FIMAV

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  Klimperei and Madame Patate

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

  The French duo of Émilie Siaut (aka Madame Patate) and Christophe Petchanatz (Klimperei) are a bit of an anomaly in the predominantly objec...

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  Rainer Weins

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

  Debuting as a composer and conductor after a couple of decades appearing at FIMAV in an array of ensembles and musical duties, Montreal´s o...

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  Peter Brötzmann, Heather Leigh and Keiji Haino

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2019

  The musical partnership between Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh is one of those anomalies akin to the internet memes of bonds between arm...

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  Bang on a Can All-Stars

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 16

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Bang on a Can, from NYC, have been around in some form or other for almost as long as the 35 years of the Festival International de Musique...

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  Peggy Lee

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 16

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  FIMAV's 35th edition kicked off with a veteran of the festival. Vancouver's Peggy Lee first performed here in 1997, with her eight-month-ol...

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  Political Ritual

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 16

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2019

  Midnight shows at FIMAV are generally given over to the more fringe elements and emerging artists in the "musique actuelle" realm. Montreal...

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  Phurpa

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 20

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2018

  Me: Hmmm. According to the program a Russian guy named Alexey Tegin formed Phurpa after an early stint in industrial music, and he adopts m...

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  Mette Rasmussen / Toshimaru Nakamura / Martin Taxt

  FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 20

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2018

  As outlined in Friday's Fang / Goldstein / Wiens review, there are improvisations that are highly cooperative. Then there are those, like t...