ELECTRIFY: Charlotte Juillard, Megumi Masaki, and BMIR Artists
Hannah Epperson, Banff Musicians In Residence 2023. Photo by Rita Taylor.
ELECTRIFY
Join French violinist “supersoliste” Charlotte Juillard with pianist Megumi Masaki, and participants from the Banff Musicians in Residence program in a celebration of the brilliance of Ravel and the thrill of experiencing new creations by singer songwriters.
Charlotte Juillard
Charlotte Juillard is the Concertmaster of the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014. In addition to the symphonic repertoire that she particularly enjoys, Charlotte conducts and performs concerti with the orchestra. She is also guest concertmaster for Paris Chamber Orchestra, Aurora Ensemble in London, Orchestre des Champs Elysées with period instruments and gut strings, co-concertmaster at Les Dissonances with David Grimal and Sinfonia Grange au Lac in Evian. Passionate about chamber music, she was first violin of Zaïde quartet from its beginnings until 2017. From 2021 to 2023 Charlotte Juillard also joined Paloma Kouider and Louis Rodde in the Karénine Trio. It was in Evian in 2019 that Charlotte founded the Trio Miroir with violist Grégoire Vecchioni and cellist Christophe Morin.
Funded through the generosity of Foundation DRG
Megumi Masaki
Megumi Masaki is a pianist, multimedia performing artist, educator and curator. She is recognized as an innovator that reimagines the piano, pianist and performance space. Her work pushes boundaries of interactivity between sound, image, text and movement in multimedia works through new technologies, including hand-gesture-motion tracking to generate and control live-electronics and live-video, AI, 3D visuals, keyboard-controlled computer game, e-textile sensors and active infra-red tracking. As a Japanese-Canadian artist, her work also explores how human rights and environmental issues can intersect and be communicated through music. Over 70 compositions have been created with/for Megumi and she has premiered 150 works worldwide. Megumi was appointed to the Order of Manitoba and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
