Hugo Blouin
Montreal double bassist Hugo Blouin composes with the musicality of language.
His career spans jazz, folk, chanson and poetry. He has released three albums, including Charbonneau ou les valeurs à’ bonne place, volume 1, about the famous commission of inquiry (OPUS 2019 and GAMIQ 2018 awards), and his most recent Sport national (2023), a delirious journey through field hockey jazz, from Maurice Richard to Marie-Philip Poulin, ranked among the best concerts (Sors-tu) and albums of the year (PAN M 360).
In 2024, Hugo plays with L’abîme, the Christine Tassan Quintet, the Calgaréal collective, singer-songwriter France Bernard and in Véronique Bachand’s poetry show Avec le rire de ma grand-mère, for which he composed the music. He also collaborated on Marc Maziade’s Horizons project and Marion Rampal’s international adventure Petite Maison.
For years on tour with the groups MAZ and Brasser Brassens, he has had his work heard in the U.S., Mexico, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland and Ghana. Hugo Blouin has contributed to some thirty albums as a performer, composer and producer.
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