Informations
Gisèle Côté, General and Artistic Director
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450 582-6714
Working for over 40 years!
Aramusique (l’Association de Repentigny pour l’avancement de la musique) is a non-profit organization that has been active in the region since 1983. Aramusique is the music presenter for the new Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins at the Espace culturel de Repentigny. Its mission is to offer high-level musical activities to as many people as possible, with an intimate approach between artists and audiences, to introduce young audiences to music and to act as a crossroads for artists and artisans in the field.
Aramusique presents an annual programme of six concert series: Sons et Brioches, Concerts scolaires, Apéro-Jazz, Grands Concerts, Musique Intimiste and Musique du monde.
During the summer, Aramusique presents Midis Aramusique in the courtyard of the Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne at the Espace culturel. For over 20 years, Aramusique has also been coordinating and supporting summer masses with music at the Paroisse du Précieux-Sang, featuring up-and-coming musicians.
To bring together all the players in the Lanaudière music scene, Aramusique is currently developing a directory of musicians, trainers, craftspeople and organisations to facilitate links between these players and the clientele.
PROGRAMMING
De Bach à Aznavour
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création, Repentigny
Series Midis Aramusique
Violinist Annie Parent and pianist/singer Claudel Callender present a selection of works and songs ranging from Bach, Fauré, Rachmaninoff to Charles Aznavour as well as some new compositions and songs by Claudel Callender taken from his most recent album.
Artists:
Claudel Callender, piano and voice
Annie Parent, violinist and violist
Free
Bruissement boréal
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création, Repentigny
Series Midis Aramusique
Bruissement boréal is the story of a friendship and creative union between two women from the Canadian jazz scene: Christine Tassan on guitar and Marie-Véronique Bourque on flute. It is also an album of jazz compositions inspired by the sounds of nature in Quebec and Saskatchewan where Christine and Marie-Véronique live. Released on May 9, 2025, this opus was recorded in a quartet with bassist David Meunier-Roy and drummer Olivier Bussières. During the Midi Aramusique concert, Christine and Marie-Véronique offer you an intimate version in duo.
Artists:
Christine Tassan, guitar and voice
Marie-Véronique Bourque, flute
Free
Virtuosité à saveur espagnole
In the courtyard of the Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création, Repentigny
Guitarist Francis Tétu and bassist Mathieu Gagné offer you a fiery duo in a repertoire of music with a Spanish flavor. This dynamic and virtuoso duo will take us to the borders of Spain with, among others, the music of Chick Corea and the famous guitarist Albert Laurence Di Meola. The duo will also play a rhapsody for violin and orchestra composed in 1904 and inspired by a Hungarian dance, the famous Czardas by Monti, in an arrangement by Francis Tétu that you are not ready to forget!
Artists: Francis Tétu, guitar • Mathieu Gagné, double bass
Free
Cordâme en duo
In the courtyard of the Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création
Marie Neige Lavigne on the violin and Jean Félix Mailloux on the double bass offer a delicate and caressing version of her repertoire. Melodies by Mailloux, Satie, Debussy and Ravel will charm the audience present. A surprising duo that reflects 20 years of musical complicity.
Artists: Marie-Neige Lavigne, violin • Jean Félix Mailloux, double bass
Free
Éclats d’été
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création
Series Midis Aramusique
The Duo Cordelia, composed of violinist Vanessa Marcoux and pianist Marie-Christine Poirier, invites you on a musical journey that will immerse you in captivating soundscapes, where each note tells an emotion and each passage a story. On the program, we will find works by Piazzolla, Kreisler, Fauré and many others, in a repertoire that is both light, festive and virtuoso, where the complicity of the two artists will move you. A perfect lunch break to celebrate summer to the rhythm of the bright and captivating sounds of the violin and piano!
