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UK – Ireland
April – July –2019
Nordic Countries
55 T H E D I T I O N
Covering and distributed in the
UK, Ireland & Nordic Countries
A P R – J U L 2019
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Bonjour and welcome to the spring/summer edition of
Québec Culture. Notes on Québec music
This cultural season promises to be particularly rich and
varied with some of Québec’s big names coming over and
a host of exciting new artists to discover.
From Céline Dion to De Temps Antan, our pages devoted FOCUS Wales will be presenting a showcase of
to music are crammed full of a multitude of talent in Québec artists for a second year running this May
various musical genres from indie to classical to trad and (see p. 4 for further details). We asked Co-Founder
more. Neal Thompson to share his experience of the
Québec music scene.
In circus, London’s Underbelly Festival Southbank brings
back fun and friendly FLIP Fabrique to the capital whilst “Since we started FOCUS Wales International
the Arctic Art Summit invites one of the most intimist Showcase Festival we have often looked to and
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circus offering to the very north of Norway with the
been inspired by nations similar to Wales, their
European premiere of Claudel Doucet’s latest work.
music cultures and festivals and the synergies of
Québec’s renowned spirit of innovation will also take language and international outlook. From the outset
centre stage with digital arts trailblazers presenting we felt just such a closeness with Québec. The
works at London’s Barbican, the Manchester International Festival and Intonal Festival in importance of preserving our national language and
Sweden. Please peruse the brochure to find out more about these as well as upcoming offering culture and presenting it on the world stage is at
in dance, theatre, multidisciplinary, literature and even what to catch from Québec on the core of what we do with FOCUS Wales and we
© Rob May
your screens at home! have looked to Québec from the outset as a prime
example of how to achieve this.”
This impressive array of Québec culture coming to these shores over the next few months is
testament to the strength and health of our national relationships; something of particularly In the past twelve months, we have finally been able to realise that affinity, hosting
high value in the current international context of upheaval and uncertainty. I strongly believe music showcases on both sides of the Atlantic in 2018. First at FOCUS Wales in May
that culture is a key component of a kind, open and enlightened society. Whilst on the with POP Montréal bringing three fantastic and diverse bands from Montréal and
international scene, it is clear that the arts have an important role to play in encouraging our return showcase at September’s POP Montréal festival saw three of the best new
intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding and value sharing. Welsh bands have the opportunity to take the trip out and to perform and network.
Québec is extremely proud of its artists and cultural enterprises, whose incredible work on the
Both events were extremely well received by dignitaries, industry delegates and
world stage showcases the best of Québec to an international audience while at the same time
perhaps most importantly, music fans alike. This has formed the basis for what will be
opening doors to investment, intercultural development and positive political exchange.
a valuable partnership between our two cultures that can now grow and develop in the
Culture is a central part of the Québec identity and a vital force in our economy. We are proud coming years.
and delighted to be able to share all of this with you again this year.
As well as being an important cultural exchange, this relationship will also open up a
Cover: Totem, Chris Salter, Sofian Audry and Alexandre Saunier (see p.14). Photo © Agustina Isadori
In closing, I invite you to take a look at our Festivals & Events in Québec page (p. 18-19), new opportunity for the music industry to access showcasing events in our respective
presenting the variety of cultural showcase events open to international promoters and nations and to increase the networks and international performance opportunities for
distributors, and to contact Maude and her team to discuss any potential projects you may our artists.
wish to develop with Québec.
For two comparatively small nations, our shared belief in the importance of our
Bonne lecture! languages and culture make a common goal that we can cooperate to achieve.
John A. Coleman Through working together we can create a strong voice and make sure it is heard
Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London around the world.”
Neal Thompson, Co-Founder, FOCUS Wales
Arab World Festival of Montréal. Photo © Arian Salarian
Cultural Contacts
Maude Laflamme Marie Morin Andrew Bailey Gaia Martinelli-Bunzl
Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Cultural Attaché Project Manager Keep an eye out for our next edition, the special Edinburgh mini
Cinema, Digital Arts, Circus, Dance, Literature and & Assistant to the Director brochure, coming out in July.
Theatre, Visual Arts Publishing, Music
Maude.laflamme@mri.gouv.qc.ca Marie.morin@mri.gouv.qc.ca Andrew.bailey@mri.gouv.qc.ca Gaia.martinelli@mri.gouv.qc.ca
Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information in This brochure should not be reproduced in full or in part without the
+44(0)20 7766 5930 | quebec.org.uk | QuebecUK | Quebec_UK | QuebecUK this brochure you are advised to contact the host organisations for confirmation. consent of the Québec Government Office.
MUSIC MUSIC A P R – J U L 2019
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Le Vent du Nord Liszt
1 – 14 April Louis Lortie
Various venues in the UK
(see listings p. 20-21 or visit website) 28 April
Wigmore Hall
© Tzara Maud Images
‘Jokes and joie de vivre from Québec folk heroes’ London, UK
– The Guardian ****
Louis Lortie’s playing possesses the ‘combination of total
Le Vent du Nord (the North Wind) is a leading force in
spontaneity and meditated ripeness that only great pianists have’
Québec’s progressive folk movement. Since its inception
– The Times
in 2002, the band has enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 1,800 concerts over
five continents and racking up several prestigious awards. The group’s repertoire draws from The pianist celebrates his 60th birthday this year, four years
traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its soulful music rooted in after his set of Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage – impressions of travels
the Celtic diaspora with a broad range of global influences. They return to the UK for a tour in Italy and Switzerland, composed over a period of 40 years –
launching their 10th album, Territoires. was hailed as one of the ten best recordings of the year by The
New Yorker.
www.leventdunord.com
© Elias Photography
This is part of the London Pianoforte Series, a series of
Rufus Wainright
concerts featuring some of the greatest recital pianists of
our time.
