Quatuor Bozzini

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Quatuor Bozzini
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Quatuor Bozzini performance at La Sala Rossa in Montreal
Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresExperimental music
Occupation String quartet
Years active1999 (1999)–present
Website quatuorbozzini.ca/en

The Quatuor Bozzini is a string quartet that specializes in new and experimental music based in Montreal, Canada.

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Activity

The Quatuor Bozzini is known for its numerous collaborations with composers of new and experimental music. [1] Since its founding in 1999, the quartet has commissioned over 130 new works, and has premiered more than 200 other new works. [2] The quartet collaborates closely with the Wandelweiser Group, an international group of composers and performers dedicated to experimental music, in addition to the SMCQ. The ensemble presents an annual concert series in Montreal entitled the "Salon QB", and maintains an active domestic and international touring schedule. It has been in residency at Concordia University since 2002. [3]

The Quatuor Bozzini has participated in the development and presentation of many interdisciplinary projects. Notable cross-disciplinary collaborators include stage director Jean-Frédéric Messier, [4] dancer and choreographer Marc Boivin, [5] theatrical composer Jennifer Walshe, [6] and videographer Nathalie Bujold. [7]

Other composers the quartet has worked with include Denys Bouliane, Louis Dufort, Christopher Fox, Malcolm Goldstein, Michael Oesterle, Martin Arnold [8] [9] and James Tenney.[ citation needed ]

Educational initiatives

The Quatuor Bozzini runs a number of annual mentorship programs for young and emerging composers such as the Composer's Kitchen and the Bozzini Lab, and co-directs the Concordia Creative Music Institute for young performers of contemporary music. [10]

Recordings

The Quatuor Bozzini records primarily under its label Collection QB, founded in 2004; it has released 15 records consisting of both commissioned pieces and experimental works from the 20th and 21st centuries. [11] These recordings appear frequently in Canada on the CBC and on numerous foreign radio stations. [12]

Discography

Recognition

Over the past 15 years, the ensemble has received many prizes for its work.

Opus prize from the Conseil québecois de la musique (CQM)

Other prizes

Members

Current members

Past members

References

  1. ↑ "La Scena Musicale - Vol. 18, No. 2 October 2012". La Scena Musicale. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bozzini Quartet". SMCQ. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Quatuor Bozzini". CBC Music. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "OFFTA - Un hybride bien vivant". Le Devoir. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "La commedia, sous le masque, à même la peau". Le Devoir. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "No punches pulled in Size Zero Opera's Women Box in London". I Care If You Listen. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Taylor Brook – Quatuor Bozzini – Nathalie Bujold". Artspring. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Quatuor Bozzini Explores the work of Martin Arnold". Canadian Music Centre.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Martin Arnold of-the-now". Open Space. Archived from the original on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Quatuor Bozzini". Musicworks. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Le Devoir. "Musique - Et plus de 400 concerts plus tard…" . Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Quatuor Bozzini". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Artists - Bozzini Quartet". actuellecd.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Bozzini Quartet". Le Vivier. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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