Free
Choro brésilien
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création
Series Midis Aramusique
Michel Éthier, saxophonist and Martin Bellemare on accordion offers you a trip to Brazil with the typical music, the Choro. Close relative of the tango, the milonga and the samba, this style has a character of its own, festive, dancing and rhythmic, Choro, in Portuguese means cry or lamentation! Pixinguinha is one of the most important composers of this style. Many musicians of all genres from classical music (Heitor Villa-Lobos or Egberto Gismonti) to jazz (Baden Powell or Ethel Smith) have been inspired by this unique style.
Free
The River
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création, Repentigny
Series Midis Aramusique
The River is a collaborative project between Israeli saxophonist Tevet Sela and Canadian pianist John Roney. Each artist has a strong identity as a musical leader and visionary, and the combination of their efforts is even greater than the sum of its parts. With 10 original compositions, the duo explores the mix of musical cultures from the Middle East, Europe and North America to create a truly unique sound. Klezmer ornaments, North African rhythms, classical European textures, jazz and ‘groove’ improvisation flow effortlessly, as this exciting duo navigates new musical waters. Their intrepid improvisations and open musicality make every note honest and spontaneous, engaging the listener at every turn and curve.
As the river flows, it connects our distant countries and welcomes us all to revel in its strength and beauty.
Free
Célébration – Un voyage pianistique à quatre mains
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création
Series Midis Aramusique
To mark the end of summer, the Duo Fortin-Poirier invites you to a vibrant concert filled with light and music. In a warm and festive atmosphere, the pianists Amélie Fortin and Marie-Christine Poirier will offer you an eclectic and intoxicating program, where will mingle the passion of classical music, the elegance of tango and the exuberance of ragtime. Their four hands intertwine in a perfect complicity, propelling the listener into a whirlwind of emotions and rhythms.
On the program: works full of contrasts and sensations, ranging from the nostalgia of Piazzolla’s tango, the effervescence of Mendelssohn, through the tenderness of Rachmaninoff. Their interpretations will also sublimate pieces by living composers where the four-handed play takes on all its splendor.
In this musical celebration of summer, each note is a tribute to light, warmth and conviviality. A concert that will seduce you with the unique complicity of the two pianists and the intensity of their playing, in an intimate and spectacular concert. Let yourself be carried away by this unforgettable musical experience!
Artistes : Duo Amélie Fortin et Marie-Christine Poirier, piano
Free
Vents et cordes, un dialogue musical
Sous le préau du Centre d’art Diane-Dufresne, 11 Allée de la Création
Series Midis Aramusique
The duo formed by Mélisande Corriveau on the viola da gamba and Grégoire Jeay on flutes, invites you to be transported by the warm sounds of typical baroque period instruments. The two musicians have a recognized mastery of their instruments and possess the art of making them sing and even speak as a storyteller who tells you a story. Sometimes virtuoso, sometimes languorous, the pieces of composers such as Handel, Marin Marais, Vivaldi and others will delight you as they delighted the listeners of the eighteenth century.
Free
Beethoven en trois temps
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Recognized as the composer who created a bridge between the classical and romantic eras, the much celebrated Ludwig van Beethoven also composed in connection with the advancement of his deafness. Three periods of composition are therefore distinguished during his career: before, after and after deafness. What is remarkable despite his hearing loss, this genius continues to express himself and to burst into new musical forms. Beethoven therefore put all his talent at the service of music and composition, using techniques such as the use of a certain part of the keyboard to compensate for failing hearing. Performing three sonatas from these three periods of composition, the pianist Jean-Michel Dubé will not only delight us with his virtuoso and musical playing, he will help us to better know Ludwig van Beethoven, this composer who fascinates him and who remains one of the greatest in the history of music!