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk | www.louislortie.com
17 – 25 April
Various venues in the UK, Norway and Sweden
(see listings p. 20-21 or visit website)
Affectionately referred to by Elton John as ‘the greatest songwriter on the planet’ and praised by
De Temps Antan
© TinaTyrell
the New York Times for his ‘genuine originality’, Montréal’s Rufus Wainwright has established
1 – 10 May
himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation.
Various venues in Ireland
Wainwright returns to Europe to celebrate the 20th (see listings p. 20-21
anniversary of his self-titled debut album. As part of his
or visit website)
international All These Poses tour, Wainwright will perform
material from both his 1998 release Rufus Wainwright and
Since 2003, Éric Beaudry, André Brunet
his 2001 follow-up, Poses.
and Pierre-Luc Dupuis have been exploring
www.rufuswainwright.com and performing time-honoured Québec
melodies. Using traditional instruments,
the three virtuosos will be joined by the
delightful fiddle of David Boulanger to blend
boundless energy with the unmistakable
joie de vivre found in traditional Québec
music.
The band, recipients of the Félix Trad Album
of the Year 2018, are touring Ireland for the
© De Temps Antan
launch of their new album, Consolez-vous.
www.musicnetwork.ie
www.detempsantan.qc.ca
MUSIC MUSIC A P R – J U L 2019
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Québec @ FOCUS Wales
16 – 18 May
Various venues in Wrexham, UK (see listings p. 20-21 or visit website)
© Danylo Bobyk
FOCUS Wales is an annual multi-venue festival which places the spotlight firmly on emerging
talent. FOCUS Wales 2019 will mark the festival’s 9th edition, and will once again showcase
Québec talents:
The High Dials collectif9
This psychedelic pop band from Montréal have released five albums
and toured North America and the UK multiple times in the last ten 17 May 18 – 19 May
years, including stints with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Besnard artsdepot Sound Unbound, Barbican
Lakes. Their melodic sensibility is rooted in 60s classics but infused with Culture Mile
dream pop, new wave and folk influences, winning praise from the likes of
London, UK London, UK
Brooklyn Vegan, NME and All Music Guide. The band is back with a soulful
collection of beat-heavy electro pop full of hooks, harmonies and dead-pan humour.
‘The string nonet collectif9 offers its public something truly as valuable as it is rare: classical
ABAKOS repertoire revisited with passion and fearlessness.’ – Bachtrack
Congolese-Québécois artists Pierre Kwenders and Ngabonziza Kiroko of
Montréal’s cutting-edge classical string band collectif9 are known for energised, innovative
ABAKOS borrowed their name from the fraught political history of the
arrangements of classical music repertoire. They employ lights, staging, and amplification more
Democratic Republic of Congo: An Abakos was originally the Mao-inspired
commonly seen at rock acts, and heralds a new age in genre-bending classical performance.
suit which Mobutu Sese Seko made standard for the country in his efforts
to counteract European influence in the 70s. But the reference is tongue- www.artsdepot.co.uk | www.barbican.org.uk | www.collectif9.ca
in-cheek, and the project is more informed by the duo’s past than about it.
The music is beautiful and forward-facing, with resonant lyrics about hope, love and change.
Nate Husser Les Poules à Colin
Nate Husser first started his career in the heart of Little Burgundy in
Montréal with his acclaimed hip-hop band The Posterz. He broke out as a 7 – 10 June
solo act with his 2017 debut, Geto Rock for the Youth. The EP’s vibey feel Various venues in Denmark (see listings p. 20-21 or visit website)
and nostalgic mood is a stark contrast to his live performances which are
injected with a certain punkness that differentiates him from the rest of his
‘Get ready world, this group is already really, really good and on its way to greatness.’
peers. In the summer of 2018 Nate Husser unveils a three-part project that
– WPR @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival
tells a semi-autobiographical story of an artist and the love-hate relationship one has with one’s
hometown. Taking their name from a traditional song, Les Poules à Colin (Colin’s Chicks) were raised behind
the scenes at folk festivals, learning their craft amongst some of Québec’s finest trad musicians.
www.focuswales.com
© Etienne Dufresne
www.thehighdials.ne | www.abakos.bandcamp.com | www.natehusser.com Their repertoire is a mix of original and traditional pieces, in French and English, and reveals
gorgeous vocal, instrumental and rhythmic prowess.
Competition www.lespoulesacolin.com
FOCUS Wales are giving away two festival wristbands allowing the lucky winners to
access the whole festival.
For a chance to win, please tweet a Youtube link to your favourite track by one of the
Québec artists playing at this year’s festival to @FocusWales and @Québec_UK with the
#QuébecFocusWales hashtag.
Prize draw and winners to be announced by FOCUS Wales by Friday 12th April.
