Aviv At Théâtre Beanfield

This is something you haven't heard very often here on The Old Blog.  Summer seems to have blown by this year.  One of the reasons, I believe, is that I have been very busy with all kinds of concerts to shoot.  The latest of which took place this past Saturday night at the Théâtre Beanfield in Montreal.  Opening the night was an unexpected guest, Aviv.  The original opening act had to bow out due to a medical situation, opening the door for this upstart from Toronto.  A lifelong music fan, she took advantage of COVID lockdown time to write some songs, only to discover that it was something she was very good at.  In what seems like moments later, she's in writing sessions in Los Angeles and touring the World.  I for one am very happy that she was dropped in on our stage.  Full of youthful energy, Aviv ripped through her opening songs, all the while trying to fight back an obvious smile that was just dying to get out.  She quickly won over the fans with her catchy pop infused rock and had them begging for more with each note.  She has spent the last few years working on her debut EP, Drowning In The Culture, which  was released back in April of 2022.  Aviv mentioned how a lot of her songs came about over her musings about the unanswered questions of life.  The only unanswered question the crowd had left after her set had been completed was when would they be seeing her perform again.  The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm.  Here are several more photographs that I took of her performance.

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 59mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/40sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 47mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 4000 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm

If you'd like to find out more about Aviv and her music, you can do so by following the link to her website.  If you'd like to see the photographs of Rival Sons, who performed later that evening, you can do so by following the link.    Aviv's songs went over great with the live crown and I'm sure that I am not to only one looking forward to what she will do next.  Not bad for someone who we weren't even supposed to see.