Free with admission to the Museum
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: In the Contemporary Art galleries (S2)
About the performance-installation
The Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) are joining forces to present this intense collision of music, poetry and the visual arts, which will simultaneously stimulate your eyes and ears, your mind and heart. Conceived and created by internationally renowned composer Sandeep Bhagwati, this immersive and participatory event transcends all temporal, artistic and cultural limits.
As you wander among the MMFA’s contemporary works, you will be immersed in the soundworld of ten soloists from various backgrounds and traditions. For this bold concert-installation, the performers will spend the entire day on an archipelago of five musical islands, relaying music back and forth, each one contributing according to their own temporality, tradition, emotion, rhythm and score. All the while, they will be weaving together a captivating musical landscape, in which you can wander and listen as long as you like, taking your cues from your curious ears and eyes.
Featuring seven performers from Berlin’s Śabdagatitāra ensemble:
- Lucy Zhao, Pipa
- Deniza Popova, Bulgarian voices
- Eva Glasmacher, Soprano
- Murat Gürel, Turkish violin
- Klaus Janek, Double bass
- Andi Teichmann, Ready-made instruments
- Hannes Teichmann, Ready-made instruments
and three soloists from Quebec:
- Terri Hron, Recorder and objects
- Reza Abaee, Gheychak
- Valentina Plata, Voice
