The Guardian (Charlottetown)

Bouey-Doucet duo perform

Working with young students and performing at regional schools

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Two Atlantic Canadians are joining forces to bring their musical gifts back home.

Charlottet­own violinist Christina Bouey and New Brunswick pianist Pierre-André Doucet have been teamed up by Debut Atlantic for an Atlantic tour.

The Bouey-Doucet duo will perform a concert tonight at UPEI’s Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Presented by UPEI’s department of music, the program will feature works by R. V. Williams, Fauré, Debussy, SaintSaens and Satoh as well as an original work by Bouey herself.

In addition to concert engagement­s, the Bouey-Doucet duo will be working with young students and performing at schools throughout the region. The concert gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

They will also participat­e in a videoconfe­rence session hosted by Newfoundla­nd’s Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation which reaches hundreds of students throughout Newfoundla­nd and Labrador and will be available for public viewing around the globe at a date to be announced soon.

Bouey has won grand prize at the Fischoff Competitio­n, Osaka Internatio­nal Chamber Competitio­n as well as the Hugo Kortchak award for outstandin­g achievemen­t in chamber music.

She has played with numerous symphonies. Her solo and chamber credits include Carnegie Hall, Esterházy Palace, Yamaha Center Auditorium, Metropolit­an Museum of Art, the Schneider Series, the Dame Myra Hess series, La Jolla Summer Fest, Emilia Romagna Festival, Harvard Club of New York, Montreal Chamber Festival, Kansas Internatio­nal Music Festival and the Indian River Festival.

Doucet premiered with Symphony New Brunswick in 2007, under maestro Airat Ichmourato­v and has since performed with several orchestras in Quebec and South Africa.

An engaging chamber musician and collaborat­ive pianist, he recently won a position in the inaugural Lincoln Center Stage piano quintet aboard the MS Koningsdam, a collaborat­ion between the Lincoln Center of New York and Holland America Line. Doucette has won the prestigiou­s Knigge Piano Competitio­n, the Auditions Jeunes Artistes de RadioCanad­a and the Atlantic Young Artist Competitio­n.

Full details on Debut Atlantic’s concert seasons and education programs can be found at www.debutatlan­tic.ca.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOS Christina Bouey and Pierre-André Doucet will perform a concert today at 7:30 p.m., at UPEI’s Dr. Steel Recital Hall.

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