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SAISON 2008-2009
Barbara Furtuna
Jean Pierre Marchetti (Terza)
In the sixth century b.c., musician and poetess Sappho wrote and sang : Someone will remember us, I say, even in another time. Along with Constantinople, clarinet player Lori Freedman, Greek singer Savina Yannatou and ney player Harris Lambrakis, remember this Night of a thousand ears she depicted more than 2500 years ago. Rereadings and improvisations inspired by ancient musical fragments and poetry await you!
Kiya Tabassian - setar
BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE :: ADMISSION : www.admission.com/html/evinfo.htmI?CNTX=15948322&l=FR&C= From classical Ottoman music to the multi-layered sounds of sampling, through Sufi chants from Anatolia and Persia, the musicians from our collective will freely blend and crossbreed melodies and rhythms from different centuries and cultures in hommage to Constantinople, city of diverse and cosmopolitan sounds. Featuring prestigious guests from Turkey and Greece.
Kiya Tabassian - sétar
SEASON 2007-2008
QUATRE INVITATIONS AU VOYAGE Although it's name recalls the much coveted city of the Middle Ages, Constantinople, like the city of Montreal in which it is based, is a crossroads for cultural encounters and a plural entity decidedly set in the 21st century. Our ensemble drifts freely between ancient and newer world music aesthetics to create a truly contemporary sound. For our sixth annual season of great concerts, we invite you to join us for four unique journeys into the heart of the rich musical traditions of Afghanistan, Iran, Andalusia and the shores of the Mediterranean in the company of prestigious Guests. All departures will be from Salle Pierre-Mercure in the Centre Pierre-Péladeau venue in Montreal, a space of wonderful acoustic quality. Join the journey!
Kiya Tabassian
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Kiya Tabassian - setar
Following the recent discovery of ancient manuscripts found in the Ottoman Empire, Iranian music of the 16th Century is no longer a hidden treasure. In company of Hossein Omoumi, one of Iran's most renowned musicians, Constantinople enters the great palaces of Isfahan to discover all of the splendor and refinement of Ancient Persia. In addition to this unique evening, Shiraz, Vivier's masterpiece will be presented in new arrangement for the Constantinople soloists and piano solo.
Kiya Tabassian - setar
A great theme calls for a great evening with these Songs of Love and Women, both profane and mystical, from the shores of the Mediterranean. This new work is the fruit of our on-going collaboration with the Franco-Moroccan singer Françoise Atlan with whom Constantinople performed on the major early and world music stages of Europe.
Kiya Tabassian - setar
As a final touch to this sixth season, Constantinople will cross paths with the Romani people and their gipsy and flamenco music. All the warmth and fever of Spain with guests from Sevilla: singer Rosario LA TREMENDITA, one of the most important figures of the new generation of flamenco singers, and her guitarist Jose-Luis Rodriguez who has worked with Spain's greatest, such as Carmen Linares and Cristina Hoyos
Kiya Tabassian - setar
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2006-2007 SEASON
In conjunction with the Persian New Year, for three nights only, the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of March 2007, Constantinople will take up the stage of Théâtre La Chapelle for their new concert: CRI PERSAN. Halfway between composition and improvisation, the three soloists of Constantinople explore with this concert, the rich universe of Persian music in a new and creative approach. This concert is coloured with their encounters and escapades in different musical universes based on the story of a cry, a Persian cry.
