2017
The Canadian pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre, who won first prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition and prizes at several national and international competitions, will be playing a programme of virtuoso Russian music, intermingled with quiet contrasting works, allowing the artist...
2017
Three modernist women, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961), Mina Loy (1882-1966), and Nancy Cunard (1896-1965), came to define the interwar avant-garde through their experimental writing and unconventional pursuits. In her new book, Staging Modernist Lives, Sasha Colby dramatizes these women’s lives and...
2016
Just before Christmas, the magic of the holidays takes over the Canadian Cultural Centre. The fable Noël Noël (22 min) recounts the adventures of businessman Noël Noël et and his acolytes: Zoé, Snooze and the fairy Béatrice. Behind his wealth,...
2016
L'Espace culturel inuit organise son Noël Arctique 2016. 2 jours de festivités (contes, ateliers de jeux inuit, ateliers d’écriture inuit…) et comptoir arctique (ventes d’ouvrages, sculptures, produits locaux…) proposés par l’équipe de l’Association Inuksuk à l’occasion des fêtes de fin...
2016
As part of the Festival Aurores Montréal, the duo Saratoga, comprising musician and songwriter Marc-Olivier Gasse and singer-songwriter Chantal Archambault, will play a concert of folk music that is soft, intimate and genuine. Over the rhythms of a raw and...
2016
The only festival Parisian dedicating to emerging Canadian music scenes, the Festival Aurores Montréal is back for a fourth edition in Paris in order to introduced the Canadian musical talents of tomorrow to the French. This year’s edition will be...
2016
International short film festival Paris Courts Devant is a must for all those with a passion for the work of young filmmakers. In Paris, over then days, more than 220 short films of all formats and genres will be shown....
2016
The National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Cultural Centre present a 13th edition of Short & Sweet focussing on humour. This screening will feature the best humorous short films of the last few years. Discover young Canadian filmmakers...
2016
The protean oeuvre of Rodney Graham, born in Vancouver in 1949, plays on perceptions and the tenuous link between reality and fiction. In photographs, films, videos, models and partitions musicales, he is interested in fixed narrative structures and, not without...
2016
An artist with a cosmopolitan career, Alain Bédard plays contemporary jazz inspired by his many musical experiments combining world beat and classical music. His fifth album, Circum Continuum, is punctuated with pieces whose vibrant and complex melodies, rhythms and harmonics...
2016
On the occasion of the publication of Edward Burtynsky’s Essential Elements by Thames & Hudson and Éléments Essentiels by Éditions Xavier Barral. Edward Burtynsky is internationally renowned thanks to his spectacular large photographs illustrating the impact of human activity on...
2016
The documentary Trapped in a Human Zoo tells the story of eight Inuit from Labrador who set off on a voyage to Europe in 1880. Initially lured by promises of adventure and riches, they come to realize, too late, that...
2016
Opening: November 8, 6 p.m. – Free admission Book signing by the artist. Guided visit by the artist and the curator at 5 p.m. (by reservation): reservation@canada-culture.org Curator: Catherine Bédard In 2015 Angela Grauerholz received the prestigious Scotiabank Photography Award, the...
2016
katajjaq, traditional Inuit throat singing. Inspired by this age-old technique, the duo explores its textures, ranges and contemporary variations. With these sonic explorations with the sound artist Méryll Ampe, the French-Canadian singer Marie-Pascale Dubé shares the highlight of her visit...
2016
Jeff Moran began playing with words and music in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, developing his own style halfway between American folk and chanson française. A rebellious poet, singer and composer, Moran got himself notice in France and the rest...
2016
In the presence of Sonia Boileau, Mohawk filmmaker The Festival Ciné Alter’Natif presents a selection of about thirty films representing the wealth of First Nations production in Canada. The opening night of the seventh edition of the festival will take...
2016
The programme of this new edition of Nuit Blanche features an exceptional opening of the Prix AICA France de la Critique d’Art exhibition and an introduction to Inuktitut (workshop): Prix AICA France de la Critique d’Art The Canadian Cultural Centre...
2016
The Canadian Cultural Centre presents two exhibitions featuring the winners of the AICA France de la Critique d’Art prize. The ground-floor gallery presents the retrospective of the filmed performances of all the art critics who championed their artists since the...
2016
Thomas Hellman was born in Montreal to an American father and a French mother. For one evening, the brilliant musician and folk singer will recount American history, from the conquest of the West to the Great Depression, through songs from...
2016
A major contemporary Canadian artist, Liz Magor is interested in the social and emotional lives of ordinary, even domestic objects. It is by working from hyperrealist casts of daily objects and articles of clothing, stitching back up and conserving objects...
2016
Discovered by Canal + a few years ago, Charlotte Le Bon is now an experienced actress and an illustrator whose work is eclectic, humorous and poetic. Her street art, solo or alongside the French artist JR, resonates from the street...
2016
The association Astérides (Marseille) and the Darling Foundry (Montreal) join forces for an exhibition bringing together the visual and performing arts, through the language of gesture. In the works and performances presented by French and Canadian artists, the viewer is...
2016
Come prepare for your future in Canada ! Tuesday, June 21–Friday, July 1 The Canadian Cultural Centre invites you to discover Canada on the occasion of Canada Week from June 21 to July. Organized for the last two year to respond...
2016
For the fifth year in a row, Canada takes over the Esplanade des Invalides with Nuit Boréale, one of the most popular evenings of concerts during the Fête de la Musique in Paris. For this new edition, five up-and-coming artists...
2016
The Canadian company Disques Benedictus proposes the project Fables2016 focused on music rarely performed for baritone and piano or organ. A work by the Bulgarian-Canadian composer will be Alexandra Fol will be centre-stage. Fable2016 sets to music four fables for...
2016
Discover the best of the Talents tout Court selection presented during the latest Cannes Film Festival. Short & Sweet is a unique opportunity to discover new Canadian cinema through short films and, who knows, perhaps discover the next Sarah Polley,...
2016
The night, all in shadows and lights, invites the visitor into Michèle Lemieux’s cinematic workshop and into the glimmering alleyways filmed, at dusk, by Jocelyne Alloucherie with Dédale. Michèle Lemieux invents narratives in black and white using just a surface...
2016
The pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre lets us rediscover some of the key compositions of classical music. The conductor Yannick Nézet Séguin, director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, calls him a poet of the piano. A native of Ste-Julie, near Montreal, Jean-Philippe...
2016
The franco-ontarian singer-songwriter Mehdi Hamdad, known as Mehdi Cayenne, invites you to set the world to right His latest album, Aube, which will be released on June 17 in France, is a collection of love songs sung with a subtle...
2016
Biscarosse For its first edition, the festival will show a varied selection of films that will allow the public to appreciate the richness of Quebec’s cinematic heritage. A seaside resort in the southwest of France will momentarily transform itself into...
2016
Centre d’art contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson, Allée de la Ferme – Noisiel 77448 Marne-la-Vallée After several remarkable exhibitions abroad, Kapwani Kiwanga presents her largest solo show yet at the Ferme du Buisson. Kapwani Kiwanga creates systems and protocols...
2016
The screening will be followed by a debate with the audience. The unexpected meeting between the young Philémon and Kulluk, an Inuit boy, makes for a marvellous adventure. Neige (Snow) is an animated film by Antoine Lanciaux and Sophie Roze on which...