On April 14, 2022, the NEM and the Italian ensemble L’arsenale are offering a concert that rolls out the red carpet for avant-garde Italian music, as part of Résonance croisée • Volet #2, presented by Le Vivier. 

For this concert, the NEM, conducted by Lorraine Vaillancourt, presents Sinfonia da Camera by Alessandro Solbiati, a work that has a gradual intensity, offering “a path between darkness and light,” which is a personal and musical topos for Solbiati. Also on the program is Arras by Keiko Devaux, a work with a musical aesthetic that is comparable to the transparent, subtle and rarefied sound world of renowned composer Salvatore Sciarrino with whom Devaux studied at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Sienna.

Arras is nominated for a 2022 JUNO Award in the Classical Composition of the Year category. 

L’arsenale, conducted by Filippo Perocco, plays works that exert an unsettling and irresistible fascination, some of which were composed especially for the ensemble, which consists of a singer, saxophone, electric guitar, accordion and piano. 

A much-anticipated international event, Résonance croisée puts into perspective different approaches to music today and shows the deep-rooted dynamism of new music from Quebec, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany.