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LOUISE BESSETTE AND L'AUTOMNE MESSIAEN AT THE GALA FOR THE OPUS AWARDS
Montreal, February 5, 2010 - The thirteenth annual gala of the Opus Awards, organized by the Conseil Québécois de la Musique, took place on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at Salle Claude-Champagne, in Montreal. Assembled for this unique event, musical artists and artisans were honored with a total of 27 different awards, rewarding their achievements for the season from September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009
Pianist Louise Bessette was honored to receive two "Special Awards": Performer of the Year (accompanied by a prize of $5000 from the Canada Council for the Arts) and "Musical Event of the Year" for Automne Messiaen 2008. Louise Bessette would like to thank Maestro Kent Nagano and the composer Gilles Tremblay, the Patrons of Honor of Automne Messiaen, as well as all of those who participated in the realization of this great event, highlighting the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen.
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