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Simon Martin, Director-founder
+1 514 504-3236
simon@projectionsliberantes.ca
Press kit Projections libérantes p. 3 Musique d’art (2021) p. 6 trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium and electronics Musique d’art (2019) p. 7 violin, viola, cello, double bass and processing Musique d’art (2017) p. 8 horn, trombone, microtonal tuba and electronics Musique d’art (2015) p. 10 string quintet and electronics Hommage à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (2012) p. 19
Projections libérantes
Projections libérantes is a creation and production company in contemporary concert music founded in
Montreal in 2011 by composer Simon Martin with the aim of having an independent structure, entirely
at the service of the art.
The music of Simon Martin, imbued with interiority, reveals a mystery that questions us. The narrative
of his work/concert is chiselled directly from the subject matter, leading to a quest for the perfection of
harmony which simultaneously becomes a wellspring of beauty and drama.
Press articles
Réjean Beaucage, Ludwig Van Montréal, March 29, 2018
LISZT | 26 compositeurs et compositrices d’ici dont les médias ne parlent pas assez
www.ludwig-van.com
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Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), February 7, 2016
Le CALQ s’associe au Conseil québécois de la musique pour remettre le prix Opus du compositeur de
l’année à Simon Martin
www.calq.gouv.qc.ca
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Roxane Dubé, Groupe Le Vivier, May 27, 2015
Portrait : Simon Martin
www.levivier.ca
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Musique d’art (2021)
trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium and electronics
Presentation
Projections libérantes resumes its collaboration with the musicians of Ensemble Musikfabrik to propose
a work composed for a group of instruments unique in the world: four double-bell brass instruments.
The double bell affords each instrument with instant or perfectly gradual transition between normal
playing and muted playing, producing striking timbre effects.
Musique d’art (2021) is an international coproduction between Projections libérantes and Ensemble
Musikfabrik.
Concert’s duration
50 minutes (no intermission)
Credit
Conception and composition Simon Martin
Performers Ensemble Musikfabrik
Marco Blaauw, trumet
Christine Chapman, horn
Bruce Collings, trombone
Melvyn Poore, euphonium
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC2P5pk8lRA
Concerts
2021 - Montréal, Quebec (postponed)
2021 - Cologne, Germany
Studio Ensemble Musikfabrik
Cologne (Allemagne) - January 7, 2020
© Simon Martin
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Musique d’art (2019)
violin, viola, cello, double bass and processing
Presentation
The first step into the unknown is dissonance. Progress is energized by instability: each new step is
proposed as the resolution of what came before. The final step into the unknown is silence.
Concert’s duration
50 minutes (no intermission)
Credit
Conception and composition Simon Martin
Performers Ensemble Musikfabrik
Sara Cubarsi Fernandez, violin
Axel Porath, viola
Dirk Wietheger, cello
Florentin Ginot, double bass
Audio engineering Jean-François Blouin
Lighting Andréa Marsolais-Roy
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wCJZmj7YjI
Concerts
11.03.2019 - Musikfabrik - Cologne, Germany
24.02.2019 - Festival Montréal/Nouvelles musiques - Montreal, Quebec
Album
Simon Martin – Musique d’art (2019), Musikfabrik label in 2021.
Festival Montréal/Nouvelles musiques
Montréal (Quebec) - February 24, 2019
© Jérôme Bertrand
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Musique d’art (2017)
horn, trombone, microtonal tuba and electronics
Presentation
The brass instruments, interspersed with electronic interludes, vibrate with solemnity, pushing a melody
forward between shadow and light, sound by sound.
Concert’s duration
50 minutes (no intermission)
Credit
Conception and composition Simon Martin
Performers Zinc & Copper
Elena Kakaliagou, horn
Hilary Jeffery, trombone
Robin Hayward, microtonal tuba
Audio engineering Jean-François Blouin
Lighting Andréa Marsolais-Roy
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEt82LohHx8
Concerts
31.05.2017 - Le Vivier - Montréal, Quebec
01.06.2017 - Le Vivier - Montréal, Quebec
Le Vivier - église du Gesù
Montréal (Québec) - June 1, 2017
© Caroline Campeau
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Press article
Michelle Paquet, Bible Urbaine, May 24, 2017
Musique d’art pour cor, trombone, tuba et électronique à l’église du Gesù le 31 mai et 1er juin 2017
www.labibleurbaine.com
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Musique d’art (2015)
string quintet and electronics
Presentation
Through the strings played in unison at times, in a completely erratic fashion at others, a drama unfolds:
a utopian conciliation between sound and music, Nature and Man.
