HEXACORDE (L')
Concert
In the winter of 1998, a group of student guitarists from the Université du Québec à Montréal got together to create what would soon become L'Hexacorde. Their first production, Discorde à six cordes, presented that same year in Montreal, Quebec City and Drummondville, was very well received. Invited to perform at the Guitar Foundation of America competition, one of the most prestigious guitar events, the group also took part in the 1998-1999 season concerts of the Société de Guitare de Montréal. In the fall of 1999, the group launched the Soirées de guitare élargie, a self-produced series that it presented again in the spring of 2000. L'Hexacorde will soon be performing (spring 2002) at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montreal.
As part of the Journées de la culture 2001 edition, we invite you to a concert by L'Hexacorde, a group of six musicians who will perform a series of works arranged here for five guitars and a bass. The group's repertoire includes pieces by John Cage, Francis Marcoux, Éric Satie, Andrew Senior and Claude Vivier, among others.-As a variable-geometry ensemble, L'Hexacorde focuses on contemporary repertoire for guitar ensembles, which it enriches with its own arrangements or by commissioning works. L'Hexacorde's programs consist of pieces that are played only by him, which gives him a special place in the Quebec musical landscape.
In the winter of 1998, a group of student guitarists from the Université du Québec à Montréal got together to create what would soon become L'Hexacorde. Their first production, Discorde à six cordes, presented that same year in Montreal, Quebec City and Drummondville, was very well received. Invited to perform at the Guitar Foundation of America competition, one of the most prestigious guitar events, the group also took part in the 1998-1999 season concerts of the Société de Guitare de Montréal. In the fall of 1999, the group launched the Soirées de guitare élargie, a self-produced series that it presented again in the spring of 2000. L'Hexacorde will soon be performing (spring 2002) at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montreal.