Many of our long-terms projects came to fruition in Winter 2024, especially those that involve the next generation of composers and performers. Fresh perspectives on contemporary music and audacity to try new things were at the forefront of these initiatives….
Auteur/autrice : Alissa Cheung
Version anglaise publiée sur TEMPO Quarterly Review of New Music 76(300), 2022 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/tempo/article/profile-alissa-cheung/C275C7B04A8B7DD098D591768B7E2612 Qu’est-ce qui est venu en premier pour vous, la composition ou l’interprétation ? L’interprétation est venue en premier dans ma vie. J’ai commencé le violon à l’âge…
For the Arte Musica commission of a work for Quatuor Bozzini, du nord, in connection with the Museum of Fine Arts Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures exhibition, I chose the work Matinée au Cap Tourmente (1990)…
J’adore l’art visuel et des fois je m’y essaie comme un autre exutoire créatif (ici à l’Instagram d’Alissa). C’est pourquoi j’étais ravie de recevoir une commande de Arte Musica pour composer une oeuvre pour le Quatuor Bozzini en lien avec…
When the world shut down in 2020, health care workers battled perpetual over-exhaustion and sick patients fought for their lives. Live music everywhere came to a halt and everyone in our industry was at a loss as to what do…
We have had the pleasure of performing and experiencing Eliane Radigue’s Occam Delta XV since 2018. From listening to recordings of our performances, discussions with the public, and experimentations with Emanuelle Majeau-Bettez, (previous blogpost) we learned that our individual experience…
As I was feeling homesick for many things-and-people Sweden (see article) I turned to my renewed interested in folk music. I have a particular affinity for Nordic or Scandanavian folk music, and I’m not sure why – maybe there’s really…
In a lot of ways, Sweden has become a second home to Quatuor Bozzini. We usually go to Borås (near Gothenburg) at least twice a year, hosted by Björn Nilsson, producer of the Ny Musik series. His legacy and relationships…
En mi-octobre on a eu l’occasion rare de sortir de la ville de Montréal pour un concert, notre premier spectacle à l’extérieur depuis le confinement. On a été accueilli par Tour de Bras et l’ensemble GGRIL à la Salle Desjardins-Telus…
To celebrate 20 years of music-making Quatuor Bozzini is interviewing some of their beloved collaborators, many of which have become close friends since QB’s ‘baby’ years. Check them out on our YouTube Interviews playlist as we take a trip down…