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Violaine Corradi Composer "In circus, the music envelops the audience. It makes the audience feel the difficulties, the danger, the lightness or dizziness, and, sometimes, it can even reassure." —Violaine Corradi With Varekai, Violaine Corradi is revealing a new side of her musical universe, already familiar to Cirque du Soleil audiences thanks to her work on Dralion. Since this initial collaboration, in 1999, she has composed, arranged and assumed the musical direction of the soundtrack for the IMAX films Bears and Great North, recipient of the grand prize at the 2001 Festival du film de la Géode, in Paris. Violaine Corradi was born in Italy and arrived in Montreal at the age of four. Her father was a composer and conductor and her mother was an opera singer. In keeping with family tradition, she received classical training in singing, piano, clarinet and flute. At the age of seven, she joined the children's choir that accompanied the Bolshoi Opera, the Milan Scala and the Opéra du Québec during performances at the Place des Arts in Montreal. She later studied drama, chose piano as her principal instrument and discovered alternative rock. Her music gradually evolved into a fusion of musical styles, drawing inspiration from folk music around the world. Violaine Corradi's work reflects the diversity of her influences and interests. She has composed scores for numerous exhibitions and films. From 1993 to 1998, she composed, arranged and interpreted the music to accompany the writings of leading Quebec poets, assembled in the audio series Poésie/musique. The nine titles in this collection, which she co-produced, are distributed in Canada, France and Belgium. Some of the pieces from her 1996 solo album Passages, including "Illuminations", are included in anthologies alongside works by such artists as Philip Glass, Jon Anderson and Andreas Vollenweider. Varekai represents a new and stimulating experience in Violaine Corradi's artistic journey. "At Cirque, the designers are asked to throw themselves into empty space, like acrobats. But we are also offered a collective environment in which to create: that is our net," she points out. Violaine Corradi was born in 1959, in Trieste, Italy. For further information please contact |
