Fresh off winning the Best International Indie Music Video at the UKMVA and Best Instrumental Album at L'ADSIQ, celebrated composer and pianist Jean-Michel Blais (@jeanmichelblais) is sharing a dreamy piano-only version of the buoyant single, "ouessant" from his recent album ‘aubades'. Like a soothing solitude after a celebration. Blais says of the track, “‘ouessant (piano)’ in residence at the Eskal, Yann Tiersan pours me a pint. The immensity of the place reminds me of our Cape Breton. Implacable nature will always be so sublime. The Celtic airs remind me of the Andean ones, the saline one, the marine one. And it is after a hectic day that I rested on the island of Tiersen.” Jean-Michael Blais will perform for the first time in Toronto since releasing ‘aubades' on January 20 at Koerner Hall for 21 C Music Festival. Blais will be joined by Nadia Monczak (violin), Lorraine Gauthier (cello) and Benjamin Deschamps (clarinet, bass clarinet, flute and soprano saxophone).