Kiya Tabassian - sétar Théâtre La Chapelle 3700, rue Saint-Dominique 25$, 20$, 15$ Box-Office :514.843.7738 En collaboration avec La Chapelle par le biais d'une résidence de création
May 3rd 2007, 8PM MEXICO, 17th century. The depth and heritage of the ''Old World'' and the effervescence and openness of the ''New World'' give birth to new music, a blend of the monophonic and the improvised polyphonic traditions. Chaconas, Pabanas, Villancico, Folías, Galliardas, Xácaras, Zarambeques and Canarios will be revisited by Constantinople and its guest artists from Mexico for a programme of vocal and instrumental music of extraordinary rhythmical vitality and stunning melodic virtuosity. Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919 300, boul. de Maisonneuve Est (métro Berri-UQAM) Tickets & information: 514.987.6919
Constantinople wishes to thank for their support: Conseil des Arts de Montréal Théâtre La Chapelle La radio de Radio-Canada ATMA Classique
2005-2006 SEASON Constantinople is pleased to announce its fourth Montreal concert season, featuring two new programmes, two solo recitals and a concert by the French vocal ensemble Clément Janequin. A season where the scholarly traditions of the Mediterranean, early music, and new music intermingle. Download a printable 2005-2006 subscription form
Thursday, October 13 2005, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
The ensemble Clément Janequin, led by Dominique Visse, is without a doubt one of the great pioneers of vocal music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Constantinople has the pleasure to present the ensemble's Montreal debut. For this occasion, the ensemble of five singers and a lutenist, proposes its newest programme ''Les Plaisirs du Palais'', a palindromic banquet of Franco-Flemish music. Saturday, November 5 2005, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Original compositions and improvisations by Kiya Tabassian for setar based on learned Persian music, medieval music from the Mediterranean, and new music. A celebration of the Persian New Year. Monday, March 20 2006, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
MEXICO, 17th century. The depth and heritage of the ''Old World'' and the effervescence and openness of the ''New World'' give birth to new music, a blend of the monophonic and the improvised polyphonic traditions. Chaconas, Pabanas, Villancico, Folías, Galliardas, Xácaras, Zarambeques and Canarios will be revisited by Constantinople and its guest artists from Mexico for a programme of vocal and instrumental music of extraordinary rhythmical vitality and stunning melodic virtuosity. Monday, May 22 2006, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Salle Pierre-Mercure: 300, boul. de Maisonneuve East (metro Berri-UQAM) Tickets & information:(514)987-6919 Église St-Félix de Cap-Rouge: 1460, Rue Provancher, Cap-Rouge (QUÉBEC) Information & reservation:(514)286-8008Constantinople wishes to thank for their support: Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec Conseil des Arts de Montréal La radio de Radio-Canada Salle Pierre-Mercure du Centre Pierre-Péladeau ATMA Classique Le Devoir
2005-2006 SEASON Constantinople is pleased to announce its fourth Montreal concert season, featuring two new programmes, two solo recitals and a concert by the French vocal ensemble Clément Janequin. A season where the scholarly traditions of the Mediterranean, early music, and new music intermingle. Download a printable 2005-2006 subscription form
Thursday, October 13 2005, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
The ensemble Clément Janequin, led by Dominique Visse, is without a doubt one of the great pioneers of vocal music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Constantinople has the pleasure to present the ensemble's Montreal debut. For this occasion, the ensemble of five singers and a lutenist, proposes its newest programme ''Les Plaisirs du Palais'', a palindromic banquet of Franco-Flemish music. Saturday, November 5 2005, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Original compositions and improvisations by Kiya Tabassian for setar based on learned Persian music, medieval music from the Mediterranean, and new music. A celebration of the Persian New Year. Monday, March 20 2006, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
MEXICO, 17th century. The depth and heritage of the ''Old World'' and the effervescence and openness of the ''New World'' give birth to new music, a blend of the monophonic and the improvised polyphonic traditions. Chaconas, Pabanas, Villancico, Folías, Galliardas, Xácaras, Zarambeques and Canarios will be revisited by Constantinople and its guest artists from Mexico for a programme of vocal and instrumental music of extraordinary rhythmical vitality and stunning melodic virtuosity. Monday, May 22 2006, 8PM Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Salle Pierre-Mercure: 300, boul. de Maisonneuve East (metro Berri-UQAM) Tickets & information:(514)987-6919 Église St-Félix de Cap-Rouge: 1460, Rue Provancher, Cap-Rouge (QUÉBEC) Information & reservation:(514)286-8008Constantinople wishes to thank for their support: Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec Conseil des Arts de Montréal La radio de Radio-Canada Salle Pierre-Mercure du Centre Pierre-Péladeau ATMA Classique Le Devoir
2004-2005 SEASON Constantinople presents a new form of musical expression, born of a wellspring of divers transforming and integrating traditions from Middle Ages and today, from here and abroad.
Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Four fragments of a medieval opus become the subject of eight intersecting looks at four new works by Constantinople in an esthetic proper to our ensemble for four new written works by Nicholas Gilbert, Vincent-Olivier Gagnon, Cléo Palacio-Quintin and Evrim Demirel, commissioned for Constantinople. Théâtre La Chapelle (514)843-7738
Constantinople castes a fresh and fiery glance at songs transported or created in New France and in Quebec. In addition to concocting a secret recipe with Eastern ingredients blended with the soil of Quebec. The ensemble will welcome singer Bernard Simard in an exceptional and promising encounter! Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Italy, 14th century : a new musical efflorescence sees the light of day in a melange of monophonic tradition and improvised polyphony native to Italy. Constantinople revisits Italian Ars Nova, characterised by its instrumental and vocal music, its amazing rhythmic vitality and scintillating melodic exuberance.The ensemble welcomes Anne Azema and Shira Kammen to joint Constantinople¨s soloists. Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
Montreal
On heels of a successful first season, Constantinople is pleased to announce its upcoming Montréal concert season, which will consist of five productions: three ensemble performances at Salle Pierre-Mercure and two recitals at Théâtre La Chapelle. The season will feature new works in the realms of early music, the scholarly traditions of the Mediterranean, and new music. Constantinople provides a forum for cross-fertilization among various musical cultures, both within the Ensemble itself and with its guest artists. Constantinople endeavours to consolidate the ties among these cultures by cultivating a unique mode of musical expression—a musical vocabulary that has grown out of extensive research into the history and esthetics of the musical traditions into which it delves, combined with freshness and creativity.
