Ondes Passerelles offers a program of intercultural dialogues that brings contemporary Western musical traditions into conversation with diverse musical practices from around the world.
This artistic encounter fosters collaboration between composers and performers from these different backgrounds, in a spirit of exchange and shared creation. A new work by Métis composer Jesse Plessis, for saxophone quartet, voice, and piano, will receive its world premiere as part of the concert. The sung text is drawn from Au vent de la piroguière – Tifaifai by Flora Aurima Devantine, in which “the journey of life merges with that of language, oscillating between orality and writing.”
The program will also include a work for quartet and santour by composer Jimmie Le Blanc. Guest artists for this presentation will include soprano Brittany Rae, musician Amir Amiri on santour, and Jesse Plessis on piano.
Artists
Quasar
Credits
- Marie-Chantal Leclair Saxophone soprano, Quasar
- Jean-Marc Bouchard Saxophone baryton, Quasar
- Mathieu Leclair Saxophone alto, Quasar
- André Leroux Saxophone ténor, Quasar
- Brittany Rae Soprano
- Amir Amiri Santour
- Sarah Pagé Koto
- Toby Kimura Saxophone
- Stephen Chan Tambour taïko
- Valérie Hongoh Tambour taïko
- Ludovic Rochon Piano
Programme
Jesse Plessis Tifaifai (Trois Poèmes de Flora Aurima Devatine) 2026
Jimmie LeBlanc And in the End Was Solitude (on Rāst-Panjgāh) 2026
Julien Malaussena De distance et toucher
Dai Fujikura Bueno Ueno
María Eugenia Luc Zeruan
Around the concert
18 h 30 Rencontre incendiaire XXIV
Practical information
Where is the concert held?
Espace orange | Édifice Wilder, 1435 Rue de Bleury #102, Montréal
