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Angèle  Dubeau  &  La  Pietà  

 Max  Richter:  Portrait  

   

Release date : October 6, 2017    

             

   Montreal,  October  6,  2017   -­‐  Angèle  Dubeau  has  always  stood  out   for   the  quality  of  her  playing,  her  adventurous  musical  undertakings  and  her  irreproachable  artistic  journey.  An  artist  very  much  her  own  and  a  musician  of  her  time,  the  violinist  has  often  found  a  source  of   inspiration  and  an  important   influence   in   contemporary   works.   The   new   album  Max   Richter:   Portrait   by   Angèle  Dubeau  &   La   Pietà   is   a   striking   addition   to   the   Portrait   series,  music   of   great   depth   and   acute  sensitivity.    

“In  the  past  ten  years,  I  have  recorded  a  number  of  musical  portraits  of  great  contemporary  composers.   Their   music   has   increasingly   been   calling   out   to   me,   and   it   punctuates  beautifully  the  repertoire   featured  on  the  40  albums   I  have  recorded.  The  more   I   listen  to  composers  gravitating  around  the  minimalist  movement,  the  more  I  want  to  interpret  their  music.  I  enjoy  the  moments  of  introspection  that  these  works  bring.  Perhaps  this  has  to  do  with  maturity?    Among  the  composers  who  have  and  will  continue  to  have  an  impact  on  the  intellectual  and  musical   life   of   their   time,   there   is  Max   Richter.  My   new  Portrait   album   is   devoted   to   his  impressive  body  of  powerful  and  original  works.   I  have  selected  16  pieces  with  his  unique  signature,  which  I  revisit  here  with  my  violin  and  my  orchestra,  La  Pietà.”    

 -­‐  Angèle  Dubeau  O.C.,  C.Q.,  DFA  

       

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 Max  Richter   is  a  contemporary  composer  who  ranks  with  the  most   influential  of  his  generation.  He   draws   inspiration   from   Bach,   punk   rock   and   ambient   electronic   music.   Richter   has   written  works   that   have   been   heard   in   over   50   films,   including   Waltz   with   Bashir,   Martin   Scorsese’s  Shutter  Island  and  Denis  Villeneuve’s  Arrival,  as  well  as  the  music  for  the  HBO  television  series  The  Leftovers,  in  addition  to  works  for  prestigious  ballet  companies.    In  her  pursuit  of  excellence,  Angèle  Dubeau  has  continually  managed   to   reinvent  herself  and   to  attract  public  interest,  and  the  results  speak  for  themselves.  Ludovico  Einaudi:  Portrait,  released  in  2015,  has  picked  up  15  million  streams  to  date  on  streaming  platforms  and  was  selected  one  of  the  best  albums  of  2015  by  iTunes  worldwide,  and  by  the  highly  popular  Classic  FM  radio  station  in  the  United  Kingdom.          

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