Carte Blanche à Ariane Brisson
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
Joined by Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Meagan Milatz and Cameron Crozman, Ariane invites you on this voyage where the poetry of Mallarmé, Évariste de Parny and Klingsor meet the music of Crumb, Saariaho, Ravel and Debussy.
Program
Claude Debussy
: Syrinx for solo fluteClaude Debussy
: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un fauneArrangement :
Samazeuilh/Mulleman for flute, cello and pianoMaurice Ravel
: La flûte enchantéeGeorge Crumb
: Vox Balanae for flute, cello and pianoVocalise (.. for the beginning of time)
Variations on Sea-Time
Var I. Archeozoic
Var II. Proterozoic
Var III. Paleozoic
Var IV. Mesozoic
Var V. Cenozoic
Sea-Nocturne (… for the end of time)
Claude Debussy
: Trio in G major L. 5I. Andantino con moto allegro
II. Scherzo – Intermezo
Moderato con allegro
III. Andante espressivo
IV. Finale
Appassionato
Kaija Saariaho
: Mirrors for flute and celloMaurice Ravel
: Chansons MadécassesI. Nahandove
II. Aoua
III. Il est doux
Guest artists
Cameron Crozman
With 'a rich imagination and a lively spirit' (Diapason), Canadian cellist Cameron Crozman performs as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Cameron was named Radio-Canada's 2019 Classical Revelation and was a laureate of the Gautier Capuçon Excellence Class at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. He records critically acclaimed albums under the ATMA Classique and Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo labels.
Deeply committed to innovation in music, Cameron is constantly finding new ways to share his art with the world. He commissions and premieres new works by leading Canadian composers, including Allan Gordon Bell, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Liam Ritz, James O'Callaghan, and Alexina Louie.
He currently plays on a cello made around 1750 by Gennaro Gagliano, generously loaned by the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank.
Meagan Milatz
Meagan Milatz, winner of the 2024 Opus Prize for Discovery of the Year, is 'not only [...] a remarkable pianist, but also her expressive palette seems limitless' (Le Devoir).
Meagan regularly shares the stage with Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Stefan Dohr, principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic; Kai Gleusteen, concertmaster of the Orchestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; cellist Matt Haimovitz; and mandolinist Avi Avital. Meagan has performed as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Edmonton, Regina, Sherbrooke, and McGill. Internationally, she has played in Ireland (New Ross Piano Festival), France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Scotland, and Malta.
Meagan Milatz has a recording contract for nine albums with ATMA Classique. She is grateful to her teachers and lifelong mentors Cherith Alexander, Ilya Poletaev, fortepianist Tom Beghin, and Philip Chiu.
Rose Naggar-Tremblay
Recently awarded the prestigious Fernand-Lindsay career scholarship, contralto Rose Naggar-Tremblay has been perfecting her craft since 2020 under the guidance of Lena Hellström-Färnlöf. During her time at the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Montréal, Rose Naggar-Tremblay could be heard, among other performances, in Svadba and Twenty-Seven.
In 2022, she was named Radio-Canada Revelation 2022-2023 and won the Second Prize at the 2022 Prix d’Europe. She also participated in the launch of the opera album La nuit est ma femme, based on the life and writings of Jack Kerouac, in which she played the role of Gabrielle.
She has recently sung under the direction of renowned conductors, including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rafael Payare, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Jacques Lacombe, and Laurence Equilbey. She also produced her first mini-album of original songs titled Je me souviens à toi.
In 2025, she will make her debut at La Scala in Milan as well as at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, performing Farnace in a concert version of Mozart's Mitridate.