I have the feeling that I cannot betray this continuity,
this thing I carry with me.
The burden of history.
Morton Feldman
Quand j’étais jeune, on me disait :
“Vous verrez quand vous aurez cinquante ans”.
J’ai cinquante ans, et je n’ai rien vu.
Erik Satie
I have nothing to say/
and I am saying it/
and that is poetry/
as I need it.
John Cage "Lecture on Nothing" (1949)
Until I die there will be sounds.
And they will continue following my death.
One need not fear about the future of music.
John Cage "Experimental Music" (1957)
To understand what music has to be,
you have to live for music.
Who's ready to do that?
Morton Feldman, quoted in a 1976 interview, published in Desert Plants by Walter Zimmermann.
Montreal-based, Brigitte Poulin is an active and accomplished soloist, chamber musician, vocal accompanist and teacher whose repertoire covers all periods from the invention to the deconstruction of the piano.
Brigitte counts among her faithful collaborators singers Andréanne Brisson-Paquin and Vincent Ranallo, doublebassist Ali Yazdanfar, violinist Silvia Mandolini and pianist Jean Marchand. She has also founded two contemporary chamber ensembles: Ensemble Transmission and Trio Phoenix.
Brigitte Poulin teaches as a part-time lecturer at The Schulich music School of McGill University, as well as a member of the Summer Academy of Orford Music and the Domaine Forget.
Her most recent CD recordings include: Folklore imaginaire music by Ana Sokolović (Naxos), Pierrot lunaire (Atma), Transmission, and well Édifices Naturels: (Dame). Her performances can be heard on CBC and Naxos Records.