Very pleased to announce that my double album Gabriel Pierné, Feuillet d'album is a finalist / nominated for the #PrixOpus26 gala that will take place on February 5 at the Salle Bourgie in Montreal - Album of the year in the category: Classical, romantic, post-romantic and impressionist music. Congratulations also to the other nominees! I would like to thank the beautiful team behind this beautiful project:
Mathilde Lemieux in directing and mixing, Clement Goulet in sound recording, Marc Thériault from Le Lab Mastering, the Domaine Forget de Charlevoix staff, Julien Thuret for the superb photos and Marie-Andrée Mongeon for the infographic of the cover and booklet. Thank you also to my friend and painter Michel Jacques for creating a artwork inside the cover and booklet. Thanks also to Cendrine Audet for the revision of the text of the booklet, and Madeleine Poirier for the English translation and David Kennedy for the revision of the English version.
Thanks also to Cyril Bongers who guided me (and who always guides me) in the Pierné Archive Fund and who wrote Pierné's biography in the booklet; Philippe Côté for the narration in Gulliver in the country of Lilliput; my dear professor at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP) Denis Pascal for his valuable advice in the preparation of these recordings and my thesis director Philippe Cathé.
A special thank you to my 60 Kickstarter contributors as well as to the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec without whom this project could not have seen the light of day. Finally, thank you to the Conseil québécois de la musique de la musique for this huge recognition!
Some useful links: My nomination : https://prixopus.com/fina.../gabriel-pierne-feuillet-dalbum/ https://antoinelaporte.bandcamp.com/.../gabriel-piern... Buy physical version: