I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra to Perform at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Performing Arts Center

The internationally acclaimed I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra will make a rare South Texas appearance with a concert at the Performing Arts Center on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi campus at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 21.

Founded by cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that performs a vast repertoire extending from the baroque to the contemporary. The orchestra presents more than 100 concerts throughout the world each season, including three prestigious series in Montreal.

Under the direction of Maestro Yuli Turovsky who also performs as cello soloist with the orchestra, I Musici de Montréal has performed in some of the greatest halls in the world including New York's Lincoln Center, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood, the Tonhalle in Zürich, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussel, the Kioi Hall in Tokyo and the Conservatoire de Musique in Luxemburg.

On the first half of the program I Musici de Montreal will be performing works by Alexandre Borodin and Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. After intermission, Maestro Turovsky will present Modest Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition” and feature reproductions of the original paintings that inspired Mussorgsky to compose the piece. The paintings will be shown behind the orchestra and were created by Turovsky's daughter Natasha Turovsky. She is one of the founding members of I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra as well as being an accomplished painter. She has had many important exhibitions both in Europe and in North America. Her paintings can be found in many private and corporate collections in Canada, England, Iran, China, Germany, France, Russia and the United States.

I Musici de Montréal has released more than 40 CDs in over 50 countries. These recordings have won the orchestra and Maestro Turovsky many awards, including a Diapason d'Or for their 1988 recording of Shostakovitch's 14th Symphony and a 1992 Penguin Guide Rosette for their “Concerti grossi, opus 6” by Handel. I Musici de Montréal's recording of Handel has since become a reference recording of the highest standard.

The I Musici de Montréal Tour is possible with the support of the Foreign Affairs of Canada and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

Tickets for I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra are available at ticketweb.com or by calling Ticketweb toll-free at 1-866-468-7621. Ticket prices range from $15 to $35. Tickets will also be available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. from Monday, Oct. 17 through Friday, Oct. 21 and one hour before the show.  For more information call (361) 825-ARTS.