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The concerts start again in September: in Quebec and in the United States

In September, concerts pick up again with renewed energy for guitarist and singer Christine Tassan. In Quebec, she will perform in duo with violinist Martine Gaumond at Place Lagny in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts (Sept 6) and at Domaine Trinity in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu for the Symposium des Arts du Haut-Richelieu (Sept 7). She is relaunching her “Apéro-Jazz Thursdays” series at La Brassée with guitarist Ron Ledoux (Sept 11). Come enjoy this friendly café, restaurant, and performance venue located across from Parc Molson (Rosemont, Montreal). She will also be the guest of guitarist François Ouimet at La Petite Marche (Sept 12). On Sept 14, she will represent the guitars of luthier Théo Kazourian at the

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“Bruissements” in the finals of Unsigned Only Music Awards

Our composition Bruissements from the album Bruissement boréal of Marie-Véronique Bourque et Christine Tassan is in the FINAL of the Unsigned Only Music Awards! That’s great! We need you to win the grand prize in the JAZZ category! Here is the link to vote. You can vote once a day by August 27, 2025. Put your alarms on your cellphones! We are counting on you! THANKS FOR SHARING VOTE FOR BRUISSEMENTS !

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A beautiful musical summer 2025!

It’s a beautiful musical summer ahead for the singer and guitarist Christine Tassan! With her Gypsy jazz band, Christine Tassan et les Imposteures, you will find her on the roads of Quebec and the United States, with multiple concerts on the American east coast. Her brand new project Bruissement boréal, with flutist Marie-Véronique Bourque, will be presented three times in the Montreal region. And she will also be performing with other musical groups throughout the summer! A happy musical summer to all! All details on the concerts page.

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Christine Tassan participates to “Ceci est un album de guitare”

Christine Tassan is very happy to have participated in Ceci est un album de guitare. You can hear the guitarist playing “Bon voyage, Sylvain”, a composition she wrote in tribute to the guitarist Sylvain Luc who died prematurely in March 2024 and which was a great inspiration for Christine. Produced by Marc Pérusse, Ceci est un album de guitare brings together 17 string virtuosos from Quebec, each of whom wrote and performed a composition specially for the occasion Michel Cusson, Steve Hill, Salomé Leclerc, Luc de Larochellière, Jordan Officer, Ivan Boivin-Flamand, Christine Tassan, Éric Goulet, Jocelyn Tellier, Marie Claudel, David Lafèche, Dimitri LeBel-Alexandre, Jeff Smallwood, Jean-François Beaudet, Marc Pérusse, Marc

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“Bruissement boréal” is released today !

Discover the album Here it is ! The album Bruissement boréal is released today, Friday, May 9, 2025, on all digital platforms and in physical format on Bandcamp! This unusual project, carried by two experienced musicians, the guitarist Christine Tassan and the flutist Marie-Véronique Bourque, celebrates nature in sounds and silences, vibrations and breath. With its atypical instrumentation – the guitar and flute weave dialogues of a rare subtlety in the jazz landscape – Bruissement Boréal stands out from the first notes. Read the full press release. The launch will take place on May 16 at the Ministère (Montreal, QC). Tickets in person: https://lepointdevente.com/billets/mns250516001Tickets in virtual: https://lepointdevente.com/billets/mns250516002

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Là où les vagues sont d’or: a 2nd single from “Bruissement boréal”

Discover Là où les vagues sont d’or, a 2nd single from the album Bruissement boréal from Marie-Véronique Bourque and Christine Tassan. This composition of Marie-Véronique is inspired by the natural sounds of Saskatchewan and Quebec, where the two musicians respectively reside. The piece Là où les vagues sont d’or, composed by Marie-Véronique Bourque, draws inspiration from the golden wheat swaying in the wind across the Saskatchewan plains. The vast fields stretching as far as the eye can see resemble an ocean, where the waves are made of gold. The composition mirrors the movement of the wheat in a waltz with shifting rhythms. Initially introduced through a field recording, the sound

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