Event Info
Esmerine
An ambitious, Canadian, Juno Award-winning chamber rock ensemble
7:00pm - 11:00pm
TBA
Event Description
A night of music you won’t want to miss!
Canada’s Esmerine are an ambitious, Juno Award-winning chamber rock ensemble known for their expansive, largely acoustic and guitar-free instrumental sound, which draws from avant-garde classical and post-punk as well as several traditional styles. Established by cellist Beckie Foon and percussionist Bruce Cawdron, both of whom were members of Set Fire to Flames as well as other Montreal ensembles such as A Silver Mt. Zion and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Esmerine debuted in 2003 with If Only a Sweet Surrender to the Nights to Come Be True. Additional members and guest musicians joined for 2011’s La Lechuza, and the Istanbul-recorded Dalmak (2013) featured several Turkish musicians. The group has continued crafting mournful, cinematic albums such as Lost Voices (2015), Mechanics of Dominion (2017), and Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More (2022), which won both “Instrumental Album of the Year” and “Album Artwork of the Year” at the 2023 Juno Awards.
“Mechanics of Dominion is a bold, gripping and brilliantly nuanced addition to Esmerine’s gorgeous catalogue, swelling with hope and brimming with energy.”
– Exclaim 9/10
In-Person Event
Fri. December 1st 2023 + Add to Calendar
Hotel Wolfe Island
