{"id":109338,"date":"2023-07-27T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/nearly-3-years-after-surviving-sword-attack-quebec-city-musician-heads-to-new-york\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T00:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T00:47:28","slug":"nearly-3-years-after-surviving-sword-assault-quebec-city-musician-heads-to-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/nearly-3-years-after-surviving-sword-assault-quebec-city-musician-heads-to-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 3 years after surviving sword assault, Quebec City musician heads to New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Even as he packs his baggage, Quebec\u2019s R\u00e9my B\u00e9langer<\/a> de Beauport, can hardly consider he\u2019ll be residing in New York City lower than per week from now.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s funny. I\u2019m almost shy to say this, but this is going to be my first time in New York City,\u201d he stated. \u201cI\u2019m going to the place where the music I\u2019m into is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

B\u00e9langer de Beauport, who describes himself as a free improv cellist, was chosen for the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s five-month residency in SoHo. The program is open to artists from all disciplines, from visible arts to music and literature, however solely these with greater than 10 years of expertise are eligible to use.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had never applied before, but last year I thought \u2018Here\u2019s a promise to myself: I\u2019m applying for the first time for the studio in New York and I\u2019ll be applying for the next 10 years if I have to, but I\u2019m going to go there eventually,’\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd I got it on the first try.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The grant supplies a choose artist with a furnished house in New York, with the purpose of totally immersing them within the metropolis\u2019s artwork scene. It first got here to be in 1981 and dozens of native artists have taken half within the residency since.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour. I was selected on the basis of my work, by my peers, by the CALQ,\u201d B\u00e9langer de Beauport stated. \u201cBut also it\u2019s great to go to New York and have an apartment to myself and to just think about my art, but in a new place, in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n

CALQ estimates it receives between 30 to 40 purposes per studio per 12 months and solely two artists are chosen, every getting a half-year keep.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fairly the turnaround since not way back, B\u00e9langer de Beauport was pressured to place his music profession on maintain. He was one among seven folks stabbed throughout a random sword assault<\/a> in Quebec City\u2019s historic district on Halloween night time 2020. Two folks died of their accidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like that when we talk about my music now, the focus is really on the music and not on (the attack),\u201d he stated.\u00a0\u201cBut of course, it\u2019s a part of me, and it\u2019s a part of my experience, and a lot of people probably know me just because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He went by way of almost two years of intensive physiotherapy and ergotherapy after the assault.<\/p>\n