{"id":68475,"date":"2020-06-25T13:47:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=68475"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:31:25","slug":"whos-who-5-reasons-to-watch-amicis-virtual-concert-celebrating-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/06\/25\/whos-who-5-reasons-to-watch-amicis-virtual-concert-celebrating-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO\u2019S WHO | 5 Reasons To Watch Amici\u2019s Virtual Concert \u2013 Celebrating Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UPDATE FROM THE AMICI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE<\/del><\/h1>\n

How can you tell the story of a country as vast as Canada? How can you capture through song the beauty of its landscapes or the diversity of its people? \u00a0This was our challenge.<\/p>\n

Join the Amici Chamber Ensemble for Celebrating Canada a free virtual concert featuring some of their favourite Canadian repertoire from their most recent album, Inspired by Canada\/ Notre Pays.<\/p>\n

#1. Enjoy a performance of the highest quality\u2026<\/h2>\n

Music in the time of COVID. Like most organizations, Amici<\/a> was forced to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 season. As a result, they have decided to record their first socially distanced concert for broadcast. Ensuring a concert of the highest quality was very important and therefore Amici recorded in studio with a professional sound engineer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting in coming together again after such a long hiatus of not playing music is that it is so great to communicate with your fellow artists in the way you can only with chamber music. Everything feels fresh again, even though it is repertoire we have previously explored.\u201d David Hetherington<\/p>\n

Celebrating Canada features Mireille Asselin (soprano), Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as (clarinet), David Hetherington (cello) and Serouj Kadjian (piano) performing an eclectic mix of musical gems which capture the spirit of our great country, including hits by the best ambassadors of Canadian song such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and Claude L\u00e9veill\u00e9e, in new arrangements by Serouj Kradjian.<\/p>\n

#2. Its been a journey of discovery\u2026<\/h2>\n

It all started in April of 2015, when Amici invited Mireille as featured guest artist in an eclectic program of chamber music with voice. They immediately noticed the versatility of her artistry. And a little more than a year later when she joined them for their fundraiser and sang an unforgettable version of Leonard Cohen\u2019s Hallelujah. <\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI knew this would be the beginning of a beautiful musical partnership, and the idea for \u201cInspired by Canada \/ Notre Pays\u201d was born that evening.\u201d\u00a0 Serouj Kradjian<\/p>\n

The collaborators spent hours at the library digging through the stacks, listening to old recordings of chansonniers and folksingers, probing our own memories for important musical touchstones, and in the studio comparing notes and hashing out ideas. In the end, they distilled the list down to the material that spoke to them the most both musically and emotionally. The end result, Amici\u2019s 2017 album Inspired by Canada\/ Notre Pays, really was a labour of love!<\/em><\/p>\n

Coming together again to perform this program now for our Canada Day program has provided the opportunity to revisit this wonderful music and everyone agrees that is feels different this time. A lot has happened in each of the performers lives and there is a different sense that accompanies the music now.<\/p>\n

#3. Program features Serouj Krajian\u2019s special arrangements…<\/h2>\n

Since that original Amici fundraiser, Mireille has become the inspiration for these new arrangements of old favorites and other undiscovered gems.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI admired her dedication and meticulousness in discovering and choosing the songs and the music which would represent our beloved country in the best possible way.” \u00a0Serouj Kradjian<\/p>\n

Something that was especially rewarding about this whole development and recording process was re-discovering just how transformative a good arrangement of a piece of music can be! <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Serouj has done with these songs is truly remarkable. My two favourite arrangements on the disc have to be his take of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You” (with a sort of neo-classical\/baroque twist which is so rhythmic and fun!) and his medley of Qu\u00e9bec folksongs, he’s truly turned old standards into something brand new and exciting.” Mireille Asselin<\/p>\n

#4. The program features Canadian Soprano, Mireille Asselin…<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s immensely cathartic to make music in a room with people again, it\u2019s something I will never take for granted again.\u201d Mireille Asselin<\/p>\n

Longtime, Amici collaborator, Mireille Asselin is an accomplished opera, concert and recital singer and has appeared with many of North America\u2019s major opera companies, orchestras and festivals as well as internationally. She is also an acknowledged champion of contemporary music and a respected interpreter of early music. She has been on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera since 2013 and is a graduate of The Royal Conservatory of Music and Yale University.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsselin is a treasure. She has the pure sound so prized by fans of baroque music, but she also has power, dramatic chops and good, old-fashioned charisma\u201d. \u2013 The Toronto Star<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

#5 A virtual concert is the only way to currently enjoy Amici Chamber Ensemble…<\/h2>\n

This is a very challenging time in the arts, with no certainty of when artists will be able to present music to a live audience.\u00a0 Amici is committed to bringing music to their patrons and are considering various options for the coming year such as socially distanced live concerts or continuing with virtual presentations. In the meantime, an online concert is the only way to enjoy a new Amici concert.<\/p>\n

Amici is currently celebrating 33 years as one of Canada\u2019s finest and most distinguished chamber music ensembles. Artistic Directors clarinetist\u00a0Joaquin Valdepe\u00f1as<\/a>, cellist\u00a0David Hetherington<\/a>\u00a0and pianist\u00a0Serouj Kradjian<\/a>\u00a0invite some of the finest musicians to join them in innovative and eclectic programming, celebrating friendship through music in a concert series presented in Mazzoleni Concert Hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music.<\/p>\n

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Join Amici Sunday, June 28, 3 pm EST at www.amiciensemble.com<\/a> <\/span>to watch the free virtual concert.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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