April 27, 2010 - Place des Arts announces a new classical music series

Montreal, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 – a new music series over the course of the 2010-2011 season. Consisting of six concerts, the series will give music lovers the opportunity to hear—and see—such highly renowned artists and ensembles as violinist Joshua Bell, mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano Renée Fleming, violinist Gidon Kremer, and Kremerata Baltica, as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra from Tokyo, conducted by André Previn.

This series of concerts, programmed by Paul Fortin, who is in charge of music programming at PdA, will be presented in various halls in the complex. Paul Fortin states: “Place des Arts is pleased to offer music lovers a chance to hear artists - often in recital for the first time in Montreal - and ensembles of a very high level. It also hopes to establish a collaborative network of various music promoters and presenters, so as to enhance the excellence and diversity of our concert schedule".

This new classical series is in keeping with all of the other artistic activities and projects that will bring to life the Quartier des spectacles. In addition to enriching our musical landscape in a unique way, these concerts strengthen Montreal’s role as a cultural metropolis, both nationally and internationally.

Thursday, November 4, 2010, 8 PM

KREMERATA BALTICA / GIDON KREMER: musical director and soloist
Ula Ulijona, viola / Giedre Dirvanauskaute, cello
Andrei Pushkarev, percussions
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

LERA AUERBACH: Sogno di Stabat Mater, for violin, viola, vibraphone and strings
GEYA KANCHELI: Silent Prayer, for violin, cello, vibraphone, bass guitar, strings and sound track
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131, arr. for strings by

Sunday, January 16, 2011, 2:30 PM
JOSHUA BELL, violinist
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

Program and pianist to be confirmed.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 8 PM
RENÉE FLEMING, soprano
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

Program and pianist to be confirmed.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 8 PM

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, mezzo-soprano / BRAD MEHLDAU, pianist
Théâtre Maisonneuve
SIBELIUS: “Maj“ / “Jag är ett träd“ / “I Systrar“ / “I Bröder“
FAURÉ: “Les Roses d´Ispahan“ / “Clair de Lune“ / “Après un rêve“
BRAHMS: “Juchhe!“ / “Die Mainacht“ / “Unbewegte laue Luft“
R. STRAUSS: “Rosenband“ / “Blauer Sommer“ / “Nichts Op. 10, N
Songs by Brad Mehldau, Lennon/McCartney, Léo Ferré, among others.

Other works for piano by Brad Mehldau to be confirmed.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 6:30 PM

LES PERCUSSIONS DE STRASBOURG : 50th ANNIVERSARY
Théâtre Maisonneuve

VARÈSE: Ionisation
STANILAND : work commissioned for the 50th anniversary Canadian tour
XENAKIS:Pléiades

Friday, March 18, 2011, 8 PM

NHK Symphony Orchestra / ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor
DAME KIRI TE KANAWA, soprano
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier

Takemitsu: Green
R. Strauss: Four last lieder
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Tickets are on sale starting today at Place des Arts box office.
Call 514.842.2112 or 1.866.842.2112 toll-free,
www.laplacedesarts.com

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