Concert’s duration
65 minutes (no intermission)
Credit
Conception and composition Simon Martin
Performers Quatuor Bozzini and Pierre-Alexandre Maranda, double bass
Audio engineering Jean-François Blouin
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYgRMJt7M90
Concerts
04.06.2018 - Suoni Per Il Popolo - Montréal, Quebec
25.03.2017 - Erreur de type 27 - Québec, Quebec
23.10.2016 - Festival Tonlagen - Dresde, Germany
05.03.2015 - Festival Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques - Montréal, Quebec
Radio broadcast
Deutschlandfunk, February 13 2017 at 9 pm, on the show Musik-Panorama hosted by Barbara Eckle
Album
Simon Martin – Musique d’art (Collection QB / CBQ 1922)
Festival Tonlagen
Dresde (Germany) - October 23, 2016
© Stephan Floss
10SÄCHSISCHE ZEITUNG, 25.10.2016
Press articles - concert
Karsten Blüthgen, Sächsische Zeitung (Allemagne), October 25, 2016
Wie man das Publikum flachlegt
www.sz-online.de
11Lucie Renaud, Clavier bien tempéré, March 6, 2015
Réfléchir à la musique d’art
www.lucierenaud.blogspot.ca
12Press articles - album
Charles-Antoine Frechette , CIRCUIT, musiques contemporaines - Volume 29 numéro 2, 2019
Quatuor Bozzini et Pierre-Alexandre Maranda. Simon Martin : Musique d’art
www.revuecircuit.ca
13William Paulhus, Mes enceintes font défaut, June 3, 2019
Quatuor Bozzini. Simon Martin : Musique d’art
www.mesenceintesfontdefaut.com
14Dolf Mulder, Mes enceintes font défaut, no 1183, May 13, 2019
Simon Martin : Musique d’art
www.actuellecd.com
15Stuart Broomer, The WholeNote no 24:7, April 1st, 2019
www.thewholenote.com
16Pierre Durr, Revue et corrigée (France) no 119, March 1st, 2019
www.revue-et-corrigee.net
17Avant Music News, February 28, 2019
Simon Martin : Musique d’art [Collection QB CQB 1922]
www.avantmusicnews.com
18Hommage à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (2012)
Presentation
Ozias Leduc, Paul-Émile Borduas, Jean Paul Riopelle. Simon Martin sets his sight on the works three great
Québécer painters. Three visions of art highlighted by three contrasting ensembles: Trio de guitares
contemporain, Quasar quatuor de saxophones et Quatuor Bozzini. This tribute concert delves into
our heritage to see how it still resonates with us today, thus “combining creativity and remembrance”
(Fernand Dumont, 1971).
Duration
50 minutes (no intermission)
Program
L’heure mauve (2009), three classical guitars
Tribute to Ozias Leduc (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 1864 – Saint-Hyacinthe, 1955)
Projections libérantes (2007), saxophone quartet
Tribute to Paul-Émile Borduas (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 1905 – Paris, 1960)
Icebergs et Soleil de Minuit – Quatuor en blanc (2007), string quartet
Tribute to Jean Paul Riopelle (Montréal, 1923 – L’Isle-aux-Grues, 2002)
Credit
Conception and composition Simon Martin
Performers
Trio de guitares contemporain
Quasar quatuor de saxophones
Quatuor Bozzini
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svlZ6GurwyE&t=1761s
Performances
20.05.2016 - Festival des Musiques de Création - Jonquière, Quebec
09.12.2015 - Le Vivier - Montréal, Quebec
30.07.2015 - Festival de Lanaudière - Joliette, Quebec
10.02.2015 - Maison de la culture Frontenac - Montréal, Quebec
02.03.2014 - Maison de la culture Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension - Montréal, Quebec
11.12.2013 - Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur - Montréal, Quebec
08.12.2013 - Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal - Montréal, Quebec
25.05.2012 - Fondation Arte Musica - Montréal, Quebec
19Radio broadcast
ICI Musique, January 23 2014 at 9 pm, on the show Soirées classiques hosted by Mario Paquet
Album
Simon Martin – Hommage à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (Collection QB / CBQ 1616)
http://actuellecd.com
Nominated for the Opus Award for Best Album – Modern / Contemporary Music
Publication (2012)
Simon Martin – Hommage à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle (ISBN 978-2-9813150-0-7)
Album cover, Hommage
à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle
20Press articles - concert
Émission Soirées classiques animée par Mario Paquet sur les ondes d’ICI Musique, January 23, 2014
www.icimusique.ca
21François C. Guevremont, L’Oeil régional, May 19, 2012
De la peinture à la partition
22Press articles - album
Pierre Durr, Revue et corrigée (France) no 109, September 1st, 2016
www.revue-et-corrigee.net
23Ed Pinsent, The Sound Projector, August 20, 2016
Wither Canada? Part 2
www.thesoundprojector.com
24Stuart Broomer, TheWholeNote, March 28, 2016
Simon Martin : Hommage à Leduc, Borduas et Riopelle
www.thewholenote.com
25Réjean Beaucage, Voir, Jaunary 6, 2016
Critique
www.voir.ca
26CONTACT Simon Martin, Director-founder 2032 Avenue d’Orléans - Montréal (Québec) H1W 3R8 CANADA Tél. : + 1 514 504-3236 simon@projectionsliberantes.ca www.projectionsliberantes.ca
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