Archives: Artistes

Véronique Lacroix

The recipient of multiple conducting awards, Véronique Lacroix founded the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+) in 1987 to work closely with composers, and, for several years, served as artistic director for a number of symphonic ensembles in Quebec and Ontario. Now wholly dedicated to her passion for new Canadian works, over the years, she has discovered and showcased […]

Victor Fournelle-Blain

Violinist and violist Victor Fournelle-Blain leads an active career in orchestral and chamber music, as a soloist, and also as a teacher. After serving as a member of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for five years, in 2019 he was appointed Principal Viola of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and currently teaches viola at the University […]

Vincent Boucher

Vincent Boucher is enjoying a true double career, pursuing both music and finance. The Conservatoire de musique de Montréal unanimously awarded him a first prize for organ and harpsichord. He also completed a doctorate in performance at McGill University with John Grew and William Porter, and furthered his studies in Vienna with Michael Gailit, in […]

Voxpopuli

The Voxpopuli string quartet comprises Antoine Bareil, first violin, Uliana Drugova, second violin, Bojana Milinov, viola, and Ioav Bronchti, cello. These four accomplished musicians have been playing together for four years. With its Concerts Voxpopuli series, the quartet reaches audiences through formats that are less formal than traditional classical concert; Voxpopuli’s motto is le classique […]

Wieland Kuijken

Wieland Kuijken’s career in early music began with L’Ensemble Alarius de Bruxelles (from 1959 to 1972). At the same time, he expressed his great interest in avant-garde music with the ensemble Musique Nouvelle. His international reputation was established through numerous concerts and recordings made with his brothers Sigiswald (violin) and Barthold (flute), as well as […]

Walter Boudreau

Artistic director and principal conductor of the SMCQ, Walter Boudreau is also a composer who has written nearly fifty works for chamber ensemble and for orchestra, as well as for film, ballet and theater. In addition to the SMCQ, Walter Boudreau has conducted several leading ensembles and orchestras in Canada and abroad. In 1991, Golgot(h)a […]

Yoav Talmi

Yoav Talmi, artistic director of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec since 1998, is well known on both sides of the Atlantic. He has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; the philharmonic orchestras of St. Petersburg, Oslo, Stockholm, and Warsaw, as well as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the symphony orchestras of Vienna, […]