MUSIC MUSIC A P R – J U L 2019
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Gerald Finley Chopin in all his States
Schubert, Rachmaninov, Turnage Maxim Bernard
and Britten
14 July
15 June, Wigmore Hall, London, UK Wigmore Hall
London, UK
© Sim Canetty-Clarke
The Cunning Little Vixen ‘One of the most promising pianists of the country.’ – Métro Montréal
27 – 29 June, Barbican, London, UK A protégé of the legendary Menahem Pressler, Québec pianist Maxim
Bernard has won many competitions, including the CBC Young Artists
The celebrated bass-baritone Gerald Finley resumes his exceptional partnership with pianist Competition and the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Competition. In this
Julius Drake in a programme at Wigmore Hall covering three major composers, including some concert, Bernard takes a wide-ranging look at Chopin’s œuvre, including
rarely heard songs by Britten, notably his early Walter de la Mare settings. works in several forms, large and small, and setting off with his final and
© Kelly Kruse
most taxing sonata.
Whilst at the Barbican, Finley joins a magnificent cast in what might well be one of the operatic
occasions of the year. Janáček’s life-affirming tale of love, death and the timeless cycle of nature www.wigmore-hall.org.uk | www.maximbernard.com
is the latest of Sir Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars’ acclaimed operatic concert stagings.
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk | www.barbican.org.uk | www.geraldfinley.com
C R E AT I V E R E S I D E N C I E S
Barclaycard presents
British Summer Time Hyde Park 2019
CALQ: Studio du Québec
Céline Dion à Londres
5 July Alexis Martin
Hyde Park
London, UK January – July
London, UK
© Stéphane Martin
Québec’s most beloved vocal
powerhouse Céline Dion will Québec’s Arts Council, le Conseil des arts et des
kick off Barclaycard presents lettres du Québec (CALQ), runs an important
British Summer Time Hyde international network of creative residencies including
Park 2019 with an unforgettable five international studios welcoming mid-career Québec artists.
concert.
The London Studio’s twentieth resident is multi award-winning theatre maker Alexis Martin who
Having sold over 240 million will be in London until July. Alexis Martin is an actor, author, theatre director and translator.
records worldwide (more He has appeared on stages in Québec and Europe and over 23 of his plays and four of his film
than any other BST Hyde scripts have been produced.
Park headliner to date), she is
undeniably one of the most Martin is Co-Artistic Director of the Nouveau Theatre Experimental de Montréal (NTE), founded
successful female artists of all in 1979, which is dedicated to research and experimentation in new forms of theatre. His time in
time. London will be spent writing and meeting fellow artistic directors of other like-minded venues to
© Alix Malka
open lines of communication towards the goal of developing, new writings and new works.
www.bst-hydepark.com
www.celinedion.com www.calq.gouv.qc.ca | www.nte.qc.ca
DANCE DANCE A P R – J U L 2019
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Québec @ Rise 2019 Anything Whatsoever
3 – 5 May Katie Ward
Universal Hall
Findhorn, Scotland 23 June
Dance4’s International Centre for Choreography
Rise 2019 celebrates Dance North’s burgeoning relationship with Québec artists and Nottingham, UK
organisations by presenting exciting screendance work by two Québec artists. Set in a beautiful,
remote part of Scotland, it offers an uncompromising, provocative and entertaining program. Innovative choreographer and dancer Katie Ward’s
performance scores activate feeling, thinking and
© Ame Henderson
imagining through the body, letting non-normative
Le Fils d’Adrien danse bodily states emerge.
Founded in 1999 by Artistic Director Harold Rhéaume, Le Fils d’Adrien danse’s mission is to Katie will be in residence at Dance4’s
produce contemporary dance that is accessible, refined and profoundly human. Rhéaume, in international Centre for Choreography in June, leading to a presentation
collaboration with established Scottish screendancer Katrina of a new work, the solo Anything Whatsoever. This piece accesses Katie’s
McPherson bring two co-operative video pieces to Rise 2019: subjective archive of bodily experiences and make space for local voices,
thoughts and ideas through relational spoken scores for spectators. Katie’s
work guides new imaginations by remixing performer and spectator’s
Paysages Mixtes | perspectives.
Mixed Landscapes www.dance4.co.uk | www.katieward.org
Filmed in evocative rural and urban landscapes in Québec
© Brian Hartley
and Scotland, the videos are a series of duets and solos
performed for the camera by the duo in which they move
through different, nuanced versions of their relationship. 9
Dix Commandments | Ten Commandments
Working with artists from different backgrounds, the duo will create a series of ten solo works
Cas Public
inspired by each of the ancient commandments to create an innovative project exploring themes
3 June 25 – 30 May
of morality in the 21st century.
Stanley and Audrey Burton Theatre Royal Opera House
Leeds, UK London, UK
Mandoline Hybride Québec’s extraordinary dance company Cas Public, in
collaboration with Belgian youth theatre Kopergietery, returns
Singeries to the UK with 9, a magical piece for children and adults which
Founded in 2007 by Montréal-based artist Priscilla Guy, Mandoline takes dancer Cai Glover’s hearing impairment as an inspiration
Hybride explores the body in motion through different media: stage point. Through Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, choreographer
performances, screendance, in situ choreographies, video installations Hélène Blackburn uses dance to question how we capture the
and multidisciplinary work. The company was awarded ‘Most Innovative monumental grandeur of this music if, like Beethoven, our
Use of Sound/Music’ at Light Moves Festival of Screendance (Ireland) for hearing is impaired.
CORRIDORS in 2014.