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsÔ-Celli fait son cinéma
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
“Ô-Celli is beautifully unique” (The Daily Courier, N. Bowman) was the signature phrase of the Ô-Celli cello octet tour in spring 2019 across British Columbia. Ô-Celli it is the unique vibration of the cello which multiplied by eight gives a dimension of sound cathedral to the works arranged and revisited by the original and magnificent Belgian ensemble of cellos. Ô-Celli brings together classically trained musicians who reflect their era, open to the world and its diversity. The concerts are invitations to travel, in time and beyond stylistic boundaries. From Verdi to Queen, through Strauss or Piazzolla, “in the end it is always the music that wins” (Michel Legrand). Ô-Celli is a human adventure initiated by Sébastien Walnier and Alexandre Beauvoir, who have gathered around them solo cellists from orchestras or chamber musicians, who share the same passion for their instrument. Since 2011, the year of their first concerts, the Brussels Eight have a key word: pleasure! The one they take together on the roads and stages of Europe and Canada, the one they see in the eyes of the public and the one they have to continue building new projects.
General admission 49$ | Aramusic subscriber 39$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsUn opéra en trois actes
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
An Opera in 3 Acts is a real-life aria that takes you into the world of opera, with all its high notes, tragedies and art intact. When the young Louis Quilico meets the pianist Lina Pizzolongo, a personal and musical collaboration begins and Louis becomes one of the most accomplished baritones in the world. Their son, Gino, follows in his father’s footsteps and becomes a world-famous opera singer. Their story is a true story of love, fame, estrangement, breakups and finally triumph. Opera, shared by the father and son baritons as mentor and protégé, teacher and pupil, enters history by sharing an international stage both in leading roles. It is a unique example of two artists realizing their individual potential and obtaining the unprecedented opportunity to bring their family bond to the stage. Gino Quilico tells us this story through the images projected on stage and arias of Opera, Canzonetta and songs performed by this great Quebec baritone.
General admission 49$ | Aramusic subscriber 39$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsVoyage à travers les Amériques
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Chamber musician and passionate recitalist, guitarist Daniel Bolshoy has performed on concert stages throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. He offers us a musical escapade to present the works of the South American composers Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Manuel Ponce and Sergio Assad. Between comments and stories of these land and musical journeys, Daniel Bolshoy will bring us back to the country with the performance of the play Aurore Boréale, by the French-Canadian composer Patrick Roux.
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsHaendel’s Messiah
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
According to a tradition now well established for 8 years, it is the return of the biannual presentation of Haendel’s Messiah in Repentigny. This timeless work, composed only in 24 days by Georg Friedrich Haendel, has captivated the public and music lovers since its very first creation in April 1742 and continues to be played annually all over the world. This key work of the holiday season will be played on period instruments by l’Harmonie des saisons. You will therefore experience a magnificent performance that will transport you to the 18th century, with conductor Eric Milnes conducting musicians and singers directly from the harpsichord, as Handel did in his time! Don’t miss this unmissable event in Repentigny for the presentation of Messiah, a concert of a tour of five cities from Canada and the United States.
General admission 60$ | Aramusic subscriber 48$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsBolling et un Noël jazzé
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
For this second concert in tribute to the French pianist and composer Claude Bolling, flutist Nadia Labrie is accompanied by John Roney on piano, Sébastien Pellerin on double bass and Bernard Riche on drums to perform the Suite no 2 for Flûte et Trio piano jazz. This piece was created almost 10 years after the Suite no 1, composed in 1973, thus completing the work of mixing jazz music and classical music by Claude Bolling. Also on the program, magnificent Christmas pieces!
General admission 35$
Réservez vos billetsLes lettres de Chopin
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
In 1838, to escape the gossip of society, the unlikely couple, formed by the author George Sand and the pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin, found refuge on the island of Majorca where the lovers thought they could devote themselves to their art: she with her pen, him with his piano. Unfortunately, the instrument commissioned by Chopin is slow to join them. In the driving rain, as the dream vacation falls by the wayside, their relationship is put to the test. A musical tale by Denis Plante, Les Lettres de Chopin gives voice to George Sand who reveals with humour and tenderness the secrets of his moving relationship with this young genius, Frédéric Chopin, all accompanied by music from the most beautiful pages of the famous pianist.
