MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL COMPETITION
MAY 23 – JUNE 3
Candidates, programming
24 candidates, from 12 different countries. 4 candidates from Canada including 1 from Quebec. Explore 24 individual portraits of the candidates at http://www.concoursmontreal.ca/
New: The winners of 2011 competition and the prises are here
QUARTER FINALS (Salle Pierre-Mercure)
MAY 24, 25, and 26, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Per session: $10 / $5 student
SEMI-FINALS (Salle Pierre-Mercure)
MAY 27, 7:30 p.m.
MAY 28, 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Per session: $12 / $5 student
FINALS (Théâtre Maisonneuve)
MAY 31 and JUNE1st, 7:30 p.m.
With the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Jean-François Rivest
$32.50 / $22.50 / $10 student
GALA CONCERT (Salle Wilfrid- Pelletier)
JUNE 3, 7:30 p.m.
With the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Jean-François Rivest
$45 / $27.50 / $10 student
WEB & RADIO www.radio-canada.ca/cmim
NEW! “COMPETITION +” OPEN TO ALL AND FREE OF CHARGE This year, several piano-related activities are also being held, free of charge and open to one and all. These activities take place from MAY 24 to 28, in Place des Arts’ NEW GRAND FOYER CULTUREL, the Espace Georges-Émile-Lapalme:
MY FIRST PIANO LESSON Members of the public can explore a grand piano and take their first lesson with a professional on site.
HAMMER AWAY! Jeunesses Musicales of Canada music workshops, for 3 to 9 year-olds.
PIANO-BAR HAPPY HOUR (at the Place Deschamps wine bar)
Four-hand piano with Janelle Fung and Philip Chiu, double-bass and piano duo with Jean-Félix Mailloux and François Bourassa, live accompaniment for silent films (Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton) by pianist Gabriel Thibodeau… Quite the program!
OTHER FREE ACTIVITIES MASTER CLASSES (Tanna Schulich Hall l’Université McGill)
MAY 29, 2:30 p.m.: Jean-Philippe Collard
MAY 29, 7 p.m.: Arnaldo Cohen
PHOTO EXHIBIT: “AN OVERVIEW OF THE VIOLIN 2010 EDITION”
MAY 9 to JUNE 5, Hall of Centre Pierre-Péladeau
Official webpage and full available details : http://www.concoursmontreal.ca/