CONCERTS
2022/2023
Sept. 10, 2022
Divertimento Ensemble
Orsolina 28, Moncalvo, Italy
DONATONI – Spiri per dieci stumenti
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Luca Avanti, oboe
Lorenzo Gorli, violino
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Oct. 8, 2022| 7:30pm
Ensemble de musique contemporaine de l'Université de Montréal
Salle Claude-Champagne, Montréal, Canada
GRYKA – einerjedeneither
MOCHIZUKI – 4D
SCHÖNBERG – Kammersinfonie Nr. 1, op. 9
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Jean-Michaël Lavoie, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Nov. 18, 2022 | 7:30pm
Paramirabo
Conservatoire de Montréal, Canada
Matthew RICKETTS – Seven by Seven
Chaya CZERNOWIN – Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust and hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of
Gérard GRISEY – Vortex Temporum I, II, III
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Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, assistant conductor
Dec. 3, 2022 | 7:30pm
Salle Claude-Champagne, Montréal, Canada
Iannis XENAKIS – Phlegra
Alithéa RIPOLL – Neige noire (premiere)
Keiko DEVAUX – ebb
Fausto ROMITELLI – Lost
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Maud Lewden, soprano
Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Jean-Michaël Lavoie, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, oboe and conductor
Feb. 24, 2023 | 1:15pm
École des Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Montréal, Canada
Yves DAOUST – Calme Chaos*
Simon CHIOINI – Étude pour Fonofone*
Marko NIKODIJEVIC – chambre de ténèbres / tombeau de vivier
Terri HRON – Une rizière le matin*
Roxanne TURCOTTE – ClairObscur*
Including students from the École des Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Mar. 18, 2023 | 7:30pm
CéCo | Cercle des étudiants compositeurs
Salle Claude-Champagne, Montréal, Canada
Works by composers Alexandre AMAT, Hugo DUGUAY, Thomas DIAZ-VILLEGAS, and others
Goeffroy Michaud-Beaulieu, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
May 27, 2023 | 7:00pm
Ensemble Éclat
Montréal, Canada
Research-creation project
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Salvatore SCIARRINO – In nomine nominis
Alexandre AMAT – Below Sea Level
Zosha DI CASTRI – Strange Matter
Philippe LEROUX – AAA
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Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
July 2, 2023 | 2:00pm
Complexe Desjardins, Montréal, Canada
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
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Tim BRADY – Because really big jazz guitar chords: sound like this!
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Tim Brady, George-Étienne D'Entremont, Véronique Lussier and Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductors
Sept. 12, 2022
Divertimento Ensemble
Sala Donatoni, Milan, Italy
GERVASONI – Gramigna per cimbalom ed ensemble
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Aleksandra Dzenisenia, cimbalom
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Nov. 2, 2022| 7:30pm
Space as Timbre, an ACTOR research
Tanna Schulich Hall, Montréal, Canada
Jonas REGNIER – Flou, flash, lucide (premiere)
Anqi LIU – While Snow Burries… (premiere)
Pedram DIBA – Different Same (premiere)
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Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Dec. 2, 2022| 7:30pm
Multi Media Room, Montréal, Canada
Yulin YAN – ciaÌ„o
Chris Paul HARMAN – Amerika
Benjamin LAVASTRE – Instrumental Interaction
Alla ZAGAYKEVYCH – By the Underground River
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Lorraine Vaillancourt, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, oboe
Jan. 13, 2023
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Baltimore, USA
MOZART – Divertimento in F, KV 138
SCHUBERT – Sinfonie Nr. 5 in B, D 485
ELGAR – Serenade, op. 20
PROKOFIEV – Symphonie classique, op. 25
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Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
Mar. 1-5, 2023
Espace Bleu, Édifice Wilder
Ben OLIVER – Pythagoras' Toolkit
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Ben Oliver, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, assistant conductor
Co presented by Bach Before Bedtime and Festival de Casteliers
Mar. 22, 2023 | 8:00pm
McGill Percussion Ensemble
Pollack Hall, Montréal, Canada
Jesse PLESSIS – premiere
Ann SOUTHAM – Natural Ressources
Zosha DI CASTRI – Manif
Lily KOSLOW – Inventing the future*, with electronics
Kristie Ibrahim, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
May 28 - June 10, 2023
New Music Program
Domaine Forget, St-Irénée, Canada
Jeffrey FONG – Iolite*
Alexandre AMAT – Abattoir I*
Lily KOSLOW – Smokefall*
Laurie RADFORD – Flocking Filling Tracking
Pierre BOULEZ – Dérive I
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Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor
July 3 - Aug. 18, 2023
National Academy Orchestra
Hamilton, Canada
Professional training orchestra
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Alain Trudel, conductor
Charles-Eric Fontaine, apprentice conductor
Sept. 10, 2023 | 11:30am
Abbaye de Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise, France
Sofie MEYER– Dunkles zu Sagen*
Philippe LEROUX – Prélude à l'épais
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Ensemble Voix Nouvelles et Ensemble Court-Circuit
Johanna Vargas, soprano
Charles-Eric Fontaine, conductor