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Latitude45News - November/December 2009
November 11, 2009, 12:00 am Dear Friends and Music Lovers, NewsTwo CAPACOA awards for Latitude45 Barbara Scales, director of Latitude45 Arts Promotion, has been named "Agent of the Year 2008-2009" by the CAPACOA. The award is granted each year by a jury of performing arts management professionals, to honour professionalism and excellence of arts presenters and artist managers. The selection acknowledges the service Latitude45 delivers in representing Canadian artists throughout the artistic world. In addition to that, the "Touring Artist of the Year 2008-2009" award went to the Nathaniel Dett Chorale for their successful Canada tour, recognizing their professionalism and cooperative spirit. www.latitude45arts.com www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/nathaniel_dett Arditti and Hilliard band together Two ensembles greatly renowned for their exemplary performances of contemporary music band together for the premiere of a new piece by leading European composer, Wolfgang Rihm. His requiem-inspired "Et lux" has been specifically composed for the Arditti Quartet and the Hilliard Ensemble. The text is taken from the Roman requiem liturgy, but fragmented, and then circled and reflected into a progressively evolving new whole. After the premiere in Cologne and a performance in the Opéra National de Paris in November, Arditti and Hilliard will bring "Et lux" to Carnegie Hall on December 2. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/arditti_quartet Jenny Lin at Carnegie On December 1st, Pianist Jenny Lin gives her debut in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Carnegie’s largest and most famous stage, with Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. This work, which is considered the most unconventional of Beethoven’s compositions is a real showpiece for pianists, opening with a long majestic piano solo followed by a set of variations for piano and orchestra. The triumphant grand finale for piano, chorus and orchestra praises harmony and joy, anticipating the famous "Ode to Joy". Jenny Lin will be joined by the Collegiate Chorale and the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Bagwell. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/jenny_lin www.carnegiehall.com Hommage to John Cage French double bass player, improviser and composer Joëlle Léandre has assembled a program to honor her mentor and musical hero, 20th century avant-garde composer John Cage. The program features music by Cage and her own original works, including "OAXACA", with dancer and choreographer Dominique Boivin, and "Ryoanji", an interactive work that Cage wrote specifically for Joëlle Léandre. The premiere takes place on November 20 in Metz/France. The program will tour in North America in November 2011. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/joelle_leandre Tambuco bangs the drum New on Latitude45 Arts’ roster is Mexican percussion ensemble Tambuco. Tambuco was founded in 1993 by four distinguished percussionist and is ranked among the finest and most innovative percussion ensembles in the world. Their numerous original recordings have garnered three Grammy nominations, including one for the Best Classical Album. In the 15 years of its successful career, Tambuco has refused to be tied down to one style, with a repertoire ranging from ethnic drum music to structuralist percussion and avant-garde sound. www.tambuco.org Brian Current invites to spectral music On December 3, Brian Current directs the talented young artists of the GGS New Music Ensemble in a rare concert in Toronto, exploring the fascinating school of spectral music. The program will include works by an array of international composers, including Stefan Niculescu (Romania), Philippe Leroux (France), and a world premiere commission by Canadian composer Robert LeMay. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/brian_current Peter Togni's Lamentations on CD Composer Peter-Anthony Togni, bass-clarinetist Jeff Reilly, and the Elmer Iseler singers celebrate the launch of Togni’s "Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae", a concerto for bass clarinet and choir on CD with a special performance in Toronto on November 14. This is the first work by a Canadian composer to appear on the prestigious ECM label as part of the ECM New Series. The CD will be sold at the concert and will become available at retailers in January 2010. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/lamentations Lucille Chung explores Saint-Saëns Even before the year’s end, Lucille Chung’s latest recordings of piano music by Camille Saint-Saëns will hit the shelves. The album, released on Disques XXI-21, contains six rare compositions, including his piano concerto No. 2 in a transcription by Georges Bizet, "Wedding Cake" and "Africa" in Saint-Saëns own finger-twisting solo version, and transcriptions Saint-Saëns made of own and other works. "La Scena Musicale" already chose the CD as album of the month in its November 2009 issue. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/lucille_chung America loves Guy Livingston Guy Livingston’s multimedia piano show "One Minute More" has earned great interest and critical acclaim on his tour through Canada and the USA in November. Everywhere huge crowds gathered to view and listen to his eccentric and intricate audiovisual miniatures; several venues were close to sold out. National Public Radio even dedicated an interview feature to Guy Livingston, to which you can listen online. