Directed by Vincent René-Lortie, the video is inspired by the feeling of being cloistered in a box. « We’ve all experienced this feeling of being restrained by rules to follow as if we were all destined to become the same person. In these boxes, illustrated here by apartment towers, countless people have built their homes, but have trouble connecting with each other. With a simple story, I tried to illustrate this moment of understanding, where the artist realizes that she has two choices; either to accept or to destroy these four walls. Changing Winds is a state of desire and a fear of change. It is the origin of an explosion,» explains Vincent.
Alexandra Stréliski’s album launch-show in Montreal has been sold-out months in advance. She will be playing in Montreal, Quebec City and Saint-Jérôme while more concert dates will be announced shortly. She’s set to perform in Paris at the MaMA Festival on October 18th. She will be the guest on the highly viewed TV show Tout le monde en parle this Sunday that airs in Quebec.
Recorded in Fall 2017 at Studio PM in Montreal, INSCAPE is the work of an artist unconcerned with conventions, whose approach of neoclassicism is resolutely current. Produced by Alexandra Stréliski herself and Maxime Navert (who also co-produced Pianoscope), the attempt was to fill a certain emotional emptiness, a creative urge that commits to taking the listener back to a form of lost sincerity. “A piano, on its own, is a very vulnerable thing, and I want to share this moment with the listener,” explains Alexandra.
One of the rare women in the neoclassical world, Alexandra Stréliski creates music that enthralls listeners, filling their minds with rich, cinematic images. An artist of Polish Jewish origin who grew up between Paris and Montreal, she made her debut with the 2010 album Pianoscope, but the general public discovered her via Jean-Marc Vallée’s films Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Demolition (2016) and, more recently, the trailer of the acclaimed HBO series Big Little Lies (2017). The aforementioned support of Jean-Marc Vallée, which allowed Stréliski’s music to be heard during the Oscars ceremony in 2014, brought her streaming numbers up to nearly 15 million and seen her play sold-out concerts at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in recent years. UK newspaper The Telegraph praised her debut album as “distinguishable by its simplicity, its sensitivity and softness”.
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SHOWS
October 11th 2018 Centre Phi • Montreal Album launch • SOLD OUT
October 18th 2018 Les Trois Baudets • Paris MaMA Festival
February 22nd 2019 Théâtre Outremont • Montreal
March 1st 2019 Palais Montcalm • Quebec
March 29th 2019 Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault • St-Jérôme

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