André Moisan encounters an OVNI
An OVNI (French for UFO) will be landing at the Quartier des spectacles! This OVNI, better known as the Orchestre à Vents Non Identifié, will arrive with a special guest: André Moisan, the OSM’s celebrated bass clarinet. Come out to hear them perform an eclectic program filled with folk melodies, Mediterranean flavours, and explosive rhythms!
Artists
OVNI (Orchestre à Vents Non Identifié)
Jonathan Dagenais, conductor
André Moisan, OSM bass clarinet
Program
Frank Ticheli, Vesuvius
Jan Van des Roost, Suite Provençale
Jan Van des Roost, Balkanya
Béla Kovács, Sholem-alekheim, rov Feidman!
Carol C. Barnett, Chyprian Suite, excerpts
I. Servikos
II. Aya Marina
Without intermission
André Moisan
OSM Clarinetist - bass clarinet and saxophoneAndré Moisan holds the position of bass clarinetist and saxophonist in the woodwind section of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. A member of the OSM since 2000, he earned a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance from the Université de Montréal. His teachers and mentors have included Gilles Moisan, Bob Crowley, Karl Leister, and Larry Combs. He also studied conducting with Pierre Boulez and Osmo Vänskä. Among his many awards and distinctions are an Opus Prize for his conducting performance with the OSM’s School Matinees, as well as four Opus Prize nominations as a soloist and chamber musician. In addition to his orchestral career, he has been a clarinet professor at the Université de Montréal since 1989. André chose a career in music in part because he has been immersed in it since birth: his father held the same position as him in the OSM for 46 years, and his paternal grandmother was one of the first silent film pianists in Montreal!
He has released nine albums under the ATMA label, including one as a conductor. He has frequently appeared as a guest soloist with the OSM since 1996 and served as conductor for the Jeux d’enfants and School Matinees series from 1998 to 2008.
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