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“The most exciting vocal group of its generation”

Windborne’s captivating show draws on the singers’ deep roots in vocal harmony traditions, while the absolute uniqueness of their artistic approach brings old songs into the present. Known for the innovation of their arrangements, their harmonies are bold and anything but predictable.

With 20 years of experience studying polyphonic music around the world, Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan and Will Rowan share a vibrant energy on stage, with a blend of voices that could only come from decades of friendship and diligent practice. The ensemble moves effortlessly from one style of music to another, taking the audience on a journey that spans continents and centuries, illuminating and expanding the profound power and variety of the human voice. Singers educate while entertaining, sharing stories about their songs and explaining the context and characteristics of the styles in which they sing.

This concert brings together four artists from different musical traditions. You will listen to a combination of traditional Maritime tunes with Rwandan melodies, accompanied by instrumental Baroque melodies on the lute and gheychak.

Inspired by 17th-century musical traditions, voices and instruments create an original tapestry of sound, constantly transformed by artist Deo Munyakazi’s improvisations on the inanga.

The result is an astonishing constellation of unique pieces, with Kerry Bursey’s lute and Reza Abaee’s gheychak. He adds a Baroque and Persian dimension to the Scottish and Irish melodies of traditional Maritime singer Janelle Lucyk.

Voices and inanga: Deo Munyakazi
Voice and violin: Janelle Lucyk
Lute and theorbo: Kerry Bursey
Gheychak: Reza Abaee

Music that makes you travel! With the sounds of jazz, the subtleties of classical, the klezmer inflections and the tango rhythms.

Renowned for their versatility, sensitivity and virtuosity, the four musicians present Villes Éternelles, in which the long and rich tradition of oriental music permeates each of Masmoudi’s compositions with its modes (maqamat) and metrics.

Masmoudi’s original compositions are permeated by the rich oriental sounds of the oud, with classical and jazz accents from Eastern Europe, complemented by piano, double bass and clarinet. A host of influences raked together along the way, in a truly open and experimental approach.

With: Guillaume Martineau on piano, Rémi-Jean Leblanc on double bass, Gabriel Paquin-Buki on guitar and Mohamed Masmoudi on clarinet.

This concert brings together four artists from different musical traditions. You will listen to a combination of traditional Maritime tunes with Rwandan melodies, accompanied by instrumental Baroque melodies on the lute and gheychak.

Inspired by 17th-century musical traditions, voices and instruments create an original tapestry of sound, constantly transformed by artist Deo Munyakazi’s improvisations on the inanga.

The result is an astonishing constellation of unique pieces, with Kerry Bursey’s lute and Reza Abaee’s gheychak. He adds a Baroque and Persian dimension to the Scottish and Irish melodies of traditional Maritime singer Janelle Lucyk.

Voices and inanga: Deo Munyakazi
Voice and violin: Janelle Lucyk
Lute and theorbo: Kerry Bursey
Gheychak: Reza Abaee

As part of the Mundial Montréal conference event, the Centre des musiciens du monde is showcasing three new projects. Three 20-minute performances, at the entrance to Saint-Enfant-de-Jésus church, will feature sounds from Mongolia, Iran, Peru, Mali and Brazil.

Carnets de soie – from Persia to Mongolia

On the musical paths joining the Silk Road, Uuriintuya Khalivan, carrying the breath of Mongolia, and Sadaf Amini, the echoes of Iran, met in Montreal. Together, they trace their itinerary, where each note becomes a pause on the path to discovering the Other. They celebrate the richness of their respective cultures, woven like silk threads, seeking harmonies beyond borders, beyond distances.

Duo Perse-Inca

Duo Perse-Inca is the fruit of a meeting in Montreal between a Peruvian and an Iranian musician, both bearers of the rich traditions of Iran: Showan Tavakol on kamancheh fiddle, and Federico Tarazona on charango guitar. This collaboration has brought together ancient musical systems, which the two artists explore through the delicacy of Andean melodies and the depth of Persian music. By marrying languages, techniques and aesthetics, they give birth to a music that is both ancient in its roots and modern through this unexpected encounter.

Siraba – Adama Daou

Siraba means the great way, a proposal for dialogue between 3 continents…

This is the name of our latest show, an artistic dialogue between the emblematic languages of West Africa, South America and Europe, based on Mali’s 12-blade balafon and Manding guitar (Aboulayé Koné), Brazil’s pandeiro and saxophone (Gabriel Schwartz) and double bass (Olivier Babaz). A refreshingly syncopated encounter, where ancient traditions are renewed through a dialogue that opens up a new universe of great beauty.

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Showcase schedule:

19:30 – Doors open

20:00 – Carnets de soie – from Persia to Mongolia

20:30 – Persian-Inca Duo

21:00 – Siraba – Adama Daou

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