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François J. Bonnet (Kassel Jaeger) on Éliane Radigue, the GRM, and Quebec
Originally published at Cult MTL as “Montreal’s Acousmatic Music Festival is Here.” We spoke to composer Groupe de Recherches Musicales director and performer François J. Bonnet ahead of the 16th annual Akousma. Composer Éliane Radigue studied with musique concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer in the 1950s, later becoming assistant to Pierre Henry in the 1960s. They…
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A Closer Look: Montreal’s AKOUSMA Festival
First published at A CLOSER LISTEN All photos by Caroline Campeau, courtesy of Réseaux des arts médiatiques Québec has long nurtured creative and experimental arts & music. The Québécois are something of an historical anomaly, an island of Francophones adrift in a sea Anglophones. This fact, combined with its relative geographic isolation and the paradox of…
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