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Lori Freedman (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1958) • residence: Montréal, Québec • composer • performer (clarinet, bass clarinet) — member of: FReC • Queen Mab • Queen Mab Trio
Conspicuously described as “a musical revolutionary,” Lori Freedman is known internationally as one of Canada’s most provocative and creative performers. Her work includes contemporary, improvised and electroacoustic music and she frequently extends into multidisciplined forms collaborating with dance, theatre and visual artists. Over thirty-five composers have written solo bass clarinet music for her and her work has been recorded on 24 CDs, most recently See Saw (Queen Mab Trio, on Wig), Close (Queen Mab, on Spool), and Barbie’s Other Shoe (Queen Mab, on 9 Winds). Just prior to the release of her debut feature solo album Huskless! (Artifact) she received the 1998 Freddie Stone Award for the “demonstration of outstanding leadership, integrity and excellence in the area of contemporary music and jazz.” That cd won her the nomination for the Prairie Music Award 2000 as the “Most Outstanding Classical Recording.” Her second solo album, À un moment donné (Ambiances Magnétiques) has been receiving critical acclaim since its release and was nominated for Best Recording of Musique Actuelle at Prix Opus 2003. Freedman recently published 3 (Ambiances Magnétiques) a collection of three different trios featuring the most prominent members of Montréal’s musique actuelle scene. Highlights from Freedman’s most recent activities include concerts with Joëlle Léandre, Suzie Ibarra, Iva Bittova, Maggie Nichols, Kaffe Matthews, Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Misha Mengelberg, Evan Parker, Mark Dresser, Joe McPhee, and Fred Frith. Recent events also saw Freedman premiering her new bass clarinet composition Brief Candles; embarking on a 30-city Europe/North America tour with the Queen Mab Trio; working on the solo concert production Dehors en dedans/ There, in here, featuring works written for her, by her and by Canadian composers Ana Sokolovic, Bradshaw Pack, Monique Jean, André Ristic, Jacquie Leggatt and Jean Derome; giving solo improvisation performances at the World Bass Clarinet Conference in Rotterdam and the International Jazz Festivals in Guelph and Vancouver. Continuing on her live performance appearances, Freedman has several recording projects and releases in the near future: Thin Air (Queen Mab Trio); The Seattle Trio (with Gust Burns on piano and Tom Swafford on violin; Thompson/Freedman Duo (with trombonist Scott Thompson); and Solori, a solo DVD project, an improvisation in the style of the rock-video. [ix-06] electrocd.com Lori Freedman: biography |
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