Quasar Sax Quartet – 18th October 2014

Quasar Quartet

Saturday, 18th October 2014 | Doors 8pm
Reid Concert Hall | Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
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Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance: dialoguesquasar.eventbrite.com

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Known for their energy and bold innovation, the four members of Quasar – Marie-Chantal Leclair, Mathieu Leclair, André Leroux, Jean-Marc Bouchard – have been exploring the innumerable facets of musical creation since the group’s founding in 1994. Their repertoire is vast in range, including chamber music, improvisation, musical theatre, and most particularly over the past ten years mixed music featuring live electronics, an area in which they are now recognized as leaders. Quasar has proudly commissioned nearly one-hundred works over the course of its twenty years of activity. Four-time winners of the Québec Music Council’s distinguished OPUS awards, Quasar presents an annual concert series in Montréal while performing extensively across Canada, the United States and Europe.

Quasar has premiered over thirty works for saxophones and electronics and revisited works composed for other performers. With the highest priority placed upon the collaborative process between performers and composers, the quartet has delved, from both aesthetic and technological perspectives, into an wide variety of approaches. From electronics on fixed supports, to sensors, video, and interactive elements – with traditional notation, graphic scores, or improvisation – the quartet is deeply engaged in all elements of this practice. Its aim has been to provide a forum for creative exchange fostering risk-taking and experimentation.

The program in Edinburgh will feature some of the most significant commissioned works of Quasar in the recent years.

Find out more about the Quasar quartet online:  quasar4.com

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