Reviews
“Montréal-based pianist and composer Marianne Trudel
is an influential figure on the national scene in Canada. […] She seeks to retain the crucial
element of spontaneity that makes improvised music so exciting. “When I walk on stage, there needs
to be a notion of risk. I don’t want to know exactly what will happen in advance.” Trudel’s enthusiasm is infectious and there can be little doubt that she will revel in
sharing that delight in risk taking with UK audiences. If Trudel achieves
her stated aims, people will leave the concerts feeling transported and moved. They are not to be
missed.” — Dan Paton, LondonJazzNews (UK), September 2016 [ “Each project that I’ve had the pleasure of hearing — such as
Trifolia in 2013 — and the many performances at the Montreal International Jazz
Festival — has been a delight. This musician exhibits thoroughness and earnestness that are rarely
equaled. She seems to be completely invested in her music.” — Nicolas Pelletier, RREVERB
(Québec), January 2015 [ “The three times I’ve seen Marianne Trudel perform in
person, she’s radiated rapture. Alert at the piano, she looked possessed by her music, expressions
of intent thoughtfulness and unfettered joy alternately crossing her face.” — Neil Hobkirk,
Wall of Sound (Canada), December 2014 [ “La vie commence ici is a title that emphasizes the
open-mindedness and warmth of young pianist Marianne Trudel.” —
Gilles Boisclair, SOCAN, Paroles & Musique (Canada), December 2014 [ “And if there is always a question mark related to this type of performance,
Marianne Trudel maintains that it is precisely this type of vertigo that
represents the essence of jazz. Going on stage without knowing exactly what will happen. Being in
the moment, always.” — Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, Le Devoir (Québec), September 2013
[ “Whether she is writing for the 17 musicians of Montreal’s Orchestre
national de jazz or for a trio, Marianne always puts forward a greatly refined musical
offering.” — Mathieu Charlebois, L’actualité (Québec), September 2013
[ “Trudel, the hottest young pianist on the Montréal
jazz scene.” — JD Considine, The Globe and Mail (Canada), September 2013
[ “She takes the piano through all the musical styles, from jazz to classical,
including a taste of rhythms from around the world. The pianist-composer-improviser explores and
pushes her instrument to its limits and beyond.” — Isabelle Craig, Radio-Canada: Médium
large (Québec), August 2013 [ “Amongst the not-to-be-missed, it is worth mentioning the presence of
Marianne Trudel.” — Voir (Québec), August 2013
[ “Marianne is one of our great Canadian pianistic talents and more people need
to hear her music” — Ken Pickering, Vancouver International Jazz Festival Blog (Canada), May
2013 [ “An extraordinary pianist […] Marianne Trudel is one
of the most respected jazz musicians in Quebec…” — Radio-Canada — Première chaîne (Québec),
August 2012 [ “Eclectic, she likes jazz in all its forms and thus puts forward a wealth of
musical offerings.” — Radio-Canada — Première chaîne (Québec), August 2012
[ “Personally, I much prefer applauding these exceptionally gifted young women of
jazz who are occupying more and more space in the jazz world; Esperanza
Spalding, […] Géraldine Laurent, Gretchen
Parlato […] Marianne Trudel…” — Alain Brunet, La Presse
(Québec), March 2011 [ “Talented pianist Marianne Trudel enhances the
encounters with passion and intelligence.” — Sorties Jazz Nights (Québec), October 2009
[ “… Marianne Trudel has made her way on our jazz scene
so as to become an authentic and indispensable part of it.” — Stanley Péan, Radio-Canada:
Blogue (Québec), June 2009 [ “… the crème de la crème of home-grown jazz, […] [among them] the excellent
pianist Marianne Trudel joins forces with harmonicist Lévy Bourbonnais.” — Stanley Péan, Voir (Québec), June 2009 [ “One of the most active pianists and composers in the Montréal scene,
Marianne Trudel, like many of her colleagues, has multiple projects
underway…” — Annie Landreville, La Scena Musicale #14:8 (Québec), May 2009
[ “Marianne Trudel is an unfailingly perfect piano
accompanist…” — Gabriel Bélanger, SOCAN, Paroles & Musique #16:1 (Canada), March 2009
[ “The least that can be said about this ubiquitous thirty something woman
pianist, composer arranger and multiple band leader is that she is has a seemingly endless supply
of energy to burn.” — Alain Brunet, La Presse (Québec), June 2008 [ “As a prelude to the MIJF, the OFF Jazz Festival [of Montreal] proposes, for
the ninth consecutive year, substantial programming that is more resolutely jazz-oriented than the
eclecticism-favouring big event. Watch for the Septet of pianist Marianne
Trudel…” — Stanley Péan, Voir (Québec), June 2008 [ “For the many who feel that the [Montreal International] Jazz Festival doesn’t
give enough visibility to the local jazz scene, or perhaps to jazz as a whole, the OFF [Jazz
Festival (of Montreal) ] has been filling this need for nine years already! Not to be missed[…] the
Sun Ra Arkestra, the Marianne Trudel
Septet.” — Patrick Baillargeon, Voir (Québec), May 2008 [ “Marianne is nothing like the cliched image we could have of a young jazz
composer. She is young, electric like her hair, contemporary like her piano technique.” —
Sarah Lévesque, SOCAN, Paroles & Musique (Canada), March 2008 [ “For me […] music needs to have an edge, and it needs to have risk involved,
and it needs to evolve, that’s what jazz means to me.” — Mike Chamberlain, Coda Magazine
#336 (Canada), November 2007 [ “… Trudel, Dresser and
Freedman will join forces for what will no doubt be a very exciting
program of original music.” — Mike Chamberlain, Hour (Québec), November 2006
[ “At 29 years of age, the Montréal pianist Marianne
Trudel has already accompanied the great Charles Aznavour. […] The
very portrait of a much sought-after young woman.” — Le Journal de Montréal (Québec), August
2006 [ “… one of them bringing together up and coming pianist Marianne Trudel and saxophonist Philippe Lauzier with two
talented European counterparts, French drummer Toma Gouband and trumpeter
Niels Ostendorf.” — Marc Chénard, La Scena Musicale (Québec), June
2005 [ “A few decades from now, who knows if [Lorraine
Desmarais] will, in turn, recommend the pianists she has mentored and who are beginning to
make their mark [like Marianne Trudel]…” — Alain Brunet, La Presse
(Québec), April 2005 [ “… featuring Marianne Trudel on piano and Kent Sangster on soprano saxophone, in which the interplay was magnificent.” —
Doug Thiessen, Rocky Mountain Outlook (Canada), May 2004 [ “Michelle Grégoire from Winnipeg and Marianne Trudel from Montréal […] a piano duet that had the audience shouting
approval…” — Doug Thiessen, Rocky Mountain Outlook (Canada), May 2004
[ “… a young musician to watch, Marianne Trudel.”
— Catherine Morency, Voir (Québec), June 2002 [ “The 14-piece orchestra conducted by Scott Price [… is
made up as much] of fresh faces (the excellent young pianist Marianne
Trudel) as of seasoned musicians (drummer Paul Brochu) …” —
Marie-Christine Blais, La Presse (Québec), April 2002 [ |
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