Nearly 3 years after surviving sword attack, Quebec City musician heads to New York | Globalnews.ca

, known as Rémy Bélanger de Beauport on stage, can hardly believe he’ll be living in New York City less than a week from now.

five-month residency in SoHo. The program is open to artists from all disciplines, from visual arts to music and literature, but only those with more than 10 years of experience are eligible to apply. “It’s an honour. I was selected on the basis of my work, by my peers, by the CALQ,” Bélanger said. “But also it’s 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.”

“I like that when we talk about my music now, the focus is really on the music and not on ,” he said. “But of course, it’s a part of me, and it’s a part of my experience, and a lot of people probably know me just because of that.”He went through nearly two years of intensive physiotherapy and ergotherapy after the attack.Story continues below advertisement

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