| Bio en français : |
Chenoa Anderson est l’une des interprètes canadiennes les plus en vue dans les musiques nouvelles. Elle a créé des dizaines de nouvelles œuvres et a interprété quelques-uns des plus importants morceaux de la musique contemporaine des quatre coins de la planète, tout en continuant à interpréter des œuvres classiques plus anciennes. Son répertoire fait place à presque tous les compositeurs importants du siècle dernier. Ses prestations l’ont portée dans la plupart des régions canadiennes, ainsi qu’en Europe, où elle a participé aux festivals Gaudeamus et Darmstadt. Elle s’est produite au Canada avec de nombreux ensembles de musique nouvelle, dont Standing Wave, Vancouver New Music, Toca Loca et le Helikon Ensemble, en plus d’une apparition avec New Works Calgary. Elle est également membre fondatrice de Das Chicas (Alberta) et a joué avec certains des meilleurs musiciens canadiens. Elle apparaît sur le disque compact éponyme de Standing Wave (1998), ainsi que sur Coastal Waves (1999). Chenoa Anderson lance en mars 2006 son premier album, intitulé Big Flutes: Canadian Music for Alto and Bass Flute. On peut l’entendre régulièrement à la CBC et on a pu la voir à la télévision de Radio-Canada. |
| Bio en anglais : |
Flutist Chenoa Anderson is one of Canada’s foremost interpreters of New Music. She has premiered dozens of new compositions and has commissioned a number of Canadian and internationally-based composers. In addition to performing some of the most important international contemporary works, she continues to perform classical works. Her repertoire list not only includes virtually every major composer of the past century, but also shows her commitment to living composers of a broad range of backgrounds, nationalities and stylistic tendencies. Chenoa Anderson is a founding member of the Helikon Ensemble (Vancouver), the Alberta trio Das Chicas, and the New Music Collective (Vancouver). As a freelance musician, she has performed with several of Canada’s finest musicians, as well as with a range of Canadian new music ensembles and presenters, including Standing Wave, Vancouver New Music, Toca Loca, and New Works Calgary. Anderson’s performances with these and other musicians and chamber music formations have given her the opportunity to perform in most regions of Canada, and in some of Europe’s most important New Music festivals, such as Gaudeamus and Darmstadt. Chenoa Anderson’s first solo recording, Big Flutes: Canadian Music for Alto and Bass Flute was released in March 2006. She is also featured on a CD of music by composer Paul Dolden, Délires de plaisirs (2005, empreintes DIGITALes), appears on Standing Wave’s eponymous CD (1998), and on Coastal Waves (1999). She has been heard regularly on the CBC, and has appeared on Radio-Canada television. |