Ensemble Paramirabo

Ensemble Paramirabo est composé de cinq musiciens polyvalents et indépendants qui s’efforcent de donner une nouvelle vie à la performance musicale: Jeffrey Stonehouse, flûte; François Gagné, clarinette; Geneviève Liboiron, violon; Viviana Gosselin, violoncelle et Gabrielle Gingras, piano. Ensemble Paramirabo se présente comme une voix pour la diffusion de la musique d'aujourd’hui et pour la promotion de la nouvelle création des compositeurs émergents. Passant du solo à la formation de quintette, Paramirabo fait souvent appel à des musiciens supplémentaires pour élargir son répertoire et subvenir aux besoins des créations qui lui sont proposées.
Tenant comme origine la pièce Paramirabo du compositeur montréalais Claude Vivier, Ensemble Paramirabo a pris ses racines en 2008 à la suite d’une collaboration musicale pour deux Concours en musique de chambre ainsi que plusieurs concerts de la classe de musique contemporaine du Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Ils deviennent, en 2010, ensemble en résidence des Productions Berrisque, organisme montréalais qui se consacre à la redynamisation du concert grâce à une programmation hors du commun.
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Ensemble Paramirabo is a group of five versatile, innovative and independent musicians who strive to bring new life to the performance of art music. The group is comprised of Jeffrey Stonehouse, flute; François Gagné, clarinet; Geneviève Liboiron, violin; Viviana Gosselin, cello and Gabrielle Gingras, piano. Ensemble Paramirabo strives to present creative programming that embraces collaborations with other artists and stretches the boundaries of the traditional concert experience. According to Bachtrack, Ensemble Paramirabo demonstrates ‘total fearlessness’ and is ‘a rare gem in the city - born solely of creative inspiration, and their evolution as an up-and-coming musical force is not to be missed.’ The ensemble’s mandate is to act as an advocate for emerging composers by reserving the lion’s share of their programming to new works. With a flexible formation allowing for the performance of works ranging from solo to quintet and beyond, the ensemble frequently invites other musicians to fill out its ranks for compositions which call for a larger instrumentation.

Tracing its origins back to Paramirabo, a work by the late Montreal composer Claude Vivier, the members of Ensemble Paramirabo have been performing together since 2008 when they first met at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. Since 2010, Ensemble Paramirabo has been ensemble-in-residence with Productions Berrisque, a Montreal-based organization focused on re- energizing the concert experience through interesting programming in new settings.

Ensemble Paramirabo’s tracks

• Winter Fragments by Ensemble Paramirabo
• push/pull by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Relais Papillons by Ensemble Paramirabo
• the Torn Cubist by Ensemble Paramirabo
• sur les rives de by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Ishtar by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Kumiko by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Autoportrait sur Times Square by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Fairy Tale by Ensemble Paramirabo
• Paramirabo by Ensemble Paramirabo