carte blanche

MUTEK #2

Quatuor Bozzini | Sixtrum | Kara-Lis Coverdale | Guillaume Coutu Dumont et Line Katcho | France Jobin

6 to 26€
12€ with carte musica

Performances: Sat, 27 Sep 2025

20:30
Location: Église Saint-Paul

Duration: 3:00

MUTEK is one of the leading international festivals dedicated to innovative music. Launched in 2000, it takes place every August in Montréal’s Quartier des Spectacles.

Invited to Muscia as part of a 'Québec/Canada showcase', MUTEK is staging a festival-within-a-festival, all in the space of one evening. An ambient programme at the Saint Paul Church, a key venue for Musica’s contemplative evenings, will turn the spotlight to artists who are making waves on today’s Canadian scene.

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8:30pm
Quatuor Bozzini + Sixtrum

Opening the evening, Montréal-based Bozzini String Quartet and percussion ensemble Sixtrum present a short programme centred on Folk noir/Canadiana (2018) by Nicole Lizée, a work that captures one facet of contemporary Canadian musical culture: a dialogue between musical registers, whether popular, experimental or contemporary.

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9pm
Kara-Lis Coverdale

Pianist, organist and composer Kara-Lis Coverdale is a sensation in Canada’s minimalist and experimental scene. While evolving as an organist and choir director in various Canadian parishes since the age of 13, she has developed a distinctive artistic path and a contemplative, spectral, and organic musical identity. After Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro, Sarah Davachi and Claire Singer, she completes the line-up of ‘organ divas’ charted by Musica’s programming over the past few editions.

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10:15pm
Guillaume Coutu Dumont & Line Katcho

Guillaume Coutu Dumont and Line Katcho join forces, creating an immersive experience merging electronic music and visual art. Montreal-based composer and musician Guillaume Coutu Dumont, contributes his command of organic rhythms and electronic textures, complemented by audiovisual artist Line Katcho’s enveloping visual landscapes and experimental sonic approach. Together, they explore the boundaries between sound and sight.

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11pm
France Jobin

Montréal-based sound artist, composer, and curator France Jobin develops a distinctive practice that blends sonic art with electroacoustic research. Rooted in a minimalist aesthetic, her work is often described as a ‘sound sculpture’. With finesse, she explores the interactions between analogue and digital sounds, crafting profound yet subtle soundscapes. Her immersive installations, both musical and visual, engage intimately with the surrounding architecture, inviting audiences to a mindful and sensory listening experience.

Program

Nicole Lizée
Folk noir/Canadiana (2018)

arr. Isabelle Bozzini and Fabrice Marandola

Alexandre Amat, Simon Chioini
Dissolution (2024)

Kara-Lis Coverdale
From where you came (2025)

— Intermission —

Guillaume Coutu Dumont, Line Katcho
Les Empires (2025)

France Jobin
Inter/sperse (2018)

Cast

Quatuor Bozzini

violin Clemens Merkel, Alissa Cheung
viola Stéphanie Bozzini
cello Isabelle Bozzini

Sixtrum

percussion João Catalão, Catherine Cherrier, Philip Hornsey, Kristie Ibrahim, Fabrice Marandola, Stuart Jackson

organ, electronics Kara-Lis Coverdale
electronics Guillaume Coutu Dumont
video Line Katcho
electronics, sound installation France Jobin

after
Klub Camina x Musica
from 11pm
Karmen Camina

Oton & Onohno [live av]
Collectif Peste Sauvage [dj]

in partnership with MUTEK and Le Vivier (QC/CA)
with the support of the Québec Government Offices Abroad, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Institut Français

The performance Les Empires benefits from support within the framework of MUTEK’s Itérations immersives project, made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.