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WORLD MUSIC NIGHTS AT QUEBEC SCENE
3/23/2007
Ottawa, April 3, 2007 – Quebec Scene, the regional cultural festival organized by Canada’s National Arts Centre, is pleased to present the World Music segment of this exciting multidisciplinary celebration, coming up April 20 to May 5, 2007 in Ottawa Gatineau. Featuring over 700 artists and 100 events over 16 days, Quebec Scene will shine the spotlight on Quebec’s rich, diverse and exuberant arts and culture community.
A musical world tour!
Calling all world music fans! Check out the lineup of outstanding artists performing at various venues in Ottawa Gatineau.
Paulo Ramos (Brazil)
April 20, 20:00
Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium
$20
Rather than attempting to reinvent Brazilian popular music, this charismatic guitarist and singer/songwriter aspires to master its authenticity. Sweet sensuality and incandescent energy!
Monica Freire (Brazil)
April 23, 20:00
National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage
$20
Monica enhances the traditional samba and bossa nova of her native country with a subtle electronic spin!
Romulo Larrea (Uruguay)
April 25, 19:30
National Arts Centre, Theatre
Regular from $25 / Students from $13.75
This popular septet will have you swaying to the elegant rhythm of the tango, one of the 20th century’s most beautiful dances.
Taïma (Northern Quebec)
April 27, 20:00
Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium
$20
A meeting of fire and ice, humanity and nature, in songs that will touch your heart, your soul and your spirit. In French, English and Inuktitut.
Carlos Placeres, Joaquin Diaz and Caridad Cruz (Cuba/Dominican Republic)
April 28, 21:00
Barrymore’s Music Hall
$22
An instant Latin fiesta! Cuban “trovador” Carlos Placeres shares the stage with lightning-fingered Dominican accordion virtuoso Joaquin Diaz and Ottawa’s Cuban diva Caridad Cruz.
Zal Idrissa Sissokho (Senegal)
April 28, 21:00
Black Sheep Inn
$10
Proud of his heritage as a Sissokho (men who have passed down the history of Africa’s Mandinka people since the dawn of time), this young composer and singer plays the kora (a 21-string African harp) and a large bass drum called a thioug.
Nedjim Bouizzoul and Labess (Algeria)
May 1, 20:00
National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage
$15
Music that reveals the beauty and depth of a repertoire that fuses Gypsy rumba and flamenco with gnawa, chaabi, and other traditional North African rhythms.
Constantinople
May 2, 20:00
Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium
$20
A fresh and creative take on mediaeval and Renaissance music from the Mediterranean Basin.
Florent Vollant Trio (First Nations/Quebec)
2 mai, 20 h
Maison du Citoyen, Salle Jean-Despréz
$15
Florent Vollant embodies both an attachment to traditional Amerindian values and a thirst for new forms.
Afrodizz, Colectivo
May 4, 21:00
Babylon
$18
One show, two acts: the eight members of Afrodizz create an irresistible groove with the ambiance of a Nigerian cabaret, while Colectivo—a dozen musicians from Montreal’s alternative scene—whips up a sizzling Mexican fiesta.
Liu Fang (China)
May 4, 20:00
Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium
$20
A virtuoso of the pipa and the Guzheng sitar, this graceful performer caresses her instrument to release delicately expressive, ethereal melodies.
Samina and Harold Faustin
May 5, 20:00
National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage
$15
With a warm, enveloping voice that packs plenty of feeling, this elegant and enigmatic Métis singer is backed by prestigious jazzman Harold Faustin in an easy, smooth performance that’s pure pleasure for your ears.
700 artists, 100 events, 16 days!
These world music evenings are just a small part of Quebec Scene’s exciting lineup, featuring over 700 Quebec artists in 100 performances over 16 days—the largest-ever gathering of Quebec artists outside the province.
Bold, eclectic and innovative, Quebec Scene’s multidisciplinary (and multilingual!) programme ranges from theatre, literature and storytelling, and visual and media arts to circus and street art, comedy, film, and culinary arts.
For more information about world music shows and other Quebec Scene events, visit the festival website at www.quebecscene.ca. Tickets for all shows are available in person at the NAC Box Office, through Ticketmaster at 613.755.1111, or online www.quebecscene.ca with the exception of events held at the blacksheep (www.theblacksheepinn.com).
The National Arts Centre Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of our Major Sponsor SAQ
and Program Sponsors Enbridge and Gaz Métro, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Casino du Lac-Leamy, Bombardier and Alcan. Supporting sponsors are Canril Corporation, Interinvest, Galaxie:The CBC’s Continuous Music Network, the National Capital Commission and the Lord Elgin Hotel. Media partners include Official Broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada, Énergie, Rock Détente, Gesca Limitée (particularly La Presse and Le Droit), National Post and the Ottawa Citizen. Government partners are the Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec through the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts. The NAC Foundation also extends a warm thank you to the National Arts Centre Friends-Quebec, a committed group of individuals and corporations who understand the need to support arts and culture and especially Quebec artists, with special thanks to Honorary Chairs Yves and Carol Fortier.
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For more information, please contact:
Eveline Ferland
Press Attachée, Music
Feveline@yahoo.fr
514.250.9968
Chantal Dufresne
Communications Officer, Quebec Scene
commdufresne@videotron.ca
514.844.9554