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Poster: Michael Kelsey - Société de guitare de Québec, Palais Montcalm, Saturday, May 22

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Michael Kelsey - Société de guitare de Québec

  • Music
  • Variety
  • Acoustic
When

Event 7:30 p.m.

Price
billet $49.50

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Champion national du concours « Guitarmageddon » organisé par Guitar Center, Michael Kelsey transforme la guitare acoustique en véritable orchestre à une seule personne. Son jeu funky et percussif évoque une version solo de STOMP, tandis que ses instrumentaux riches et mélodiques rappellent Michael Hedges et Phil Keaggy, deux influences qu’il fusionne dans un son résolument unique.

Kelsey exploite chaque recoin de son instrument : accordages alternatifs, techniques percussives, jeu mélodique et approche résolument physique de la scène. Rythme, mélodie, texture et mouvement naissent d’un seul et même instrument, sans jamais se ressembler d’un morceau à l’autre.

Sur scène, Kelsey va bien au-delà du jeu de guitare conventionnel. Musique improvisée, paroles inventées à l’instant, technologie, objets inattendus et interactions directes avec le public font de chaque concert une expérience unique, aussi captivante à voir qu’à entendre. Une idée lancée par un spectateur, une inspiration soudaine : tout peut devenir matière à création en temps réel.

Entre instrumentaux minutieusement composés et pure improvisation, Michael Kelsey livre des prestations énergiques et imprévisibles, portées par une guitare, une voix et une imagination sans limites.

« Michael uses an arsenal of electronics, his Taylor 615, and his voice to create layers of sonic adventures that challenge the limits of acoustic guitar music. »

– Taylor Guitars

« A fearless experimenter, Kelsey is an acoustic guitarist who weaves a multitude of unusual sounds and rhythms into his patchwork quilt of work. Part performance artist and part virtuoso musician. Kelsey takes the widest possible variety of music and makes it his own. »

– Nuvo Magazine,Indianapolis, IN

« After sets by Neal Schon and Steve Vai Michael Kelsey takes the stage. His combination of percussive, Michael Hedges-like playing and Junior Brown-style de-and re-tuning shows that he is indeed a viable Guitarzilla. – MATT WEITZ. »

– The Dallas Morning News

« A crowd estimated at over 15,000 listened intensely as Indianapolis, Indiana’s Michael Kelsey played the winning performance on his Taylor 615 acoustic guitar. Kelsey received a thunderous standing ovation, despite the 91-degree temperature. »

– Mix Magazine

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