The Up to Your Ears festival will take place on August 9 to 19, 2007 at the Christ Church Cathedral in Montréal. Amongst the guest artists invited to celebrate contemporary music in its written, improvised, electroacoustic, “actuelle,” and jazz forms, are Lori Freedman, Bozzini Quartet, Ga Ma Ra trio (Ganesh Anandan, Malcolm Goldstein, Rainer Wiens), and Quintette Mont-Royal. For the detailed schedule, go to the La Liste web calendar.

Following the performance of Biber’s Passacagliaby by baroque violonist Linda Melsted, Lori Freedman will carry the visionary spirit of Biber into her own contemporary improvisations, joined by dancer/improviser Julia Sasso. The “Biber RePass” event takes place as part of the Toronto Music Garden 2007 series of the Harbourfront Centre, on August 9, 2007 in Toronto.

You may want to take advantage of the good exchange rates, fly your way to New York as free birds, and listen to Nicolas Caloia, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Jean Derome, Lori Freedman, Joane Hétu, and Danielle Palardy Roger from May 25 to 27, 2007 at The Stone, New York (USA). This event is worth a visit… Rediscover their musical spirit listening to some audio clips on the page of Canevas «+».

Lori Freedman will tour Balkan Europe with Les Amis Ensemble (Lynn Kuo, Rachel Mercer, Marianna Humetska, Joseph Macerollo) under the direction of Michael Pepa. Les Amis Ensemble is a group of some of the most talented Canadian musicians. The ensemble performs contemporary as well as traditional chamber music.

• April 27: Petar Preradovi Square, Zagreb (Croatia)
• April 28: Mimara Museum, Zagreb (Croatia)
• April 30: Haus der Komponisten, Vienna (Austria)
• May 2: Sibiu (Romania)
• May 3: George Enescu Hall, Bucarest (Romania)
• May 4: City Hall, Lviv (Ukraine)
• May 6: French Cultural Institute, Budapest (Hungary)

Missing her already? Listen to some excerpts from her latest album 3.

The next Mercredimusics will host Lori Freedman (clarinets), Jean René (viola), Rémy Bélanger (cello), Jane Lazarovic (doublebass) and their guests on April 4, 2007 at the Casa Obscura in Montréal. Listen to some audio clips of the new releases 3 and Cordes à danser… suite saguenayenne.

Meet up with Espaces sonores illimités (ESI), Jean Derome, Bernard Falaise, Lori Freedman, Pierre Labbé, Diane Labrosse, Pierre Tanguay, and light designer Eric Belley in a musical improvised work entitled Spatio lumino. This performance will take place on Saturday February 24, 2007 at the Société des arts technologiques, in Montréal, as part of the opening show of the 3rd Montréal/Nouvelles musiques (MNM) festival.