Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

Bravo to the Winners of the Opus Awards!

The SMCQ congratulates its artistic committee members who were prize winners at the Opus Awards Gala: Cléo Palacio-Quintin was awarded compositeur de l’année and André Hamel (with La Nef and Espaces sonores illimités) won in the category of concert de l’année for Urnos, produced in conjunction with the Festival MNM.

Congratulations also to our numerous musical colleagues: Louise Bessette; Jean-François Denis; Christopher Jackson and his ensemble (disque de l’année); composer Denis Gougeon (création de l’année); the Nouvel ensemble moderne (NEM) (concert de l’année) and Jean-François Rivest (directeur artistique de l’année). Let’s not forget Jonathan Goldman, who won in the category livre de l’année.

The Quatuor Molinari was also awarded a prize, by the Conseil des arts de Montréal, in the concert de l’année category. The quatuor Quasar was recognized as interprète de l’année by the Canada Council for the Arts.

• See the complete list of winners

News posted by Guillaume De Pauw (translation: Gregory Millar) on Monday, January 30, 2012

Opus Awards given out this Sunday, January 29

The 15th Opus Awards Gala will be taking place this Sunday, January 29 at 3:30 pm in the Bourgie Concert Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1339 Sherbrooke West). As a reminder, the SMCQ has two nominations: the work Le téléphone bien tempéré by Walter Boudreau and Yves Daoust is nominated in the Création de l’année category, while pianist Louise Bessette’s Homage to Gilles Tremblay — A Recital is in the running for Concert de l’année.

The SMCQ also wishes good luck to their partners whose concerts were presented as part of our MNM Festival: En trois mouvements (Quasar saxophone quartet), Mon corps jamais ne s’arrêtera de danser (Productions Totem Contemporain) and Urnos (La Nef). Best of luck also to Réjean Beaucage and his book La Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (Septentrion).

• More information about the Opus Awards Gala

News posted by Guillaume De Pauw (translation: Gregory Millar) on Thursday, January 26, 2012

SMCQ Videos

Watch the video about the Quatuor Molinari concert where Olga Ranzenhofer, founder of the quartet and first violin, discusses the program works with composers Gilbert, Boudreau, and Sokolović.

• More information about the concert

As well, take the opportunity to re-visit the SMCQ channel’s videos presenting Ana Sokolović and the Homage Series launch.

• Watch SMCQ channel’s videos
• Watch Ana Sokolović’s video
• Watch Homage Series launch’s video

News posted by Guillaume De Pauw on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Quatuor Molinari on January 26th

The SMCQ presents Quatuor Molinari — Thursday, January 26th, 8:00 pm, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal.

Quatre par quatre, a colorful concert featuring resounding strings in works by four well-known Quebec composers: Silvio Palmieri, Nicolas Gilbert, Walter Boudreau and most certainly, Ana Sokolović. The concert will be preceded by a round-table (7:00 pm) with concert’s composers, hosted by Walter Boudreau.

• More information about the concert

News posted by Guillaume De Pauw on Thursday, January 19, 2012

2012 — A Year Filled With Imagination!

The entire SMCQ team wishes you a 2012 immersed in imagination! Everything is in place to celebrate the start of the year with Ana, discover Sax & voix: Love Songs and continue on to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with Mathieu Gaudet’s: La fugue, de Bach à Feininger. Next up, Ensemble Transmission will be touring Montreal with their performance of Ana’s Ciaccona, and capping off the month the Ensemble Transmission duo will perform: Sur les traces d’Ana.

• Sax & voix: Love Songs
• Mathieu Gaudet: La fugue, de Bach à Feininger
• Transmission to Tour Ciaccona!
• Duo Beaudry-Belzile: Sur les traces d’Ana

News posted by Guillaume De Pauw on Wednesday, January 11, 2012