Last respects to Marcel Barbeau
On January 23, family, friends et colleagues of Marcel Barbeau pay their last respects to the artist. A touching ceremony, hosted by the grand-son of the deceased, Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette, highlighted the different facets of the man who was involved in the great upheavals of modern Quebec and has dedicated over 70 years to creation .
Relatives of Marcel Barbeau wish to thank those who were involved to make this ceremony so special:
- Jocelyne Montpetit, Danseuse chorégraphe
- Véronique Lacroix, Chef d’orchestre et directrice artistique ECM
- ECM + Ensemble contemporain de musique de Montréal
- The contemporary music composer Henry Symon, the flutist Marilen Provencher-Leduc, the clarinetist Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse, the flutist Jeff Stonehouse
- Ms. Line Ouelett, director of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
- The Mayor of Montreal Denis Coderre
- Madam Hélène David, Minister of Culture and Communications and Minister responsible for the Protection and Promotion of the French language.
- Françoise Sullivan and Madeleine Arbour, signatories of Global Refusal and friends of Marcel Barbeau
- Ray Ellenwood, author and art historian
- Olivier Asselin, Damien Gillot and Marie-Eve Tanguay, former pupil and artist’s assistants.
- Walter Boudreau, composer and artistic director of the Quebec Contemporary Music Society
- Sonia Denault, director of Michel-Ange Art Gallery
Article about the tribute:
http://www.raav.org/adieu-marcel-barbeau
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/breve/42880/dernier-adieu-a-marcel-barbeau
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/01/23/un-dernier-hommage-a-marcel-barbeau-1
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/marcel-barbeau-funeral-1.3417362