Molinari Quartet – October 22, 2024 LiveEvents October 15, 2024 352 Bourgie Hall presents Molinari: From Painting to Music The Molinari Quartet marks the 20th anniversary of Guido Molinari’s death, performing works inspired by his paintings. Also featured is the final quartet of Anton Webern, Molinari’s favourite composer. Screenings of the great Quebec painter’s works will accompany the concert. A 30-minute pre-concert talk in French will take place at 6:30pm. It will be hosted by Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre, Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the MMFA. Marie-Ève Beaupré, Director of the Molinari Foundation, and Olga Ranzenhofer, Artistic and Administrative Director of the Molinari Quartet, will be her guests. Artists Odile Portugais, soprano Molinari Quartet Internationally acclaimed by the public and the critics since its foundation in 1997, the Molinari Quartet has given itself the mandate to perform works from the 20th and 21st centuries repertoire for string quartet, to commission new works and to initiate discussions between musicians, artists and the public. Recipient of twenty-seven Opus Prizes awarded by the Quebec Music Council to underline musical excellence on the Quebec concert stage, the Molinari Quartet as been described by the critics as an “essential” and “prodigious” ensemble, even “Canada’s answer to the Kronos or Arditti Quartet”. The Molinari Quartet has established itself as one of Canada’s leading string quartets. Olga Ranzenhofer, violin Antoine Bareil, violin Frédéric Lambert, viola Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello Program WEBERN String Quartet, Op. 28 R. Murray SCHAFER String Quartet No. 7 (with soprano) Ana SOKOLOVIĆ Blanc dominant Maxime McKINLEY Espaces fictifs Sunday, October 2, 2024 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets, visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
