Simon Rivet started classical guitar at the age of 12. First studying with Bruno Roussel at the École de musique de l’Outaouais, he was admitted three years later at the Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau, where he is undertaking his final year in guitar at the Bachelor level with Patrick Roux. Recipient of a scholarship […]
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Société de musique contemporaine du Québec
Founded in 1966, the SMCQ’s mandate is to promote contemporary music at large, either Canadian or international. The organization is managed by composers for the benefit of composers and has had successively three of them as artistic directors: Serge Garant (from 1966 to 1986), Gilles Tremblay (1986 to 1988), and Walter Boudreau since 1988. The […]
Skye Consort
Skye Consort was formed in 1999 with the goal of bringing an art-music aesthetic to the folk music of different world traditions. Skye Consort’s contemporary arrangements bring fresh life to seldom-heard vocal and instrumental pieces from English and French Canada, France, Scandinavia, and the Celtic nations. Core members Seán Dagher (cittern), Alex Kheler (violin, nyckelharpa) and Amanda Keesmaat (cello) […]
Skip Sempé
Skip Sempé, virtouso harpsichordist and founder of Capriccio Stravagante, is at the forefront of today’s musical personalities in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. He has created a depth of interpretive wisdom representing an accomplishment unique in diversity and richness, through an authoratitive knowledge of performance tradition both historical and in the twentieth century. As a solo […]
Sly Philippe
French-Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly is already gaining international notoriety for his “beautiful, blooming tone and magnetic stage presence” (San Francisco Chronicle). Mr. Sly is the first prize winner of the prestigious Concours Musical International de Montréal and a grand prize winner Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions singing the varied repertoire of Mozart, Bach, Handel, Stravinsky, and Wagner. Recently, he […]
Stephan MacLeod
In 1991 Stephan MacLeod won various prizes in Swiss competitions and received several scholarships. In 1994 he won the Migros prize in Zurich and the F.V.S. prize in Hamburg. Stephan MacLeod has performed under the direction of Michel Corboz, Helmut Rilling, Philippe Herreweghe, Frieder Bernius, Reinhard Goebel, Jos van Immerseel, Dennis Russel-Davies, and Sigiswald Kuijken. […]
Sophie Larivière
Sophie Larivière is a musician specialised in early music. She appears with many important music ensembles such as Les Violons du Roy (Quebec) Ensemble Rebel (New York), L’Orchestre Baroque de Montréal, L’Ensemble Arion (Montreal) and Les Idées Heureuses (Montreal), with whom she has toured extensively in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario. In 1997 she joined […]
Sophie Gent
Australian-born violinist Sophie Gent studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Ryo Terakado. Currently living in France, Sophie is in high demand as an orchestral leader and chamber musician throughout Europe and abroad, and appears regularly with Ensemble Masques, Orchestre Pygmalion, the Ricercar Consort, Ensemble Arcangelo, le Caravanserail, and the Orchestra of the […]
Stephan Van Dyck
Born in Brussels, the tenor Stephan Van Dyck completed his Diplôme Supérieur de Chant at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Brussels and his degree in Musicology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He furthered his studies at the Studio Versailles Opéra with René Jacobs and Rachel Yakar and at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur […]
Stéphan Sylvestre
Stéphan Sylvestre ranks among the most gifted Canadian pianists of the new generation and enjoys a versatile performing career as recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician. Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have bestowed lavish praise on his performances: “…his natural talent reminds one of the great Artur Rubinstein…” (La Presse, Montreal), “…somewhat reminiscent […]
