classique label.

Bradyworks

• Bradyworks was originally created in 1989 in order to perform the music of Tim Brady, whose work as a composer combines elements of contemporary chamber music, jazz, rock and electroacoustic music. Since 1997 the group has expanded its repertoire to include works by other composers which partake of a similar artistic vision, often with a focus on electroacoustic elements such as tape and live electronics.

Codes d’accès

• Fondé par et pour de jeunes compositeurs et interprètes, Codes d’accès favorise depuis 1985 l’inattendu et la surprise. Codes d’accès est un outil de création!

DIFFUSION i MéDIA / electrocd.com

• Distribution of electroacoustic / musique concrète / acousmatic sound recordings.

empreintes DIGITALes

• Founded in Montréal in 1989 the label empreintes DIGITALes focuses on electroacoustics, acousmatics, musique concrète…

Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+)

• Since it was founded in 1987 by artistic director Véronique Lacroix, ECM+ has premiered more than 200 works, most by Canadian composers. ECM+ produces innovative multidisciplinary concerts, presents other ensembles and guest soloists, and opens up new horizons for musical creativity.

Faculté de musique — Université de Montréal

• Depuis sa fondation en 1950, la Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal n’a cessé de se développer pour s’ajuster aux exigences d’un monde musical en perpétuelle évolution. Elle accueille aujourd’hui près de 800 étudiants dans des programmes variés en interprétation, composition et musicologie. La Faculté de musique est non seulement un haut lieu de formation mais aussi un des moteurs de l’activité musicale québécoise par la qualité des musiciens qu’elle forme, l’originalité des événements qu’elle produit et l’audace de ses découvertes. La Faculté de musique de l’Université de Montréal présente quelque 600 activités publiques (concerts, conférences, cours de maître) chaque saison.

Innovations en concert

• Innovations en concert was founded in 1994 to support diversity in the creation of new chamber music by presenting and promoting concerts, special events, and other activities. Under the direction of Cassandra Miller and Isak Goldschneider, we continue to serve musicians and audiences alike by facilitating contact between artists, giving musicians an opportunity to create music which uses unusual groupings and settings, and stimulating the composition of new works.

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

• The Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Canada’s first permanent chamber orchestra specializing in contemporary music, was founded in 1989 by pianist and conductor Lorraine Vaillancourt. The NEM offers convincing performances of the music of the present, giving it the time and attention it deserves.

Pentaèdre

• The wind quintet Pentaèdre, founded in 1985, is dedicated to discovering a varied, original and less familiar chamber music repertoire, exploring the classical wind quintet as much as the contemporary repertoire, and favours invited guest artists.

Productions SuperMusique

• Founded in 1979 and currently managed by musicians Joane Hétu and Danielle Palardy Roger, PSM is a key player in premiering, producing and presenting musique actuelle and improvised music. Besides the works of its artistic directors, PSM presents a large number of local and international artists, in the course of its regular programming. Beyond bringing these artists’ works to Québécois audiences, the mission of Productions SuperMusique is to increase musique actuelle’s profile, nationally and abroad.

Productions Totem contemporain

• Productions Totem contemporain est voué principalement à la création, au développement et à la diffusion des instruments inventés et installations sonores de Jean-François Laporte.

Quasar — quatuor de saxophones

• Ardent devotees of the music of our time, the Quasar saxophone quartet is dedicated to premiering and promoting contemporary music that is multi-dimensionally conceived. Celebrated for its energy, audacity and exceptional technical ability, Quasar explores different aspects of artistic creation from instrumental music to live electronics, from improvisation to instrumental theatre. Quasar received two Opus prizes.

Quatuor Bozzini

• String quartet which explores new, contemporary, experimental and classical music.

Quatuor Molinari

• Acclaimed by the public and the Canadian critics since its foundation in 1997, the Molinari Quartet has given itself the mandate to perform works from the 20th and 21st centuries repertoire for string quartet. Described by the critics as an “essential” and “prodigious” ensemble, even “Canada’s answer to the Kronos or Arditti Quartet,” the Molinari Quartet has established itself as one of Canada’s leading string quartets. Since 2007-08 its members are: Olga Ranzenhofer, violin; Frédéric Bednarz, violin; Frédéric Lambert, viola; Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello.

Réseaux des arts médiatiques

• Acousmatic concert organization founded by Jean-François Denis, Gilles Gobeil and Robert Normandeau in 1991 which presented 15 “Rien à voir” series from 1997 to 2004; since, it presents the “Akousma” and “Pulsar” series. 2011-12 is a season signed by artistic director Louis Dufort.

Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

• Since it was founded in 1966, the SMCQ has assumed a mandate to promote contemporary music from both this country and abroad. It is a mission that has been consistently carried out with creativity and dynamism, establishing the SMCQ over the years as a leading institution for new music in North America.

Transmission

• Ensemble Transmission is a collective of six musicians who are independent artists, thinkers and producers: Guy Pelletier, flute; Lori Freedman, clarinet; Alain Giguère, violin; Julie Trudeau, cello; Julien Grégoire, percussion; Brigitte Poulin, piano. Ensemble Transmission plays mostly modern and contemporary music from solo to sextet and the programmes are chosen entirely based on what the members want to play.

  Each musician is driven by an innate musical curiosity: each is entirely immersed in the creation, the diffusion and the advancement of contemporary music practice. Transmission also initiates projects that straddle composition and improvisation in the explorative zone where the performance practice itself creates its own music. Transmission radiates a fresh and essential energy, an artistic refuge allowing constant research for and practice of new performance works. This, their contagious force enables them to present projects otherwise impossible to realize.

Trio Fibonacci

• Piano trio, dedicated to Canadian and international new music.

Le Vivier

• Formé de l’association d’une vingtaine d’ensembles et d’organismes musicaux et issu de la volonté du milieu, Le Vivier a pour mission de favoriser le développement des musiques nouvelles et d’offrir à tous, par la diffusion d’œuvres de qualité, une porte ouverte sur la culture.