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Award-winning chamber orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, performs

03/21/2012

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Painting by Natasha Turvosky. Photo provided by Jonathan Wentworth Associates.

I Musici de Montréal will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Hall Auditorium. The concert features the Mussorgsky classic “Pictures at an Exhibition” in a production traveling with the award-winning film of choreographed surreal paintings by Natasha Turvosky.

I Musici de Montréal, considered one of the world's finest chamber orchestras, was founded in 1983 and has been awarded many honors, including "Best Chamber Ensemble of the Year" in addition to Fanfare magazine’s recent praise of "one of the best chamber orchestras in North America."

The centerpiece of the program features the Mussorgsky classic with digitally animated projections of 15 large-scale paintings by Turovosky. The film, co-created with digital animator Gael Hollard, is featured on stage via large screen projection above the orchestra. The film won an Excellence in Cinema Award at the 2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

Turovsky is an acclaimed artist whose work has been seen in solo exhibitions around the world. Her work has been commissioned by diverse requests from record labels, chamber music ensembles and others.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $17 for senior citizens, and $9 for students and youth. For tickets or more information, order online at Performing Arts Series or call the Miami box office at 529-3200.

I Musici de Montréal is presented by the Miami University Performing Arts Series and sponsored by Gil & Joyce Gordon and the Havigurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies with media partners 88.5 WMUB, 91.7 WVXU.