La Nef: How Imitation has Fuelled the Creative Imagination
Guided by an idea as simple as it is inexhaustible—the art of imitation—La Nef’s latest program offers a fascinating musical journey through the centuries. From…
Browsing: Vincent Lauzer
Les Idées Heureuses: An Inventive 39th Season
Les Idées heureuses launch their 39th season with invention and panache, and who better to talk about it than Dorothéa Ventura, their artistic director? What…
Concert Review | Bach Reinvented: A Successful Experimentation
On November 29, the Montreal Bach Festival hosted Vincent Lauzer and Dorothéa Ventura with an unusual program as part of their Off Bach programming.
Les Idées Heureuses: New Artistic Ideas
After 37 years, Geneviève Soly is retiring as artistic director of the early-music chamber ensemble Les Idées Heureuses (LIH), but concertgoers need not worry as…
La Nef: The 2023-24 Season
Claire Gignac, artistic and general director of La Nef, says that its repertoire is defined by “a mosaic of musical colours,” the result “of all…
La Nef presents: Tout tourne and Red Sky at Night
Duly recognized for its quality concert presentations, La Nef is equally known for bold programming choices that feature centuries-old music, folk traditions, and contemporary stylings.…
Festival Classica 2022: from Monteverdi to Morricone
From May 27 to June 19, Festival Classica presents its 12th edition themed “Monteverdi to Morricone.” Twenty-two concerts will be presented in Saint-Lambert as well…
Some serious fun at the Montreal Baroque Festival
The governing theme of the Montreal Baroque Festival this year was sprezzatura, an Italian word defined as nicely-calibrated nonchalance by Baldassare Castiglione in his Book…
Vincent Lauzer – A Recorder Player with Wind in His Sails
In 2012 the young recorder player Vincent Lauzer won first prize in the Canadian Music Competition’s Stepping Stone division, trouncing pianists, singers and violinists. Who…
Flûte Alors! Albums, Tours, Concerts
Flûte Alors! was born in 1999, the fruit of a student exchange with some Berlin musicians, organized by recorder players Matthias Maute and Sophie Larivière.…