General admission 49$ | Aramusic subscriber 39$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsLa harpe et ses secrets
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Valérie Milot presents her instrument – the harp – with whom she has been sharing her life for more than 30 years. Sometimes light and airy, sometimes fiery and intense, the harp allows a variety of stamps that evoke and reveal unsuspected worlds. Through her favorite pieces, Valérie will share with you the secrets of the harp, whose history is millenary. From Egyptian hieroglyphs to Marie-Antoinette, this multi-stringed instrument has a journey full of anecdotes, to which those of the life as a musician of Valérie and her accomplice, Apollonia, are superimposed.
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsDu Tango à la Bossa Nova
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
From Argentine tango to Brazilian bossa nova, the musicians of the Trio Fibonacci take you on a journey to the excesses of the South American continent. Exploring the rhythms of the Andean highlands, those of the pampas or the Amazon falls, they interpret the melodies that make the soul of Latin music. The trio brings, through their nuanced playing and full of emotions, their own colour to works such as Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons and Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras. He revisits some Venezuelan and Mexican folk pearls while revealing his danceable and sensual motifs. A musical journey full of warmth, music and discoveries!
General admission 47$ | Aramusic subscriber 38$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsLes Quatres Saisons de Vivaldi : Le berger et L’orage
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Through the Four Seasons of Vivaldi, the musicians of I Musici will show you the elements of nature, weather and village customs that Vivaldi himself asks the musicians to describe by their playing. The shepherd, true hero of this wild story, will live in turn the joy of the coming spring, the dances and the bagpipes of peasants, the peace of sleep lying in heaths, the morbid heaviness of the heatwave, the visceral fear of the storm, the alcoholic madness of the grape harvest, the hunting, the bitter cold of winter and the northern winds that wage war against each other. As a prelude to this extravagant epic, let yourself be charmed by Mozart’s delightful Divertimento no 1, K. 136, the work of a brilliant teenager, considered by many to be his very first symphony.
General admission 55$ | Aramusic subscriber 44$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsMoments musicaux
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Named one of the best musicians under 30 by the CBC, pianist Chloé Dumoulin stands out for her sensitive playing, colorful sound and captivating energy. Through its program, it will allow you to discover the universe of two of the most remarkable composers of history, in a free form, allowing a panoply of colors and atmospheres. With Schubert, we encounter his interiority, his spirituality as much as dance and fury. On Rachmaninov’s side, his musical moments are as intimate, flexible, virtuoso, tempestuous as they are touching and delicate. This concert promises an authentic encounter with all the possibilities of the piano, through two very unique musical universes, which will please everyone.
General admission 35$
Buy your ticketsLe Quintette, c’est chouette!
Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins, 25 Allée de la Création
Unique ensemble in the Quebec musical landscape, Pentaèdre explores and introduces the public to a varied and original repertoire of chamber music, stemming from the great tradition of wind instrument music. In a concert centred around the world of Johann Sebastian Bach and opera, the five musicians of the quintet brilliantly demonstrate not only all their virtuosity, but also the great variety of colors and atmospheres that can create the flute, the oboe, the clarinet, the horn and the bassoon when they have a field day. Works by Mozart, Briccialdi and David Maslanka complete this brilliant programme!
General admission 49$ | Aramusic subscriber 39$ | 30 years and under 30$
Buy your ticketsChante Rossignol, Chante!
Dive into a musical journey where past and present meet with elegance. This unique concert offers you a captivating dialogue between the great contemporary French songs, rearranged for period instruments, and the majestic arias of the opera. Rediscover the power of words and melodies in a unique sound box, where harp, viol and baroque flute accompany the magnificent voice of Myriam Leblanc and reveal new colors with modern successes. A bold and refined experience that celebrates the richness of our musical heritage, from Carmen to Joe Dassin, between tradition and reinvention.
General admission 47$ | Aramusic subscriber 38$ | 30 years and under 30$
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