Recognised for the passionate and daring physicality of its
© Damian Siqueiros
In Singeries, two women are trapped in the middle of a videographic dance, Cas Public has secured its reputation with works of
© Svetla Atanasova
fresco in which their image is multiplied and shattered. They ape and exceptional quality and a sustained presence on national and
compulsively replay their own image to stay true to themselves. international stages.
www.dancenorth.scot | www.lefilsdadrien.ca | www.mandolinhybride.com www.theatreleeds.com | www.roh.org.uk | www.caspublic.org
DANCE /CIRCUS CIRCUS A P R – J U L 2019
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Québec @ Arctic Arts Festival Transit
22 June FLIP Fabrique
Harstad, Norway @ Underbelly Festival
Québec will once again be in the spotlight at this year’s Arctic Arts Festival, an arena for Arctic
arts and culture encouraging collaborations between different northern regions.
27 May – 7 July
Southbank Centre
London, UK
Radical Vitality
‘FLIP Fabrique’s circus skills dazzle’ – The Guardian
Compagnie Marie Chouinard Join Québec’s hottest nouveau cirque crew, FLIP Fabrique, and spend a unique and vertiginous
moment following the tribulations of their life on tour. High flying, fearless, and fun, these young
‘Viscerally exciting’ – The Stage artist-athletes astound audiences with adrenaline-pumping feats of cutting-edge acrobatics.
© Emmanuel Burriel
Montréal’s foremost enfant terrible Marie FLIP Fabrique return to London Underbelly Festival after a successful run with Catch Me in 2017
Chouinard has created dozens of works since and wowing audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe for the last three years.
her debut, Crystalization, in 1978. She founded
Compagnie Marie Chouinard in 1990 and since www.underbellyfestival.com | www.flipfabrique.com
then the company has presented work all
around the world.
For this year’s Arctic Arts Festival, the
company has delved into their repertoire to M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A R Y
compose a new work consisting of solos and
© Compagnie Marie Chouinard
duets. Chouinard brought a new perspective to
these small choreographic forms by recreating
them with new costumes, sound environments A CASUAL RECONSTRUCTION
and new choreographic adaptations. Certain
projects which, until now, had remained on the Nadia Myre and Johanna Nutter
@ Origins Festival
pages of the choreographer’s notebooks, were
also unearthed.
14 – 16 June
Se Pendre Rich Mix
London, UK
Claudel Doucet A CASUAL RECONSTRUCTION is a collaboration between two Québécois friends: Anishinaabe
Se Pendre is an acrobatic piece staged in the extreme proximity of an apartment. It is an essay visual artist Nadia Myre and theatre artist Johanna Nutter. Myre was the 2014 Sobey Art Award
on our intimate relationships and what it means to be human and explores how, through winner whilst multi award-winning Nutter is best known as the playwright and performer of
relationships, we complement and confront each other. The acrobatic language speaks to this My Pregnant Brother.
balance and rebuffing of our fragile and lonely condition.
Both have questions about ancestry and together, they explore the uncomfortable feelings
This brand-new performance by Claudel Doucet, a talented aerialist and contortionist, will around being native and/or non-native. With the help of diverse Londoners, the avatars of the
première at the Arctic Arts Festival. A graduate from the National Circus School of Montréal, audience, they reconstruct a recorded conversation between six culturally-mixed Québécois
© Dolce Vita Spectacles
Doucet has performed for Cirque du Soleil in Japan, taken part in a number of cabaret projects about the challenges of identifying as Aboriginal. Personal oral histories, disputed identities
© Caroline Hayeur
in Germany (GOP Variétés, Chameleon) and toured with Circus Monti in Switzerland. She has and selves in flux are at the heart of this exciting new work for Border Crossing Origins Festival.
also collaborated with Québec’s Les 7 Doigts and Cirque Éloize. More Québec events and artists to be announced.
www.festspillnn.no | www.mariechouinard.com | www.claudeldoucet.com www.originsfestival.com | www.creaturecreature.org | www.nadiamyre.net
T H E AT R E CINEMA & TELEVISION A P R – J U L 2019
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Match International Québec on TV5Monde
d’Improvisation TV5MONDE is available in the UK and Nordic countries,
go to europe.tv5monde.com/en/distribution to find out more.
3 April
The Tabernacle Ricardo (new season)
London, UK – Tuesdays @ 8.30am and Thursdays @ 9.30am
More than a good cook, Ricardo Larrivée invents more
recipes than you can possibly imagine! He presents his
As part of this year’s Francophonie celebrations, Le Match International d’Improvisation returns
tips for the most successful culinary creations.
to London by popular demand for its 6th edition in as many years.
© 350° Productions/Radio-Canada
Originally conceived in Québec, this theatrical genre is best described as a cross between
improvisational theatre and ice hockey, mixing humour and ingenuity to win the favour of the
Mixeur (new season)
Tuesdays @ 9.30am
public. The Ligue nationale d’improvisation (LNI) was founded in 1977 and, more than 35 years
Mixeur deciphers trends, meets the master chefs and visits the places that
after its creation, this original concept is played in over 30 countries and in more than seven
bring creative cuisine to life. The programme offers a true gastronomic,
languages.
epicurean, innovative and fun view of the world of haute cuisine.
© Jonathon Vines
Join us for what promises to be another friendly and hilarious encounter between Québec’s LNI
top players and local team, the French British Improvisation (FBI). © INFOPRESSETÉLÉ
Filles de moto (new season)
www.francophonieuk.com | www.lni.ca Fridays @ 8am
Catherine David and her band of female motorcyclists are reclaiming
the biker ways and codes previously almost exclusively male. Filles de
moto is about having each other’s backs, bike power, and facing technical
Les Muses Orphelines challenges, all whilst riding on the most beautiful roads of Québec. Here’s
to independence and fighting back against stereotypes!
