Traditional music from Trinidad and 17th century London with a theatrical bow to Bollywood!
Music of Henry Purcell, Gabriel Dharmoo, Lord Kitchener, du Lovey’s String Band, and more
Regular: $35 - Seniors (65+): $30 - Students: $15
Café L’Orbite
406 Rue Notre Dame E
Montréal QC
Canada
Les bijoux de Bijuriya
Bijuriya, artiste drag - Gabriel Dharmoo
Les Goûts réunis:
Mélanie de Bonville, violon
Kyran Richard Assing, violoncelle
Abraham David Ross, clavecin
This colourful, grand ball brings Les Goûts réunis together with extravagant drag queen, Bijuriya! The maddest possible baroque event, takes us musically from Trinidad through 17th century London with a theatrical bow to Bollywood surpassing any cultural norms with panache!
Gabriel Dharmoo's multidirectional artistic practice encompasses musical composition, vocal performance, drag artistry, interdisciplinary arts and research. His drag persona Bijuriya came to life in 2018. Half-Indian and half-Québécoise, Bijuriya explores her cultural roots by oscillating between homage, parody and critical thinking. Based on the exploration of this drag persona, the 2022 solo production Bijuriya has been presented at Montréal Arts Interculturels, the Vancouver Queer Arts Festival, the Music Gallery in Toronto and Springboard Performance’s Fluid Fest in Calgary. The show was presented 5 times in the Montreal Maisons de la culture de Montréal, via the CAM en Tournée program.
Les Goûts réunis (2022) was founded by cellist-gambist Kyran Assing as a space in which young music professionals of historically informed performance (H.I.P) unite to explore the full expanse of Early Music repertoire. The group focuses on accessible concerts for visible minority communities, an informal / a welcoming concert ambiance, and social empowerment through education, intergenerational sharing, and cultural representation.
Named after Francois Couperin’s concert suites, the group is indeed a unification of diverse cultures, performance styles, genres, art forms, and audiences. Baroque drag, African diasporic music of the 17th and 18th centuries, Caribbean folktales and theatre, and Brazilian historical dance music are all on the table, and are mixed with traditional European music of the same period.