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/guy_livingston www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113905466 Meet Latitude45 live The Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ Conference in New York City, January 8-12, 2010, offers a great opportunity to meet Latitude45. Energetic klezmer band Kleztory will showcase on January 8 at 10:05 pm and on January 9 at 4:50 pm, both at the Lincoln Suite of the New York Hilton. Throughout the conference, you will find Latitude45 agents at booth No. 727 in the Americas Hall II. www.apapconference.org Latitude45 will also be present at the subsequent conference of the International Society for the Performing Arts under the motto "Fast forward - imagining the future" from January 12-15, 2010, in New York City. www.ispa.org If you are located on the opposite side of the world, you get your chances, too. Meet Latitude45 at the Australian Performing Arts Market, February 22-26, 2010, or on the Tokyo Performing Arts Market, March 1-4, 2010. www.performingartsmarket.com.au www.tpam.or.jp News alla breve → Alain Trudel's opera debut with Mozart's "Magic Flute" at the Opéra de Montréal on November 7 has met enthusiastic acclaim by critics and the audience. "Mozart's Magic done just right", states influential Montreal critic Arthur Kapteinis. → The Arditti Quartet premieres "Caprices" by American jazz musician and composer Uri Caine in New York’s Poisson Rouge on December 1st. → Violinist Mark Fewer joins jazz saxophonist Phil Dwyer’s Food for Thought trio in November as guest in the Phil Dwyer Academy of Musical and Culinary Arts, a special jazz and culinary educational experience combining a workshop and lunch. Now booking Tour planning for 2010/2011 is in full gear, but also the 2009/2010 season still bears interesting opportunities for presenters. Several Latitude45 artists are touring foreign continents: Tafelmusik visits Asia, violinist Mark Fewer travels to Australia, Les Percussions de Strasbourg make one of their rare visits to North America, and many more. In most cases, additional bookings are still possible - contact us to know more! January 2010: Kleztory, Belgium April/May 2010: Mark Fewer, Australia May 2010: Sanctuary Trio, Europe July 2010: Sanctuary Trio, Europe October 2010: Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few, Western Canada October 2010: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Asia October 2010: Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, "La trasparenza della parola", multi-media cantata by Andrea Liberovici on texts by Primo Levi November 2010: Joelle Léandre and Dominique Boivin, tribute to John Cage, North America November 2010: Sanctuary Trio, Western US and Canada February 15 to April 15, 2011: Les Percussions de Strasbourg, North America April 2011: Arditti Quartet, North America August 2011: Tafelmusik, South America Artist of the MonthLouise Bessette: Exploring the contemporary Pianist Louise Bessette stands out as one of the pre-eminent performers of twentieth-century music. She has been recognized a world specialist on works for piano by Olivier Messiaen already long before his works got the attention of a broader audience. To celebrate the 100th birthday of Messiaen in 2008, Louise Bessette created “Automne Messiaen”, a three-month event in Montreal with lectures, concerts and recitals to further promote Messiaen’s work. Her recordings of Messiaen’s piano music, including “Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus” and “Les oiseaux”, her latest Messiaen CD, have met unreserved praise by music critics. But Louise Bessette’s love for contemporary music is not restricted to this one great master. Being a highly sought-after chamber music partner, Louise Bessette has recorded and performed solo and ensemble works by Quebec composers Gilles Tremblay, Jacques Hétu and André Prévost, by Americans Carter, Cage, and Ives, and by the Italian Scelsi. She recently recorded music by Charles-Valentin Alkan for the soundtrack of the new French film by Julie Lopes-Curval, “Mères et filles”, starring Catherine Deneuve and Marie-Josée Croze. In her solo recitals, Louise Bessette loves to link the new with the old, as in her “Eternal Chimes” program, where she explores the importance of chimes and bells as a means of inspiration for composers from Grieg and Liszt to Pärt and Messiaen. Her engagement especially for contemporary Canadian music has earned Louise Bessette the nomination of one of 50 “Ambassadors of Canadian music” by the Canadian Music Centre for its 50th anniversary this year. A large part of her work in the next months will be dedicated to the work of Serge Arcuri. November 26 will see the world premiere of Arcuri’s new piano quintet “Le tumulte des flots” in Toronto, Louise Bessette joining forces with the Arditti Quartett. At the same time, Louise Bessette prepares a recording of Arcuri’s piano chamber music with other prolific chamber musicians like Latitude45 artists Yegor Dyachkov (cello) and Mark Fewer (violin), and more. The recording is scheduled for next spring and will be released by ATMA Classique. www.latitude45arts.com/artists/view/louise_bessette EventsNow touring: → Guy Livingston, North America → Jenny Lin, Belgium → Nadina Mackie Jackson and Guy Few, Western Canada To view the current list of all upcoming events, please visit our event calendar on www.latitude45arts.com/calendar. |
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