Tamise en Scène © Les Productions Saint Laurent TV Inc
Pour Sarah (fiction. new season)
Tuesdays @ 8pm, 2 – 30 April
14 – 18 April Returning from an evening out, former childhood friends Sarah and Cédric
Drayton Arms Theatre have a serious car accident. In addition to the physical injury, this marks
London, UK the start of a medical, legal and emotive battle which brings members of
the two families, once friends, into conflict.
Michel Marc Bouchard, who penned Les Muses © Éric Myre
© Julien Balajas
Orphelines (The Orphan Muses) is one of Québec’s
Pays (fiction)
most respected contemporary playwrights with
Friday 5 April @ 5.40pm and Monday 8 April @ 10pm
works translated into 12 languages. He has written A politician is in charge of negotiating the mining rights of her island,
over 25 plays, many of which were adapted for the Besco. Faced with dealing with big and powerful corporate Canada, Besco
screen including 2013’ Venice Critics Award Tom at the Farm directed by Xavier Dolan. is small and not in a position of strength to begin the much-needed tough
negotiations. From political wrangling to intimidation, the law of the land is
Les Muses Orphelines is a play about four wacky siblings. Abandoned by their mother, who ran
definitely not an old and unhurried river…
off with a Spanish fisherman, the Tanguay children were left to raise themselves. Now, on the © Productions Pays inc.
eve of her return, this bizarre quartet must reconcile with each other and figure out why their
mother left them. L’écran roi
L’écran roi © Lamarche à vélo productions
Tamise en Scène, an ambitious amateur dramatic company based in London, presents this Thursday 18 April @ 11.30am
Tablets, telephones and similar devices are the favourite toys of the young
production in French.
generation. A digital tsunami. However, we know little of the impact on
www.tamiseenscene.com | www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk young people’s health. Should parents be concerned? Are they raising
cyber-dependent children? After the era of the little emperor, is this the age
© Lamarche à vélo productions of the connected kid?
D I G I TA L A R T S D I G I TA L A R T S A P R – J U L 2019
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Falaises Atmospheric Memory
Alexis Langevin-Tétrault, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Guillaume Côté, Dave Gagnon @ Manchester International Festival
@ Intonal Festival 6 – 21 July
26 April Science and Industry Museum
Malmö, Sweden Manchester, UK
‘Museums, galleries and biennials have flocked to work with him for at least a decade, given
Standing halfway between art installation and live video, Falaises’ performance is constructed
that his projects have two levels of appeal: a gee-whiz, hands-on side that brings people in the
around the dichotomy between noise and tonality, visual data being disturbed in real time by
door, and then a deeper, often darker meaning that can be apprehended by those who choose to
the live audio, all rendered on a unique multi-support device.
linger.’ – The New York Times
Experimental sound artists Alexis Langevin-Tétrault and Guillaume Côté’s work is at the limits
Two-time recipient of a BAFTA for Interactive Art in London, Montréal-based artist Rafael
of noise and ambient music. The performance is supported by the visuals of digital artist Dave
Lozano-Hemmer presents Atmospheric Memory, a new immersive installation at the prestigious
© David Gallard
Gagnon who creates a synergy between the art forms through displaying a graphical and
Manchester International Festival.
luminous return of the audio content.
Lozano-Hemmer has, over the past few decades, earned a reputation for large-scale,
www.intonalfestival.com | www.falaises.net | www.alexslt.com | www.guillaumecotemusique.com
participatory installations that incorporate technology, light and the architecture of public
spaces.
Totem
© Miguel Legault / Antimodular
Inspired by computing pioneer Charles Babbage’s provocative proposal that the air is a ‘vast
library’ holding every word ever spoken, Lozano-Hemmer’s remarkable new artwork harnesses
Chris Salter, Sofian Audry, both state-of-the-art technology and classic phantasmagorical effects to capture air from
Alexandre Saunier
turbulence caused by speech. It then transforms it into something we can see, hear and even
touch: trails of vapour, ripples on water and epic 360-degree projections.
www.mif.co.uk | www.lozano-hemmer.com
16 May – 31 August
Barbican
London, UK
Totem is a fourteen-meter-tall light installation that explores the
possibility of an artificial entity developing consciousness. The
installation’s sensors scan environment changes and feed this
information to a neural network which then inform the rhythms
and pulsing rate of the light. It was created by Québécois artist and
researcher Chris Salter in collaboration with Sofian Audry, Alexandre
Saunier, Takashi Ikegami and Thomas Spier. Totem is a commission
by the Barbican for the major large-scale exhibition AI: More
Than Human – an unprecedented survey of creative and scientific
developments in Artificial Intelligence.
Chris Salter has also been working with the Barbican Centre as
Creative Consultant on the 2019 thematic season Life Rewired –
© Agustina Isadori
bringing Québec-based interdisciplinary expertise in
research-creation to help develop and shape the entire year.
www.barbican.org | www.chrissalter.com
L I T E R AT U R E & P U B L I S H I N G L I T E R AT U R E & P U B L I S H I N G A P R – J U L 2019
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Franco-Irish Literary Festival College Students’ AIEQ Prize
Clara 4 June
Dupuis-Morency
City Library of Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden
4 April 6 April The College Students’ AIEQ Prize aims to give students and members of the City library’s
University College Dublin Dublin Castle literary circle a taste of modern Québec literature. Participants pick a winning author
Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland among the official selection of le Prix littéraire des collégiens from Québec which then
tours Sweden. This event is organised by the International Association for Québec studies
Clara Dupuis-Morency is a writer and lecturer based in (AIEQ), the Franska Skolan College and the City Library of Stockholm.
