Founded in 1984, the Orchestre symphonique de Laval (OSL) is one of Laval’s main artistic organization, with a roster of 53 professional musicians, graduates of Quebec’s music conservatories and universities. For nearly 40 years, the Orchestra’s mission has been to make symphonic music heard and shared in a spirit of conviviality and proximity. Every year, […]
Founded by Joseph Vézina in 1902, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the oldest active orchestra in Canada, has always been intimately connected with the events that mark the history of the city of Québec. Proud of its French heritage, the orchestra is a staunch advocate of Canadian repertoire. Without abandoning its love for the great […]
The Orchestre Symphonique Bienne was founded in 1969. Its activities centre on its series of symphony concerts in Bienne, and in recent years it has specialized in the repertoire of the Viennese Classics and the early Romantics, often played on period instruments. It also runs concerts for children, families and old age pensioners and runs […]
A key cultural ambassador of Quebec, the Orchestre Métropolitain (the OM for short) has created a unique relationship with the public through initiatives driven by excellence and emotion. Whether the OM is performing at the Maison symphonique de Montréal or in the city’s boroughs as part of the Conseil des arts de Montréal Touring Program, […]
Recently appointed artistic director of the Arte Musica Foundation and of the Salle Bourgie in Montréal, the pianist, conductor and organist Olivier Godin leads a brilliant career as a concert artist, chamber musician and educator in Canada and abroad. He has given recitals alongside several lyrical artists including Frédéric Antoun, Pascale Beaudin, Marc Boucher, Julie […]
Oliver Jones’ six-decade musical career has been rich and varied. His classical music education was followed by stints at Montréal’s Café St-Michel, enthralling patrons with his acrobatic piano stunts. From his teens to his early twenties, Jones could play anything from swing to rockn-roll; in those days playing jazz was not considered a viable career. […]
Founded in 2006 and directed by oboist Christopher Palameta, Notturna is a chamber collective whose “spirited and sensitive playing” (Early Music America) draws on the transparency and expressiveness of early wind instruments to paint fresh pictures of an unexplored historical repertoire. Notturna has toured extensively in North and South America and Europe, assembling vivid and […]
Noëlla Huet holds a master’s degree in singing and leads a successful career, performing a varied repertoire ranging from the baroque period to the 21st century. In opera, she has starred in the role of Mme de la Haltière in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Ottavia in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and Kabanicha in Janaček’s Katia Kabanová, among […]
A professional organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist, Nathan Mondry has carved an international reputation as an improviser and composer and is currently a D.M.A. student in the Keyboard Studies program at Cornell University. After completing a bachelor’s degree in piano performance at the University of Michigan, he earned a master’s degree in harpsichord performance and an […]
Critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier distinguishes herself on international opera stages with her rich voice, masterful musicality, and stupendous stage presence. She has distinguished herself with Mozart’s opera roles (Così fan tutte, Idomeneo, La clemenza di Tito) as well with roles from Richard Strauss’s operas (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos) and she mostly succeeded in […]
