Géraldine Célérier Eguiluz

Géraldine Eguiluz is a multi-instrumentalist (voice, guitar, trumpet, percussions) improviser, composer, musicologist, as well as poet and painter. Born in Mexico in 1969, citizen of the world and multi-lingual, she grew up in Bogota, Lisbon and Paris. She discovered herself as a musician from adolescence and deepened her practice until today. She emigrated to Québec in 2006 and became part of Montréal’s “musique actuelle” and improvised music scene, notably with Productions SuperMusique. Among her closest colleagues are Jean René, Stéphane Diamantakiou, Scott Thomson, Mili Hong, Julie Houle with which she signs her latest album Mexihcah Bones (2021) on the label Corne de Brume. She publishes Cante Jondo (Small Scale Music 2021) a digital reissue of a cassette as well as a zine of paintings dating from 1993 on the poetry of Garcia Lorca. She also publishes In Praesentia (2020) based on her musicological research of soundscapes at CENIDIM and LANMO. Her discography includes Ontologies (Mikroclimat, 2017), Nigredo Lunes Noires (Small Scale Music, 2015), Paso Doble (Tours de Bras 2015), Rubedo’ ro (Malasartes, 2013), Temps de Lumière (2010), Tritonía (Ars Flventis Records 2000). She leads her own musical ensembles in Mexico, Montréal and Morelia. She recently performed at Expresiones Contemporáneas Puebla (2021), Festival FFF Ecuador (2020), Festival de Jazz de Querétaro (2019), Festival de Jazz de Michoacan (2018). Her records and concerts have received support from FONCA, CAC and CALQ, and international reviews.