Free, (service charge applies).
Danick Trottier
Is a professor of Musicology in the Department of Music at UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) and a regular member of OICRM (Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique). He is the author of the book-long essay Le classique fait pop! Pluralité musicale et décloisonnement des genres (XYZ Éditeur, 2021). His academic work is centred on the music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, in both what is termed its “popular” and “classical” traditions.
Pierre Lapointe
In less than two decades, singer-songwriter-composer he has become a major figure in the Francophone music scene with his pop songs punctuated by orchestral arrangements. Since his victory at the Festival international de la chanson de Granby in 2001, he has made a dozen albums, including La forêt des mal-aimés (2006), La science du cœur (2017) and Chansons hivernales (2020). He has also collaborated prolifically with Albin de la Simone, Hubert Lenoir, Clara Luciani, Mika, Jean-Willy Kunz and Yannick Nézet- Séguin, among others. Passionate about the visual arts, he oversaw the artistic direction of several of his music videos and shows, and has been involved in collaborations with contemporary artists, such as David Altmejd, BGL, Sophie Calle, Dominique Pétrin and Yann Pocreau. In 2011-2012, he notably presented an installation at the MMFA as part of the exhibition Big Bang: Creativity Is Given Carte Blanche, together with architect Jean Verville.
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Location : Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium
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