AVITAL MEETS AVITAL

A classical mandolinist and a jazz double bassist unite in a musical encounter where modernity meets tradition. At the crossroads between the Western classical tradition, Moroccan rhythms, Eastern harmonies, and free jazz improvisation, Avi Avital and Omer Avital – who are not related! – engage in a rhythmically charged and inspired musical conversation.

Artists
Avi Avital, mandolin
Omer Avital, double bass and oud
Yonathan Avishai, piano
Itamar Doari, percussion

Program
The musical crossroads between the Western classical tradition, Moroccan rhythms, Eastern harmonies, and free jazz improvisation.

Saturday, April 6th 2019 at 8:00pm
Duration: 1 Hrs 30 Min

For tickets and information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/concerts 514-285-2000

Bourgie Concert Hall, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) complex, is a 444-seat venue located in the restored Erskine and American Church (designed in 1894 in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Alexander Cowper Hutchison). Designated a national historic site in 1998, the transformed setting is now graced with high-quality acoustics and an exceptional décor incorporating 20 historic Tiffany stained glass windows. Ideal for performances by chamber-music ensembles, string orchestras, and other groups, Bourgie Concert Hall offer music lovers an auditory repertoire as diverse as the MMFA collections

Bourgie Concert Hall
1339 Sherbrooke Street West,
Montreal, Quebec
H3G 2E8