<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653939911623049462</id><updated>2012-01-05T13:54:32.789-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MICHEL FOURNIER</title><subtitle type='html'>agent: Louis St-André
    
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louis@pcl-standre.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/653939911623049462/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Michel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14821176726959779431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653939911623049462.post-3639105742421226289</id><published>2011-02-01T13:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T11:50:39.778-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Michel Fournier-Biographie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh-0nbczXI/AAAAAAAAAs8/qXMd9kS-9PI/s1600/Michel%2BFournier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568840381646032242" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh-0nbczXI/AAAAAAAAAs8/qXMd9kS-9PI/s400/Michel%2BFournier.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 268px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;À travers tournées internationales et enregistrements prestigieux, le pianiste Michel Fournier séduit les auditoires les plus exigeants par sa palette sonore unique et sa vision artistique novatrice. Il s’attire la ferveur de son public par un rare alliage de poésie et de puissance évocatrice, qu’il a hérité de sa formation auprès de légendes telles Yvonne Hubert et Menahem Pressler.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Reconnu comme un maître de la musique impressionniste, salué par la critique pour ses interprétations exceptionnelles des Préludes de Debussy, Michel Fournier possède de surcroît une rare flexibilité qui lui permet d’exceller dans les styles les plus diversifiés. Que ce soit avec l’ensemble Quartango avec qui il s’est mérité le Prix Opus du meilleur concert en 2005 au Centre d’arts d’Orford, ou par ses incursions dans le répertoire jazz, ou encore par ses arrangements originaux de folklore qu’il fusionne avec les grands classiques, Michel Fournier est un pianiste qui ne cesse de nous étonner.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Décrit par la critique comme « un grand conteur et un épicurien du son », Michel Fournier se distingue par sa capacité à communiquer sa passion et son art. Docteur en musique, pédagogue, conférencier et concertiste, son charisme renverse et touche son public dans toutes les dimensions de son art.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Son dernier CD 17 :05, sous étiquette MYR, a été salué par ses auditeurs comme étant « l’une des expériences musicales les plus bouleversantes par la beauté et la profondeur du toucher et par la perfection de ses interprétations », et « le meilleur CD de l’année 2008 ». La critique québécoise l’a déclaré « Coup de cœur » à sa sortie, et a souligné « la cohérence, le souffle intérieur et le climat invitant ostensiblement à la rêverie ». Un extrait de l'album &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;17:05&lt;/span&gt;(Gnossienne no 2 d'Erik Satie), se retrouve sur l'audioguide accompagnant l'exposition &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Van Dongen, un fauve en ville"&lt;/span&gt;, présentée par le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Musicien engagé dans sa communauté, tant sur le plan de la diffusion des arts que dans les programmes éducatifs, cet artiste exceptionnel continue également de rayonner sur la scène canadienne et internationale. Depuis plusieurs années, il sillonne le Canada en tant que juge de concours nationaux aux quatre coins du pays. En février 2012, il sera juge invité pour une durée de 5 semaines au prestigieux "Hong Kong School Music Festival", au cours duquel il évaluera et commentera les prestations de jeunes et talentueux pianistes venant de toute la Chine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En janvier 2012, il inaugurera une prestigieuse École de Musique à Morin-Heights dans les Laurentides, &lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Les Ateliers LouisMichel"&lt;/i&gt;, dédiée aux talents exceptionnels et aux passionnés de musique.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/653939911623049462-3639105742421226289?l=michelfournier2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/feeds/3639105742421226289/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=653939911623049462&amp;postID=3639105742421226289' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/653939911623049462/posts/default/3639105742421226289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/653939911623049462/posts/default/3639105742421226289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/2011/02/travers-tournees-internationales-et.html' title='Michel Fournier-Biographie'/><author><name>Michel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14821176726959779431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh-0nbczXI/AAAAAAAAAs8/qXMd9kS-9PI/s72-c/Michel%2BFournier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-653939911623049462.post-8990421891730224998</id><published>2011-02-01T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T08:07:45.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Michel Fournier-Biography</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh9PJxA5KI/AAAAAAAAAs0/ZVB2WjigM0o/s1600/Michel%2BFournier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568838638516626594" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh9PJxA5KI/AAAAAAAAAs0/ZVB2WjigM0o/s400/Michel%2BFournier.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 268px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Praised both as a soloist and a chamber player, Canadian pianist Michel Fournier has performed with a number of orchestras and is widely appreciated for the many recitals he has given in Canada, Europe and United States. His repertoire covers a broad spectrum of keyboard music from different eras and styles. He has a special fondness for French music and has earned critical acclaim for the originality of his interpretation and his refined sound: "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...a perfect knowledge of the expressive resources of the piano, a tour de force that ranks him among the masters of impressionist music."&lt;/span&gt; (Adveratul de Cluj-Romania).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michel Fournier toured extensively with the world-class ensemble Quartango. The group won "Prix Opus" (a prestigious award from Conseil Québécois de la Musique)for best performance in 2005. Michel Fournier gave many TV performances for Telethon Operation Enfant Soleil, a well-known organization raising funds for sick children. He also has several Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC) recordings and movie soundtracks to his credit. His CDs feature piano works by &lt;a href="http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=7087AA9EA2E76E087CFC211AB107D858?album_id=129121&amp;amp;album_group=14" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;Debussy, Prokofiev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Bartok and Stravinsky.Michel has shared his artistry with numerous musicians and ensembles, including the acclaimed "Les Chambristes de Montreal" whose members also play with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. A regular performer in regional and inter-provincial festivals, he can be heard in Montreal's Mozart Plus festival, the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival and various Quebec-sponsored events. He is renowned for his extensive knowledge of the violin-and-piano repertoire and eagerly sought after as a player in this formation.Michel has made a series of recordings dedicated to composers of Central Europe, highlighting the works of &lt;a href="http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=80414&amp;amp;album_group=14" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;Szymanowsky, Janacek, Dvorak and Suk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Highly appreciated as an educator, he gives regular&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22531425" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"&gt;master classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and promotes his love of music by presenting frequent lectures and workshops. He also adjudicates numerous competitions and Festivals across Canada and Asia. Michel will be adjudicating for the "Hong Kong School Music Festival" in February and March 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a student of French pianist Yvonne Hubert, Michel completed a master’s degree in Montreal before continuing his studies abroad, primarily in France and Austria. He also attended the University of Indiana, where he studied under Menahem Pressler. Michel completed a doctorate in performance with Marc Durand and is currently associate professor at the University of Sherbrooke.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Michel Fournier's latest CD 17:05&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;under MYR label is received by its listeners as "the most fantastic musical experience ever". Fournier's mastering of musical tones and colors is rendering a unique approach to classical and jazz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="post-footer" style="color: #777777; font: normal normal normal 78%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.75em; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/653939911623049462-8990421891730224998?l=michelfournier2.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/feeds/8990421891730224998/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=653939911623049462&amp;postID=8990421891730224998' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/653939911623049462/posts/default/8990421891730224998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/653939911623049462/posts/default/8990421891730224998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelfournier2.blogspot.com/2011/02/michel-fournier.html' title='Michel Fournier-Biography'/><author><name>Michel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14821176726959779431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_48TcEfnmgX0/TUh9PJxA5KI/AAAAAAAAAs0/ZVB2WjigM0o/s72-c/Michel%2BFournier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
