No Images? Click here We are back home in Montreal after a week of intense exchanges, concerts and creations in the UK. Thank you to all the composers whose work contributed to this tour: Cassandra Miller, Paul Newland, Laurence Crane, Linda Smith, James Weeks, Leo Chadburn, Scott Wilson, and John Woolrich. We had a blast! We were happy to be among the Guardian's top 4 "classical concerts to see" of the week, and grateful to Andrew Clements for his 4-star review of our concert at the University of Birmingham. Bozzlab MTL - Call for young composers! Who: Quatuor Bozzini and mentor composer Yannick Plamondon What: This intensive workshop on composing for strings is intended for young composers in the early to middle stages of their studies or artistic development. The workshop aims to improve technical skills in writing contemporary music for string quartet instruments, and to generate creative ideas in an open and stimulating environment. Where: John Molson Building at Concordia University in downtown Montreal, Canada When: May 6-11, 2019 Cost: $700 Application deadline: March 28, 2019 New Releases: We have 2 new releases on Collection QB at ActuelleCD / DAME: Phill Niblock: Baobab and Simon Martin: Musique d'art We also invite you to watch for the release of Paul Newland's Difference is Everywhere on the label NMC, which we recorded on tour this month. CALENDAR 08-10-13.04.2019 26.04.2019 06-11.05.2019 / 31.05.2019 - 3.06.2019 04-05.06.2019 14.06.2019 29.07.2019 - 03.07.2019 13-14.08.2019 19.08.2019 27-30.08.2019 28-29.09.2019 In April, Quatuor Bozzini proposes a series of three concerts featuring music by Hungarian composers Ligeti, Sáry, Vidovszky, Csapó, Kurtág and Zoltán Jeney. The quartet will be joined by 22 Montreal musicians for the Canadian premiere of Jeney’s "Something round" and "Something like", for 25 string instruments. |