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Alexandre Therrien

Fusion Composer/Guitarist

About Me


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French canadian musician influenced by flamenco guitar, romantic expression and rock music. Since 1997 he has been working on a new genre fusioning those three musical spheres and the demands of an improved aesthetic, an expressive technicality and a profound research of musicality. Inspired by his latin roots, he explored Andalucia in 2004, the flamenco cradle! His playing was forever transformed. (Andalucia: a region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization).
During 7 years of studies in Canada and Spain he honed his skills in the following areas:
Classical Guitar
Jazz Guitar
Flamenco Guitar
Classical Piano
Jazz Piano
Counterpoint
Arrangements (Jazz Big-Band)
Composition (Avant-Garde approach)
Intrumentation (Orchestra, Big-Band)
Percussions
Compàs and Palmas (Flamenco Rhythm/Meters & Forms)
Alexandre has studied with Claude McKinnon , Gilles Beaudoin, Gilles Ouellet , Gabriel Hamel, Éric Morin, Juan Maria Real and David Moran. The most influential teacher for Therrien has been the internationally acclaimed Rémi Boucher , a guitar virtuoso, whom he studied with for 2 years.
Since 2006 he has been organising his career and working with well known musicians in Canada, in Asia, and in the UK with Tim G. Wilson . He has performed regular concerts internationally and self-produced his first solo album called Overture in july 2006 featuring extended original compositions. He draws from a rich palette of musical influences including modern flamenco, romantic classical repertoire and rock fusion.
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Member Since: 10/4/2006
Band Website: alexandretherrien.com
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Influences: NEW - Alexandre Therrien - Maghreb - Flamenco Fusion Guitar - NEW

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The Ultimate performance of 'La Valse. As the story goes, told to me by a mutual friend J.S., Glenn Gould was slightly jealous of another God of the piano, Vladimir Horowitz, because of his renowned 'piano technique'. 'I can draw circles around Horowitz' he claimed, and recorded the Valse (not one of his favorite pieces) on Video to prove it. As a result we have been blessed with this masterpiece.
AT: Gould having given most of his life to Bach's work, this transcription of an impressionism idiom imply a very unorthodox approach to this peculiar piece of history, notably in his way of using the sustain pedal, exposing very intense "sound wall" texture early in the first development. This manner of approching "crowd pleasing" piece or music genre by getting out of convention is one of Gould's signature caracterising his playing outside the Bach repertoire such as Mozart's or Beethoven which he found useless to play in a traditional way. "I think the basic statements have been made for posterity; now what we MUST do is try to find our way around these things"-GG.

Record Label: Independant
Type of Label: None

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MY NEW CD IS NOW AVAILABLE !!

 Hey guys, my new CD is available on myspace! Come and have a look! :)Cheers!Alexandre Therrienhttp://www.myspace.com/alexandretherrienP.S.: New sample available on myspace!...
Posted by Alexandre Therrien on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:02:00 PST

No Common Practice: The New Common Practice and its Historical Antecedents -By Benjamin Piekut

No Common Practice: The New Common Practice and its Historical AntecedentsBy BenjaminPiekut Published: February 1, 2004 When I initially spoke with friends and colleagues about the notion of a new "co...
Posted by Alexandre Therrien on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:43:00 PST

Listening for Music's Overall Destiny -By AnthonyBrandt

Listening for Music's Overall DestinyBy AnthonyBrandt Published: December 13, 2006 Many of the recommendations about how to make contemporary music more audience friendly focus on how the music is pre...
Posted by Alexandre Therrien on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:39:00 PST

Tour date for 2006-2007

| Overture Tour 2006 |CANADA 07/30: Galerie RoujeOfficial release of the album "Overture"SPAINSevilla (August 2006)Casa CarmenLa CarboneriaPlaza Coffee BarM3 Cafe Live Music PubTheatro AlamedaCafé Jaz...
Posted by Alexandre Therrien on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:20:00 PST