Therteen musicians on stage : En Chordais Ensemble (5 musicians) from Greece Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
In a solo recital, percussionist Ziya Tabassian will retrace his unique musical journey and performance practice. Ziya, a virtuoso of the percussion instruments and rhythmic vocabulary of Iran, creates original works through improvisation and formal composition. In addition to Ziya’s own works, this concert will include compositions by Jérôme Blais, Georges Aperghis, Vinko Globokar and Ziya Tabassian. Multidisciplinary artist Véronique Emond will also participate in this performance. A talk and discussion on compositional techniques for percussion will be held on December 4 at 6 p.m. at and two workshops on Iranian percussion techniques will be held on December 6 from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. at Théâtre La Chapelle. Théâtre La Chapelle (514)843-7738
The first part of this concert will feature the musicians of Constantinople, who will present various aspects of improvisation in the scholarly modal traditions of the Mediterranean and Persia (maqam and dastgah). The second part will feature the ensemble Radical 3, which will explore a new vocabulary of improvisation within a contemporary framework, while drawing upon a font of modal traditions. This concert will be part of the Journées Québécoises de l’Improvisation. Théâtre La Chapelle (514)843-7738
In this new program, Constantinople traces the peregrinations of Spanish music in the New World. This repertoire, which consists of villancicos and motets from Spain and Mexico, revisits a rich period in history (1550–1690) that was replete with discovery and transformation. The program, which juxtaposes sacred and secular, is rooted in the musical forms and vibrant modes of expression that grew out of contact among the peoples of the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Americas. Guest artists: Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble and Michael Colver(contre ténor, cornet) Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
The programme From Castile to Samarkand will capture the imagination of all before the splendour of the places, the odours, the landscapes and the peoples of the Silk Route. This new production will feature an account of the Spanish voyager Clavijo, who set out to reach the empire of the great Mongol ruler Tamerlane in the early 15th century. In this unique program, Constantinople will take an original look at the music of Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Persia and Central Asia of the 15th and 16th centuries, based on ClavijoŽs travel log and some musical sources of that period. Salle Pierre-Mercure (514)987-6919
On behalf the regular concert series, two Causerie-concerts will take place at Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, an opportunity for the public to discuss and exchange with Constantinople's musicians and their special guests. Monday, October 27, 8 PM Monday, February 23, 8 PM
2002-2003 Season
Pierre Mercure Concert Hall, 300, Maisonneuve blvd East (metro Berri Uqam)
In this program, Constantinople will present songs dedicated to the Virgin Mary from the Cantigas de Santa Maria-a substantial 12th-century manuscript that is quintessentially one of the richest musical phenomena of the Middle Ages. The Cantigas reflect the Byzantine, Arabic, Persian and Jewish influences that were present at the Medieval Spanish court of Alfonso el Sabio (Alfonso the Wise). Constantinople once again welcomes soprano Anne Azéma as guest artist. Pierre Mercure Concert Hall, 300, Maisonneuve blvd East (metro Berri Uqam)
This program is devoted to Jewish (Sephardic) and Arabic (Moorish) music of Medieval Spain, celebrating the harmonious coexistence between two peoples and cultures during that periode. Constantinople will be joined for this concert by one of the world’s foremost specialists of this repertoire, Françoise Atlan, in her Canadian premiere. Pierre Mercure Concert Hall, 300, Maisonneuve blvd East (metro Berri Uqam) Ticket reservation & sales : (514) 987-6919 : : (514) 790-1245
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Throughout its history, the Mediterranean basin has been a hotbed for the exchange of ideas, philosophies and beliefs. The musicians of Constantinople, along with renowned guest artists from Turkey, Italy and Greece, will explore the influences and ties of some of the most culturally rich cultures in history. On the programme, music of the Ottoman court and of Italy from the 16th and 17th centuries. 
Mystical music and song of Mediterranean and Eastern musical traditions from the Middle Ages right up to our time. Constantinople once again welcomes soloist Francoise Atlan in to our midst to create Chants Mystiques with us. 
Throughout its history, the Mediterranean has been a hotbed for the exchange of ideas,
philosophies and beliefs. The musicians of Constantinople, along with renowned guest artists
from Greece and Lebanon, will explore the ties and influences among some of the most culturally
rich societies in history: Byzantine, Persian, Arab, Ottoman and Syriac, from the Middle Ages to
the present. 