Montréal. She has published writings in literary
The authors and books nominated this year are:
magazines and reviews (including Cahiers littéraires
Contre-jour and Revue Post-Scriptum), is a member of Créatures du hasard Querelle de Roberval
© Nick Bostick
the editorial board for journal Moebius and regularly Lula Carballo Kevin Lambert
hosts intellectual and cultural events (podcasts, lecture (Le Cheval d’août) (Héliotrope)
series, etc.). The Québéquois-Uruguyan’s first Born in 1992, the writer’s first
novel tells the story of a young novel was selected for the
Her first book, Mère d’invention published in 2018, has been nominated for the Québec
South American girl growing up Prix des Libraires. His novel,
Bookseller’s Award and for the CALQ Prize for work by an emerging artist in Montréal.
in the 90s. Querelle, a social story, was
Dupuis-Morency will be presenting her book and taking part in various panel discussions. well received by the literary
Les villes de papier world and public
www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com | www.aieq.qc.ca | www.ucd.ie Dominique Fortier (Alto)
www.alliance-francaise.ie | www.ambafrance-ie.org The novelist, translator and Ce qu’on respire sur
Governor General’s Award Tatouine
winner’s latest novel explores Jean-Christophe Réhel
the existence of the mythical (Del Busso Éditeur)
poet Emily Dickinson. The prolific poet, published
Helsinki Lit his first novel at eighteen. His
De synthèse second, Ce qu’on respire, talks
Kim Thúy Karoline Gorges (Alto)
The interdisciplinary artist
about the daily tribulations of
a young man with cystic
and writer’s novel about a shy fybrosis.
17 – 18 May young girl who lives her life as
an avatar, won several prizes in www.aieq.qc.ca
Savoy Theatre
Québec.
Helsinki, Finland
‘[Thúy’s] stories are poetic and powerful.’
– The Guardian
©Jean-François Brière
The Québécois-Vietnamese author Kim Thúy is one of
the guests at the international literature festival Helsinki
Lit, an event that focuses on contemporary translated
literature and invites esteemed authors to participate
in profound literary talks. Thúy is known for her short
and elegant stories that deal with the migrant experience and the challenges of adapting to a
new life in a new culture. Her first novel Ru won several prestigious literary awards and will be
published for the first time in Finnish translation alongside her following novel Vi by Gummerus
Publishers, the oldest publishing house in Finland.
www.helsinki-lit.fiFESTIVALS & EVENTS IN QUÉBEC 2019 – 2 020
18 19
See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events hosted in Québec each year
They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.
For more information one any of the below festivals, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Festival international des arts de la La Biennale d’Art Contemporain
Festival
Arab World Festival TransAmériques
of Montréal marionnette pour tous à Saguenay Salon du Livre de Montréal
Festival Innucadie Autochtone MUTEK
Arab World Festival of Montréal. Photo © Yakimo Bohio Festival international des arts de la marionnette pour tous à Saguenay. Photo © Canopée Médias - Sophie Gagnon-Bergeron Festival Innucadie. Photo © J.M.Gauthier La Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone. Photo © Caroline Monnet
11 July – 1 August 2019 12 – 21 September 2019 9 – 20 October 2019 27 June – 6 July 2019 28 – 30 June 2019 29 August – 1 September 2019
MUSIC
CINEMA
Le Festival international de Festival de cinéma de la ville de Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Festival International de Jazz Chants de Vielles Festival Festival de musique émergente
films Fantasia Québec www.nouveaucinema.ca de Montréal Traditional Music en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
www.fantasiafestival.com www.fcvq.ca www.montrealjazzfest.com www.chantsdevielles.com www.fmeat.org
7 – 17 November 2019 19 – 29 February 2020 11 – 15 March 2020 1 – 30 September 2019 5 – 7 September 2019 25 – 29 September 2019
MUSIC
CINEMA
Rencontres Internationales du (exact dates TBC) Regard sur le court métrage (exact dates TBC) Envol et Macadam Pop Montréal
Documentaire de Montréal Les Rendez-vous du cinéma au Saguenay Conférence Trad Montréal & La Emerging Music www.popmontreal.com
www.ridm.ca québécois International Short Film Festival Grande Rencontre www.envoletmacadam.com
www.rvcq.com www.festivalregard.com www.espacetrad.org
17 – 29 March 2020 4 – 14 July 2019 28 May – 1 June 2019 19 – 22 November 2019 22 May – 5 June 2019 24 May – 2 June 2019
PERFORMING ARTS
MUSIC
CINEMA
CIRCUS
DIGITAL ARTS
Festival international du film Montreal Complètement IX 2019 Mundial Montréal Festival TransAmériques OFFTA
World Music
sur l’art Cirque International Symposium on www.mundialmontreal.com Theatre & Dance Live Art Festival
www.artfifa.com www.montrealcompletementcirque.com Immersive Experiences www.fta.ca www.offta.com
20 – 23 November 2019
www.ix.sat.qc.ca M pour Montréal
Indie Rock Showcase
www.mpourmontreal.com
11 – 15 June 2019 6 – 14 April 2019 10 – 14 April 2019 9 – 12 August 2019 6 – 14 September 2019 18 – 27 October 2019
DIGITAL ARTS
PERFORMING ARTS
LITERATURE
ELEKTRA Salon du Livre de Québec Festival Innucadie Festival Quartiers Danses Festival interculturel du conte
Festival Québec BD
www.silq.ca
www.elektrafestival.ca Comic Books and Graphic Storytelling and legends www.quartiersdanses.com de Montréal
Novels www.innucadie.com Storytelling
20 – 25 August 2019 www.quebecbd.com 20 – 25 November 2019 www.festival-conte.qc.ca
MUTEK Salon du Livre de Montréal
www.mutek.org www.salondulivredemontreal.com
2 – 5 May 2019 18 – 27 October 2019 14 – 17 November 2019 26 – 29 November 2019 November 2020 (dates TBC) 6 – 10 March 2019
THEATRE
PERFORMING ARTS
LITERATURE
10e
FESTIVAL de
Metropolis Bleu Québec en toutes lettres (exact dates TBC) Parcours Danse CINARS Le Festival de Casteliers CASTELIERS
MARIONNETTES
POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS
Puppetry
www.bluemetropolis.org www.quebecentouteslettres.com Salon du Livre des Premières www.ladansesurlesroutes.com Performing arts biennial www.festival.casteliers.ca
Nations (Kwahiatonhk!) www.cinars.org
www.kwahiatonhk.com 23 – 28 July 2019
Festival international des arts de la
wahiatonhk!
