The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
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PHOTOS Fiona Mak<br />
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2 3<br />
MY HEART IS A VIOLIN is a<br />
unique silent art auction<br />
fundraiser to be held by the<br />
OSM Volunteer Committee at<br />
the OSM’s annual ball on May 4,<br />
2012, at Maison symphonique.<br />
Twenty-one violins and two cellos<br />
have been donated by various<br />
musicians, instrument<br />
makers and music schools, and<br />
turned into works of art by wellknown<br />
Quebec artists such as<br />
Peter Krauss, Susan Scott, René<br />
Deroin, Pierre Blanchette, Judy<br />
Garfin and Antoine Dumas. <strong>The</strong><br />
collection includes a violin used<br />
in the movie <strong>The</strong> Red Violin,<br />
signed by Joshua Bell, John<br />
Corigliano and François Girard,<br />
another donated by Kent<br />
BOURGIE HALL<br />
<strong>The</strong> Montreal Museum of Fine Arts<br />
Nagano and a heritage model<br />
made in Assomption, Quebec,<br />
in 1881, donated by Jean<br />
Cousineau (unpainted). “We<br />
hope to raise $50,000,” says<br />
Suzanne Prévost, president of<br />
the committee. www.osm.ca<br />
— WAH KEUNG CHAN<br />
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1: FROM LEFT - Holly Higgins Jonas, committee<br />
member, Bob Cotter, violin donor, and Suzanne<br />
Prévost, president of the committee, pose before a<br />
violin painted by Jacques Payette<br />
2: Le char de Poséidon by Gaétane Lupien<br />
3: Kent Nagano’s violin by Yehouda Chaki<br />
4: <strong>The</strong> red violin signed by Joshua Bell, John<br />
Corigliano and François Girard<br />
suivez la musique !<br />
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 \ 7.30 p.m.<br />
<strong>La</strong> Chapelle de Québec<br />
Bernard <strong>La</strong>badie, conductor<br />
Brahm’s Love Waltzes<br />
Jimmy Brière and Maneli Pirzadeh, piano<br />
THURSDAY, APRIL 19 \ 6 p.m.<br />
Musical 5 à 7<br />
Musicians of the Orchestre Métropolitain<br />
Eastern Winds<br />
Works for wind instruments<br />
FRIDAY, APRIL 20 \ 6.30 p.m.<br />
Musical Canvases<br />
Louise Bessette, piano<br />
Tribute to Feininger<br />
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 \ 7.30 p.m.<br />
Up-and-coming Musicians<br />
Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne<br />
Stéphane Tétrault, cello<br />
Mira Benjamin, violin<br />
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 \ 7.30 p.m.<br />
Les Violons du Roy<br />
Vivaldi’s Estro Armonico<br />
Eric Paetkau, conductor<br />
THURSDAY, MAY 3 \ 2 p.m.<br />
Espresso Concerts<br />
Les Violon du Roy<br />
Vivaldi’s Estro Armonico<br />
Photo: Paul Boisvert<br />
Julie Trudeau, violoncelle<br />
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