Exploration

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L’Odyssée artistique

Concert talk-show: Et si on parlait Musique !?!

Église Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Désir (La Rotonde), 300 rue de la Rivière

Let’s talk music! A festive evening to launch the Festival intime de musique classique, a friendly talk-show featuring a mix of internationally renowned musicians and up-and-coming regional stars, all under the banner of joie de vivre and the complicit happiness of the participants.

Opening cocktail at 7:00 pm

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Festival Stradivaria

The Great Classics – StringKatz Quartet

Chapelle du centre communautaire de Labelle, 29 rue du Couvent

The StringKatz Quartet consists of four female musicians who specialize in classical repertoire for all. This feminine string quartet instills finesse and overflowing energy in every piece! Let these experienced musicians share with you their complicity and passion through renowned tunes of the great classical repertoire such as Dvořák’s Bagatelles, Mozart’s Il Divertimento, Nocturne by Chopin, A Hungarian Dance by Brahms and Elgar’s The Love Salute, with some nice surprises, like Piazzolla’s Oblivion, the moving music of Cinema Paradiso, Now We Are Free from the film Gladiator, or Ludovico Einaudi’s Experience. No doubt they will make you want to hum, because you will be enchanted from the first notes!

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Les amis de l’orgue de l’Estrie

Superstar et autres classiques pour 4 mains

Basilique-cathédrale St-Michel, 130 rue de la Cathédrale

Come and hear five organists from Estrie, Cécile L’Écuyer, Maryse Simard, Dorothée Lacasse, Chantal Boulanger and Marc O’Reilly will present a new repertoire for four hands on the organ including arrangements of Jesus Christ Superstar written especially for this concert.

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Espace Culturel Cookshire-Eaton

Concert apéro – Quintette de Vito

Parc des Braves, 85, avenue du Parc, Cookshire-Eaton (Trinity United Church in case of rain)

Combining classical music and conviviality, the Apéro Concerts allow you to discover talented artists in a summer atmosphere, while enjoying an aperitif. A unique moment of relaxation and musical discovery!

The Quintette De Vito has become a must over the years, drawing audiences into a classical and contemporary repertoire for brass instruments.

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Midsummer Music Dream Festival

Une soirée de guitares

Médiathèque Nelly Arcand, 3700, rue Lemieux

A captivating classical concert featuring the rich and expressive sound of the guitar, performed by world-renowned musicians in an intimate setting. Bach, Williams, Fauré, Laflamme, Domeniconi, Charleton and Villa-Lobos.

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Festival Stradivaria

From Bach to Nevsky

Church of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts, 30 rue Saint-Pierre

Let yourself be carried away by an evening where emotions come to life through music. For some years, Alex Nevsky has been exploring what he calls «a music that wants to live» with melodies that are born spontaneously and are meant to be vibrant and sincere. Inspired by this quest for musical truth, he offers us songs that are on the edge of our skin, carried by an enveloping sweetness and an assumed artistic instinct.  On stage, his melodies, sometimes touching, sometimes luminous, will enter into dialogue with the world of violinist and conductor Alexandre Da Costa and his musicians, who will interpret works by great composers such as; Bach, Tchaikovsky and John Williams. Between bright pop and great classics, this concert promises a musical journey as touching as unforgettable. A unique event where the soul of music is fully expressed. Do not miss this exceptional meeting!