It Was Inside You All Along
About this Event
It Was Inside You All Along - Concert of the SALT New Music Festival
Ensemble Paramirabo (Montréal)
On the eve of the main SALT 2026 program, Ensemble Paramirabo offers a special festival pre-event bringing audiences into close contact with six distinctive musical voices.
The program moves between intimacy and intensity, stillness and disruption. Across the concert, small gestures grow into larger textures, individual sounds collide and connect, and the musicians’ close interaction becomes part of the experience.
Works by Ana Sokolović, Jimmie LeBlanc, Missy Mazzoli, and Philippe Macnab-Séguin are joined by two world premieres by Snežana Nešić and Nicolas Gilbert.
PROGRAM
Ana Sokolović: Ciaccona
Jimmie LeBlanc: Clamors of Being
Missy Mazzoli: Still Life with Avalanche
Philippe Macnab-Séguin: It Was Inside You All Along
Snežana Nešić: New work (world premiere)
Nicolas Gilbert: Miroir Miroir (world premiere)
Ensemble Paramirabo is a Montréal-based contemporary music ensemble dedicated to performing new work, supporting emerging Canadian composers, and expanding the traditional concert experience. Founded in 2008 at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, the group takes its name from Claude Vivier’s Paramirabo. Under the artistic direction of flutist Jeffrey Stonehouse, the ensemble has developed a strong international presence, appearing at festivals and concert series in Canada, Belgium, England, Mexico, and the United States. Since 2017, it has also served as ensemble-in-residence for the New Music Session at the Domaine Forget International Music and Dance Academy.
A leading advocate for contemporary creation, Ensemble Paramirabo has presented more than 80 premieres and commissions. The ensemble received the OPUS Performer of the Year Award and earned a 2020 JUNO nomination for Alone and Unalone, created with composer James O’Callaghan. Its performances and recordings have supported award-winning works by numerous composers, while critics have praised the group for its fearlessness, creative energy, and commitment to new musical voices.
ABOUT SALT NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
The SALT New Music Festival is a contemporary music festival based in Victoria, BC, bringing together British Columbian, Canadian, and international composers and performers. The 2026 edition explores the theme of Proximity—closeness to one another, to nature, to the universe, and across differences of background, nationality, identity, and generation. Through concerts, outdoor events, movement, and shared listening, SALT creates encounters where new music becomes a space for connection, exchange, and discovery.
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