The Molinari Quartet’s annuel benefit event will take place on Tuesday April 9th at 6 pm at the Guido Molinari Foundation, 3290 St. Catherine street East, Montréal. Under the […]
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At the Opus Prize Gala held on February 3rd at Bourgie Hall, the Molinari Quartet won its 20th Opus prize. The concert “The Quartet According to Ligeti” was selected as
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The concert of the Winners of the Molinari Quartet’s Seventh International Composition Competition was held on February 1st at the Conservatoire de Montréal. The public heard the four winning compositions selected among the 109 scores received from 26 countries. After the performance, the jury, formed by composers Brian Cherney and Maxime McKinley and the members of the Molinari Quartet, selected the final order of the winners. Here are the results:
1st Prize, 3000$ cash prize and a silkscreen by Guido Molinari: Jongsung Oh from South Korea
2nd Prize, 2000$ cash prize: Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete fromMexico
3e Prize ex-aequo, 500$ cash prize: Menelaos Peistikos from Greece and Preston Beebe from the United States.
The Public’s Choice Prize 100$ cash prize: Menelaos Peistikos
A very warm thanks to the Guido Molinari Foundation for its generous gift of the Molinari silkscreen that is now on its way to South Korea!
The four winners of the Molinari Quartets 7th International Composition Competition are in Montreal for the week to work with the Quartet. Bertrand Chavarria-Aldrete from Mexico, Menelaos Peistikos from Greece, Jongsung Oh from South Korea and Preston Beebe from the United States participated in the Dialogue sur le Plateau on Tuesday January 29th at the Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal. They discussed and analyzed their works for the public and answered questions from the audience. On Friday February 1st at 7:30 pm at the Montreal Conservatory, the Molinari Quartet will premiere the 4 winning works. After the performance, the jury, made up of composers Brian Cherney, Maxime McKinley and the musicians from the Quartet will give the final results of the Competition. The First Prize winner will receive 3000$ and a silkscreen by Guido Molinari generously given by the Guido Molinari Foundation. The Second Prize winner will receive 2000$ and the Third Prize 1000$.
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The Molinari Quartet’s new CD of the four first string quartets by American composer John Zorn will be released during its Winners’ Concert of the 7th International Composers Competition on
The Molinari Quartet has just learnt that it is in nomination for 4 Opus Prizes.
Awarded by the Quebec Music Council, the Opus Prizes underline musical excellence on the Quebec concert stage. The 22nd Gala, which celebrates the 2017-2018 concert season, will be held on February 3 2019 at Bourgie Hall at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Here are the Molinari Quartet’s nominations :
Recording of the year – Modern, contemporary music for Klezmer Dreams, André Moisan, Quatuor Molinari, Jean Saulnier, ATMA Classique.
Concert of the year – Montreal for The Quartet According to Ligeti, January 26 2018
Concert of the year – Modern and Contemporary Music for The Quartet According to Molinari, November 10 2018
Concert of the year – Modern and Contemporary Music for The Quartet According to Ligeti, January 26 2018
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The Molinari Quartet recorded four string quartets by American composer John Zorn on October 9, 10 and 11th at St. Augustin de Mirabel church near Montreal. The new CD will be released on the ATMA Classic label on February 15 2019 and will include Cat O’Nine Tails, The Dead Man, Memento Mori and Kol Nidre. The picture is taken moments after the end of the recording with ATMA’s president and producer Johanne Goyette and the musicians of the Molinari Quartet.
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SCHAFER’S LABYRINTH is a powerful and bold multimedia extravaganza that will showcase the 13 String Quartets of R. MURRAY SCHAFER, Canada’s most internationally celebrated composer, to be performed live on stage by the Molinari String Quartet. This is an entirely unique audio-visual tone poem created through the juxtaposition of classical music, environmental soundscapes (coined by Schafer in the 1960s), stunning motion picture images, large screen movie projection, animated graphics,
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During its concert on Friday May 18 at 7:30 pm at the Montreal Conservatory of Music, the Molinari Quartet announced the winners of its Seventh International Composition Competition for String Quartet. The winners were chosen from 108 candidates aged under 40 and the jury – composed of the members of the Molinari Quartet and composers Brian Cherney and Maxime McKinley – met in May to evaluate the 109 original scores received from 26 countries.
For its Seventh edition, the Molinari Quartet has selected four works. The order of the winners will be determined following the concert on February 1st, 2019 by the jury, after a final deliberation. Here are the four candidates, in alphabetical order, whose works will be played in concert:
Preston Beebe (né en 1988) des États-Unis d’Amérique pour son œuvre Beneath Trees
Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete, (born in 1978) from Mexico for his work Douleur exquise
Jongsung Oh (né en 1987) de la Corée du Sud pour son œuvre HAYDN pour quatuor à cordes
Menelaos Peistikos (né en 1995) de Grèce pour son œuvre For Sun’s Light
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The Molinari Quartet invites you to its annual benefit event on May 23 2018 at 6 pm at the Guido Molinari Foundation, 3290 St. Catherine street East in Montreal. Guests will enjoy a private concert, a cocktail, a silent auction and a drawing as well as being the first to see the new exhibit of works by Martha Townsend and Guido Molinari called “Laminoir”.
The event is a special moment to support the Quartet and to meet the musicians in a convivial setting.
Tickets: 150 $ (income tax receipt of 120$)
To reserve your place please contact the Molinari Quartet by email at qm@quatuormolinari.qc.ca or by phone 514-527-5515
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