Pemi Paull
______ Home Biography * MySpace/Audio Videos Photos Repertoire Reviews Schedule Contact ______ Magic Castle Chamber Music Festival Warhol Dervish Chamber Music Collective The Lotus Trio _______________ Affiliations: Kore Ensemble BradyWorks Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) Ensemble Caprice Ensemble Arion Les Idees Heureuses _______________		Pemi Paull's deep love and lifetime fascination with music, as well as his probing curiosity and creative attitude towards his craft, have accounted for a diverse and multifaceted career, one which continues to expand into unexpected areas and venues.
	A versatile soloist and chamber musician, and a specialist in both new and early music, Pemi Paull is a true 21st century artist. He is the founder and artistic director of Warhol Dervish, an original and unorthodox chamber music collective based in Montreal. The recipient of the 2002 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award for Chamber Music, Pemi has been invited as a regular participant at Prussia Cove Chamber Music Festival in Cornwall, England, and Domaine Forget International Chamber Music Festival. A two-time winner of the National Arts Center Competition, he has been heard frequently on CBC as recitalist, as member of the Redpath Quartet, with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, as soloist with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and in May 2000, as soloist with l'Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec in the world premiere of "Debacle", for viola and orchestra, by Sherbrooke, Quebec-based composer, Denis Dion. Tremendously active in Montreal's thriving early music scene, Pemi appears regularly with Ensemble Caprice, Les Idees Heureuses, and Ensemble Arion. Pemi's activities have also also brought him to the forefront of Montreal's contemporary music world. He is a member of three important new music ensembles in Montreal, Bradyworks, Ensemble Kore, and SMCQ. In addition, Pemi has premiered works for viola by Scott Godin, Andre Ristic, Rose Bolton, Emily Hall, and Nicolas Gilbert, among others. Pemi gave the Canadian premiere of "Prologue", for viola and electronic resonator, by French composer Gerard Grisey. Francois Tousignant, of Montreal's Le Devoir, wrote of the performance, "...Voila une maniere differente d'user de la 'monodie' d'autant plus convainquante que l'interprete, totalement engage, en fait resortir tout l'art inspire et inspirant". A long term resident at the Banff Center, during the 2008 winter residency (January - March), Pemi plays on a viola built in 2007 by David Prentice, generously loaned to him by the Banff Centre. For Inquiries, Contact Pemi directly at PemiPaull@gmail.com