Coinciding with the release of its new CD shortcut on Cathnor Recordings label, the Trio Sowari (Phil Durrant, computer; Bertrand Denzler, saxophone; Burkhard Beins, percussion) will be touring Europe:

• May 28, 2008: at Théâtre du Saulcy in Metz (France);
• May 9, 2008: at La Malterie in Lille (France);
• May 30, 2008: at Instants Chavirés in Montreuil (France);
• May 31, 2008: at Centre d’Art Passerelle in Brest (France);
• June 20, 2008: at t-u-b-e in München (Germany)

Michel Langevin (alias Away) and Martin Tétreault will be in concert as part of the Je me souviens series of exploratory music (curated by Éric Mattson) on May 23, 2008 at La Sala Rossa in Montréal.

On May 19, 2008 at Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville: René René Lussier, Martin Tétreault, and Otomo Yoshihide at Cinéma Laurier, 2 pm.

On May 18, 2008 at Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville: Michel F Côté: (Juste) Claudette, Cégep de Victoriaville, 12:15 am.

The Bozzini Quartet will be in concert at the Église de la Visitation in Montréal on May 18, 2008 (3 pm). On programme, notably: Namenlose Gärten by Thomas Stiegler, commissioned by the quartet.

On 16 mai 2008 at Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville:

• Tim Brady, Martin Messier, Bradyworks: Switch at Cinéma Laurier, 1 pm;
• Fred Frith: Cosa Brava at Cinéma Laurier, 8pm.