marionnette pour tous à Saguenay
www.fiams.com
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
6 – 14 August 2019 1 – 17 November 2019 11 – 13 November 2019 22 – 24 August 2019 14 February – 21 April 2019 25 – 28 April 2019
VISUAL ARTS
THEATRE
Montréal First Peoples Festival Arab World Festival of Montréal HUB – Rendez-vous Festival du théâtre de rue Manif d’art 9 Foire d’art Papier de Montréal
www.presenceautochtone.ca www.festivalarabe.com international des de Lachine www.manifdart.org www.papiermontreal.com
industries créatives www.theatrederue.ca
www.hubmontreal.com
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
February – March 2020 4 – 23 June 2019 13 – 15 June 2019 4 September – 13 October 2019 25 April – 21 June 2020
YOUNG PUBLIC
VISUAL ARTS
11 – 18 November 2019
MUSIC
(dates TBC) Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Montréal Chamber Music Festival Momenta – biennale de l’image La Biennale d’Art Contemporain Festival Coup de Theatre
Montréal en Lumière Experimental Music www.festivalmontreal.org www.momentabiennale.com Autochtone www.coupsdetheatre.com
www.montrealenlumiere.com www.suoniperilpopolo.org www.baca.caE V E N T S A P R I L 2 0 1 9 – J U LY 2 0 1 9
Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.
collectif9 Mandolin Hybride Match International d’Improvisation
5 Dance Le Fils d’Adrien Danse, Mixed Universal Hall Findhorn, Scotland 013 0969 1661
ONGOING Landscapes www.dancenorth.scot
@ RISE Festival
Tuesdays Cinema & Mixeur TV5Monde UK & Nordic
@ 9.30am Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com 5 Dance Le Fils d’Adrien Danse, Universal Hall Findhorn, Scotland 013 0969 1661
Ten Commandments www.dancenorth.scot
Tuesdays Cinema & Ricardo TV5Monde UK & Nordic @ RISE Festival
@ 8.30am Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com
and 5 Dance Mandoline Hybride, Universal Hall Findhorn, Scotland 013 0969 1661
Thursdays Singeries @ RISE Festival www.dancenorth.scot
@ 9.30am
7 Music De Temps Antan National Opera House Wexford, Ireland 0353 3912 2400
Fridays Cinema & Filles de moto TV5Monde UK & Nordic www.nationaloperahouse.ie
@ 8.00am Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com
8 Music De Temps Antan Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar, Ireland 094 902 3733
www.thelinenhall.com
APRIL
9 Music De Temps Antan Triskel Christchurch Cork, Ireland 021 427 2022
2 - 30 Cinema & Pour Sarah TV5Monde UK & Nordic www.triskelartscentre.ie
Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com
10 Music De Temps Antan Fiddle Fair Marquee Baltimore, Ireland
3 Theatre Match International The Tabernacle London, UK 020 7221 9700 www.fiddlefair.com
d’Improvisation www.tabernaclew11.com
13 Theatre Laurence Dauphinais, Siri Trinity College Dublin, Ireland www.tcd.ie
4 Music Le Vent du Nord Union Chapel London, UK 020 7226 1686
www.unionchapel.org.uk 16 Music Québec Showcase The Fat Boar Wrexham, UK
4 Literature & Clara Dupuis-Morency University College Dublin, Ireland www.ucd.ie @ FOCUS Wales www.focuswales.com
Publishing presents her novel Dublin 16 Music ABAKOS @ FOCUS Wales Ty Pawb (Flexible Wrexham, UK
5 Cinema & Pays TV5Monde UK & Nordic Space) www.focuswales.com
Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com
16 May - Digital Arts Chris Salter, Sofian Audry, Barbican London, UK 021 7638 8891
5 Literature & Clara Dupuis-Morency @ Dublin Castle Dublin, Ireland 31 Aug Alexandre Saunier www.barbican.org.uk
Publishing Franco-Irish Literary Festival www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com Totem
6 Music Le Vent du Nord Royal Liverpool Phil- Liverpool, UK 015 1709 3789 17 Music The High Dials @ FOCUS Memorial Hall Wrexham, UK
harmonic www.liverpoolphil.com Wales www.focuswales.com
8 Cinema & Pays TV5Monde UK & Nordic 17 Music collectif9 artsdepot London, UK 020 8369 5454
Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com www.artsdepot.co.uk
9 Music Le Vent du Nord East Riding Theatre Beverley, UK 014 8287 4050 17 - 18 Literature & Kim Thúy @ Helsinki Lit Savoy Theatre Helsinki, Finland 3589 3101 2000
www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk Publishing www.helsinki-lit.fi
10 Music Le Vent du Nord Nottingham Lakeside Djanogly, UK 011 5846 7777 18 Music Nate Husser @ FOCUS Wales The Parish Wrexham, UK
