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  • Dialogue on the Plateau : Passages

    Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal 465 Avenue du Mont-Royal E, Montréal, QC, Canada

    During this Dialogue, the musicians will analyse and play excerpts from works by Shostakovich, Bartók and Boucourechliev in preparation for the concert October 7 concert at the Conservatoire de Montréal.

  • Passages

    Conservatoire de Montréal 4750, avenue Henri-Julien, Montréal, QC, Canada

    The first concert of the season in the Twentieth and Beyond series is entitled Passages and features works from the two most important string quartet cycles written in the 20th century, Bartók and Shostakovich's.

    16$ – 33$

  • Music to See

    Fondation Guido Molinari 3290, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    The Molinari Quartet continues its collaboration with the Guido Molinari Foundation with the presentation of the first concert of the Musique à voir concert series on November 2, 2025 at 3 p.m.
    Surrounded by the works of the exhibition «I am here» by the renowned artist Irene F. Whittome, the musicians will perform works by Dion, Shostakovich and Schafer.

    20$

  • Dialogue on the Plateau : Canadian Rhythms

    Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal 465 Avenue du Mont-Royal E, Montréal, QC, Canada

    This Dialogue presents, analyzes, and discusses the works on the program for the December 5 concert of the Vingtième et plus series, which will be held at the Conservatoire de Montréal. In addition to Blair Thompson's new work, you will hear excerpts from R. Murray Schafer's lively 4th Quartet and Kelly-Marie Murphy's dynamic “Dark Energy.”

  • Canadian Rhythms

    Conservatoire de Montréal 4750, avenue Henri-Julien, Montréal, QC, Canada

    “Canadian Rhythms,” features three Canadian works with lively rhythms. From composer Kelly-Marie Murphy, you will hear Dark Energy, a work commissioned as a compulsory piece for the Banff International String Quartet Competition. R. Murray Schafer's Fourth Quartet is a three-movement work whose middle movement is a fireworks display of sixteenth notes. Blair Thompson's first string quartet, «Internesses», will be premiered at this concert.

    16$ – 33$

  • Dialogue on the Plateau

    Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal 465 Avenue du Mont-Royal E, Montréal, QC, Canada

    During this Dialogue, the musicians will perform excerpts of the quartets nos 8 and 9, Suite from Bent and Quartet Satz by Philip Glass. The musicians will also give biographical and historic informations and analyse the works to be played. The public is invited to ask questions to the musicians regarding the works, their interpretation, the preparation work of the musicians before a performance, etc.

  • The Quartet According to Glass

    Salle de concert du Conservatoire 4750, avenue Henri-Julien, Montréal, QC, Canada

    With this concert, the Molinari Quartet completes its concert cycle of all the string quartets by minimalist American composer Philip Glass. This concert features the last four quartets by the composer.   Philip Glass (1937) Suite for Bent (1997) Quartet Satz (2017) Quartet no 8 (2018) Quartet no 9 King Lear (2022)

    16$ – 33$

  • Music to See

    Fondation Guido Molinari 3290, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    For the second concert of the season of its series Music to See, the Molinari Quartet offers a very diversified program with four works, two of which are by Canadian composers.   Philip Glass : Quartet no 8 (2018) Guus Janssen : Streepjes (1981) Marjan Mozetich : Lament in the trampled Garden (1992) Kelly-Marie-Murphy : […]

    20$

  • Music to See: Molinari / Mondrian : musical inspirations

    Fondation Guido Molinari 3290, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Composers Denis Gougeon (Quebec) and Wilbert Bulsink (Netherlands) discuss their process in creating new string quartets for the Molinari Quartet, which they produced in collaboration with Dutch video artist Udo Prinsen. Discover how the paintings of Guido Molinari and Piet Mondrian became sources of inspiration for the composers, and how their new works, in turn, became the inspiration for the creation of artistic video.
    The musicians will perform excerpts from Wilbert Bulsink’s String Quartet No. 2 as well as Denis Gougeon’s «Figures sonores», new works that they will premiere on October 27 at Salle Bourgie.

    20$

  • Molinari / Mondrian : inspirations musicales

    Salle Bourgie 1339 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest H3G 1G2, Montréal, QC, Canada

    This concert is an artistic dialogue between Quebec and the Netherlands: string quartets by two Quebecers meet those of two Dutch composers, while paintings by Molinari and Mondrian dance and transform themselves to the sound of their music, thanks to Dutch video artist Udo Prinsen.
    The Molinari Quartet is delighted to be part of the 16th concert season at Salle Bourgie. On October 27, the concert “Molinari / Mondrian: Musical Inspirations” will draw parallels between two great painters, Molinari and Mondrian, as well as two Dutch composers, Janssen and Bulsink, and two Quebecers, John Rea and Denis Gougeon. The four works will transform the painters’ canvases through dynamic projections by artist Udo Prinsen.

    18$ – 37$