Two Key International Festival Highlights in 2025: TIME:SPANS (New York) and Musica (Strasbourg)

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June 11, 2025

This summer, Québec’s new music scene takes center stage at two major international events! Thanks to strong partnerships and a firm commitment to showcasing local works and artists abroad, Le Vivier will take part in two landmark festivals: TIME:SPANS in New York and Musica in Strasbourg.

Highly active on the international stage, Le Vivier facilitates the circulation of works, fosters co-productions, and nurtures an artistic dialogue that is essential to the vitality of contemporary music. Its goal of establishing co-production projects with international presenting partners reflects a desire to spotlight the creativity of Québec and Canadian artists and to stimulate new artistic encounters and the development of innovative repertoires.

 

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Québec in the Spotlight at TIME:SPANS (New York)

Among the key partnerships in 2025, the TIME:SPANS festival in New York holds a special place. Known as one of the most important festivals for new music on the U.S. East Coast, it will this year present a Québec-Canada Focus, in collaboration with Le Vivier.

This major presence is made possible by the expertise of ensembles such as the Quatuor Bozzini and Sixtrum, promising high-caliber cross-collaborations.

Highlights of the program include:

  • August 14 – Sixtrum Percussion: Transformations (7:30 p.m.)
  • August 15 – Quatuor Bozzini (7:30 p.m.)
  • August 16 – Sixtrum Percussion: 6 Marimbas (7:30 p.m.)
  • August 23 – No Hay Banda: Il Teatro Rosso (7:30 p.m.)
A Collaboration with Quatuor Bozzini

As part of TIME:SPANS, Le Vivier joins forces with Soundstreams (Toronto), the Earle Brown Music Foundation Charitable Trust, the Darmstadt Festival (Germany), and Quatuor Bozzini (Québec) for a large-scale international co-production. Three original works for string quartet—commissioned from Cassandra Miller (London, UK), Taylor Brook (Victoria, CA), and Zosha Di Castri (New York)—will be premiered.

Quatuor Bozzini is a singular voice in support of new, experimental, and classical music. A driving force in Montréal’s music scene and beyond, the quartet embraces risk, experimentation, and collaboration, constantly pushing beyond the conventional. With their rigorous artistic standards, they have helped to establish a diverse and timeless repertoire.

➜ Learn more: https://timespans.org

 

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Le Vivier in Strasbourg: Destination Festival Musica

Another major event is the Musica Festival in Strasbourg, known for its openness to all forms of musical creation. This year, Musica shines a spotlight on Canadian and Québecois music in partnership with Le Vivier.

From Nicole Lizée to MUTEK, not to mention Sixtrum and Quatuor Bozzini, this transatlantic showcase reveals the richness and diversity of new music in Canada. In parallel, professional meetings will strengthen ties between European and North American networks.

Prospective Québec-Canada Program – Festival Musica 2025
  • September 26 – 6:30 p.m.: Nicole Lizée + Tristan Perich: HANATSU miroir
  • September 26 – 8:30 p.m.: Sixtrum + Percussions de Strasbourg: Le Noir de l’étoile
  • September 26 – 11:00 p.m.: MUTEK #1: Lesley Flanigan / Tristan Perich / Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts / Data Plan
  • September27 – 11:00 a.m.: Jürg Frey – Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett
  • September 27 – 3:00 p.m.: Culture and Indigeneity in Canada
  • September 27–28 – 3:00 p.m.: L’Archipel aux mille sons – Sixtrum
  • September 27 – 8:30 p.m.: MUTEK #2: Quatuor Bozzini / Sixtrum / Kara-Lis Coverdale / Guillaume Coutu-Dumont and Line Katcho / France Jobin
  • September 28 – 3:00 p.m.: Quatuor Bozzini – Recital

A highlight of the program is the conference “Decolonizing Creative and Presenting Practices”, co-organized by Le Vivier, Futurs Composés (France’s national network for musical creation), and the Musica Festival. It will bring together artists, scholars, and professionals to address essential issues.

Musica’s invitation is supported by a strong alliance of partners, including the Québec Government Offices Abroad, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada Council for the Arts, Institut Français, Ministry of Culture of France, Région Grand Est, City of Strasbourg, European Community of Alsace, and the Futurs Composés network.

➜ Learn more: https://festivalmusica.fr

 

A Growing International Network

As the initiator and host of the IN/PACT New Music Network, Le Vivier brings together a community of international presenters united by a common goal: to support and promote contemporary musical creation. This international outreach has led to ambitious co-productions, including with EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture), rallying European partners around bold, forward-looking artistic projects.

➜ Learn more: https://levivier.ca/IN-PACT


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