Arts www.lakesidearts.org.uk www.focuswales.com
11 Music Le Vent du Nord The Sage Gateshead, UK 019 1443 4661 18 - 19 Music collectif9 @ Sound Unbound Barbican London, UK 020 7638 8891
www.sagegateshead.com www.barbican.org.uk
12 Music Le Vent du Nord Victoria Hall Saltaire, UK 012 7458 8614 25 - 30 Dance Cas Public, 9 Royal Opera House London, UK 020 7304 4000
www.saltairelive.co.uk www.roh.org.uk
13 Music Le Vent du Nord Guildhall Grantham, UK 014 7640 6158 27 May - Circus FLIP Fabrique, Transit Southbank Centre London, UK 033 3344 4167
www.guildhallartscentre.com 7 Jul @ Underbelly Festival www.underbellyfestival.com
14 Music Le Vent du Nord Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone, UK 016 2275 8611
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk JUNE
14 - 18 Theatre Tamise en Scène, Drayton Arms Theatre London, UK 020 7835 2301 3 Dance Cas Public, 9 Stanley & Audrey Leeds, UK 011 3220 8008
Les Muses Orphelines www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk Burton Theatre www.theatreleeds.com
17 Music Rufus Wainwright Konserthus Oslo Oslo, Norway www.ticketmaster.no 4 Literature & College Students’ AIEQ Prize City Library of Stock- Stockholm,
Publishing announcement holm Sweden www.aieq.qc.ca
18 Music Rufus Wainwright Konserthuset Stockholm Stockholm,
Sweden www.bandsintown.com 7 Music Les Poules à Colin Thorøhuse Forsam- Assens, Denmark 0045 2287 1053
lingshus www.thoroehuseforsam-
18 Cinema & L’écran roi TV5Monde UK & Nordic lingshus.dk
Television Countries www.europe.tv5monde.com
8-9 Music Les Poules à Colin Halkaer Festival Nibe, Denmark 0045 4016 1510
19 Music Rufus Wainwright DR Konserthuset København, www.halkaer.dk
Denmark www.bandsintown.com
10 Music Les Poules à Colin Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, 0045 3315 1001
21 Music Rufus Wainwright Royal Albert Hall London, UK 020 7589 8212 Denmark www.tivoligardens.com
www.royalalberthall.com
14 - 16 Multidisciplinary Nadia Myre and Johanna Rich Mix London, UK 020 7613 7498
22 Music Rufus Wainwright Symphony Hall Birmingham, UK www.alttickets.com Nutter, A CASUAL www.richmix.org.uk
RECONSTRUCTION
24 Music Rufus Wainwright Bridgewater Hall Manchester, UK www.alttickets.com 15 Music Gerald Finley, Schubert, Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141
Rachmaninov, Turnage and www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Britten
25 Music Rufus Wainwright Glasgow Royal Concert Glasgow, UK
Hall www.ticketmaster.co.uk 22 Dance Marie Chouinard, Radical Arctic Arts Festival Harstad, Norway
Vitality @ Arctic Arts Festival www.festspillnn.no
26 Digital Arts Alexis Langevin-Tétrault, Intonal Festival Malmö, Sweden
Guillaume Côté and Dave www.intonalfestival.com 22 Circus Claudel Doucet, Arctic Arts Festival Harstad, Norway
Gagnon, Falaises Se Pendre @ Arctic Arts www.festspillnn.no
Festival
28 Music Louis Lortie, Listz Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141 23 Dance Katie Ward, Anything iC4C Nottingham, UK 011 5924 2016
www.wigmore-hall.org.uk Whatsoever www.dance4.co.uk
MAY 27 - 29 Music Gerald Finley, The Cunning
Little Vixen
Barbican London, UK 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk
1 Music De Temps Antan The Sugar Club Dublin, Ireland 03531 6787 188
www.thesugarclub.com JULY
2 Music De Temps Antan The Dock Carrick-On-Shan- 03537 1965 0828 6 - 21 Digital Arts Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Science and Industry Manchester, UK
non, Ireland www.thedock.ie Atmospheric Memory @ Museum www.mif.co.uk
Manchester International
3 Music De Temps Antan Station House Theatre Galway, Ireland 0353 952 1699 Festival
www.clifdenstationhouse.com
7 Music Céline Dion, Barclaycard Hyde Park London, UK
4 Music De Temps Antan Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge, 0353 4544 8327 presents British Summer Time www.bst-hydepark.com
Ireland www.riverbank.ie
14 Music Maxim Bernard, Chopin in all Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141
5 Music De Temps Antan St James Church Dingle, Ireland www.feilenabealtaine.ie his States www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
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