15 février 2005
Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques, Boudreau et Bouliane: Visions of the Future
Montréal

For some time now, composers Walter Boudreau and Denys Bouliane have formed a dynamic tandem, organizing a host of major musical events. Codirectors of the festival Musiques au Présent, organized by the Orchestre symphonique de Québec in 1998, 1999 and 2000, they were also behind the Symphonie du millénaire, a collective work by nineteen composers marking the millenium and performed in Montreal on June 3, 2000, by a fantastic group of 333 musicians. Denys Bouliane, who is a McGill University music professor and head of the Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME), also founded festivals such as MusiNovembre (1998), MusiOctobre (1999), and, in 2002, MusiMars--an event held biennially, alternating with Boudreau and Bouliane's most ambitious project to date, the international festival known as Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques (MNM), whose second edition will be held in February-March, 2005...

La Scena Musicale
Réjean Beaucage

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