I Musici thrills audiences with music and images under the open sky.
If paintings could dance, they might look like this. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, this coming July 27, in Park Lafontaine, I Musici treats audiences to a free concert of Mussorgsky’s famous Paintings at an exhibition, inspired by the works of artist Victor Hartmann.
The fruit of the collaboration between Natasha Turovsky—painter, soloist, and daughter of the ensemble’s conductor—Maestro Yuli Turovsky and digital artist Gaël Hollard, these 15 works blend painting and music, immersing spectators in a fantastical world of dreams.
While the beautiful sounds of the orchestra fill the air, audiences can feast their eyes on “dancing images” depicting the colourful characters of Russian folk tales and legends, such as a frightful little gnome or Baba Yaga, the wicked witch who lives in a cabin on chicken feet. Out of the ordinary? Maybe. But when you combine chamber music, visual artistry and a soft summer night, this is definitely what we call a treat.
