Catherine Potter Duniya Project au MAI / Catherine Potter Duniya Project at the MAI
La Convergence des Continents
Invits : Zal Idrissa Sissokho, VJ Liberty et VJ jocool
Vendredi 22 et samedi 23 janvier 2010 20h
(english will follow)
Catherine Potter Duniya Project : Catherine Potter : bansuri, composition et direction artistique / Subir Dev : tabla / Thom Gossage : batterie, kalimba / Jean-Marc Hbert : guitare / Nicolas Caloia : contrebasse / Invits : Zal Idrissa Sissokho : kora / Martine Koutnouyan aka VJ Liberty / Joseph Lefvre aka VJ jocool.
Montral, le 7 janvier 2010 La virtuose du bansuri et compositrice Catherine Potter et sa formation, Duniya Project, entours dinvits exceptionnels, font escale au MAI (Montral, arts interculturels) pour prsenter en Premire mondiale leur nouvelle cration, La Convergence des Continents, pour deux soirs seulement, les vendredi 22 et samedi 23 janvier 20h. Il sagit dun spectacle des Productions Shadaj.
Avec La Convergence des Continents, Catherine Potter Duniya Project, ensemble world qui mtisse une musique sans frontires et rsolument contemporaine, et leurs prestigieux invits, nous convient un spectacle au confluent de plusieurs cultures musicales. Les cinq musiciens poursuivent leur exploration musicale avec un projet novateur et une nouvelle direction qui sinscrit dans la rencontre entre la musique classique de lInde du Nord, la musique mandingue de lAfrique de lOuest, le jazz et la cration spontane. Pour ce faire, ils sentourent du rput montralais dorigine sngalaise, Zal Idrissa Sissokho, un joueur de kora sorte de harpe africaine 21 cordes dou dune grande posie, ainsi que des deux incontournables VJs montralais, Liberty et jocool la performance visuelle en directe.
Construit partir dun vocabulaire original issu de styles traditionnels et contemporains, le jeu sonore complexe et actuel cr par Catherine Potter et ses complices met en vidence toute la beaut des ragas indiens, tantt mls, tantt juxtaposs la richesse harmonique de la kora mandingue dAfrique et aux grooves indiens et africains. Ces compositions originales sont enlumines en direct par les couleurs, les ombres et les lments interactifs des vidastes qui proposent une exprience multidisciplinaire encore plus intense. Un spectacle qui nous emporte sur un rivage o la diversit des pratiques se conjugue dans un souci daltrit et de partageĶ ne pas manquer !
propos de lartiste Catherine Potter
Catherine Potter est forme au bansuri (flte de bambou indienne) auprs du clbre Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia en Inde. Elle dtient une matrise en ethnomusicologie de lUniversit de Montral et un baccalaurat en jazz de lUniversit Concordia. Plusieurs fois boursire du Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Qubec et du Conseil des Arts du Canada, elle a remport le prix Jon Higgins en 1999. Elle a collabor avec de nombreux artistes ici et en Inde Boubacar Diabat dont la rencontre il y a 20 ans est lune des sources dinspiration de ce projet , Simon Shaheen, Ramasutra, Ganesh Anandan, etc. Avec sa formation Duniya Project, quelle a fonde en 2002, elle connat le succs en Amrique, en Europe et en Inde. Elle a deux albums son actif et prpare actuellement le troisime.
On peut se procurer les billets du spectacle La Convergence des Continents la billetterie du MAI, situe au 3680, rue Jeanne-Mance, par tlphone (514) 982-3386 ou via Internet http://ticket.boxxo.info/.
(activit gratuite) : Discussion avec les artistes vendredi soir aprs le spectacle.***
La Convergence des Continents
Guests: Zal Idrissa Sissokho, VJ Liberty and VJ jocool
Friday and Saturday, January 22 and 23, 2010 at 8 pm
Catherine Potter Duniya Project: Catherine Potter: bansuri, composer, director / Subir Dev: tabla / Thom Gossage: drums, kalimba / Jean-Marc Hbert: guitar / Nicolas Caloia: double bass / Guests: Zal Idrissa Sissokho: kora / Martine Koutnouyan aka VJ Liberty / Joseph Lefvre aka VJ jocool.
Montral, January 7, 2010 Bansuri virtuoso and composer Catherine Potter and her group Duniya Project, along with a host of outstanding guest musicians, touch down at the MAI (Montral, arts interculturels) to present the World Premiere of their latest creation, La Convergence des Continents, for two nights only on Friday and Saturday, January 22 and 23 at 8 pm. This concert is produced by Productions Shadaj.
In La Convergence des Continents, world music ensemble Catherine Potter - Duniya Project, who weave a sound that is both unbounded and decidedly contemporary, are joined by esteemed guest artists to offer up a performance at the crossroads of various musical cultures. The five Duniya Project musicians continue their musical exploration with a groundbreaking project and a new direction where classical North Indian music, Western African Mandinka music, jazz, and improvisation converge. They are joined by the lush stylings of renowned Senegalese-born Montrealer Zal Idrissa Sissokho on the kora - essentially a 21-string African harp - as well as two reputed Montreal VJs, Liberty and jocool, who will deliver a live visual performance.
Built on an original musical vocabulary that is both traditional and modern, the innovative and complex sonic interplay created by Catherine Potter and her collaborators highlights all the beauty of Indian ragas as they are layered and woven into the harmonic splendour of African Mandinka kora, as well as Indian and African grooves. These original compositions come alive under the colours, shadow play, and interactive elements created by the video artists, who add another layer of vigour and intensity to this multidisciplinary experience. All in all, it is a performance that will take you to a place where varying approaches come together with an eye toward sharing and otherness... not to be missed!
About Catherine Potter
Catherine Potter is a trained bansuri player (a bamboo Indian flute), an instrument she studied in India under the renowned Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. She holds a master's degree in ethnomusicology from the Universit de Montral as well as a bachelor's in jazz studies from Concordia University. She has received several grants from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Qubec and the Canada Council for the Arts, and won the Jon Higgins Award in 1999. She has collaborated with a number of musicians here and in India: Boubacar Diabat, whose meeting 20 years ago is, in part, the inspiration for this project, Simon Shaheen, Ramasutra, and Ganesh Anandan, among others. Her group Duniya Project, which she founded in 2002, has garnered acclaim in the Americas, Europe, and India. She has already released two albums and is currently working on a third.
Tickets for the show La Convergence des Continents can be purchase at the MAI Box Office, located at 3680, Jeanne-Mance St., by phone (514) 982-3386, or online at http://ticket.boxxo.info/.
(free activity) : Conference / artist's talk, Friday following the performance.Labels: mai
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