Mélisande McNabney performs keyboard music of all periods, on harpsichord, piano, fortepiano, and organ. Very active on the concert scene, Mélisande has performed solo recitals across Canada and Europe, notably at Early Music Vancouver, the Festival International de Lanaudière, Clavecin en Concert and Bourgie Hall in Montréal. She was invited as a soloist with leading […]
Two-time Juno Award–winning conductor, composer, and recorder and flute soloist Matthias Maute has achieved an international reputation. He was named artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota in 2016 and of the professional choir Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec, today known as Ensemble ArtChoral, in 2019. Impressed by his artistic approach, The New York Times described […]
Artistic Director of Arion Baroque Orchestra since June 2019, and Artistic Director of Domaine Forget de Charlevoix since 2022, Mathieu Lussier has energetically and passionately promoted the modern and baroque bassoon as solo instruments for more than two decades throughout North America, South America, and Europe. He also devotes considerable time to chamber music as […]
Since graduating in 2019 with a master’s degree in early music, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay has established herself on the Canadian scene as an emerging young baroque violinist. In 2019, she landed an unprecedented four awards at the Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition, including First Prize. Named Radio-Canada’s 2021–2022 Classical Revelation and winner of the 2022 Discovery of […]
Soprano Marianne Lambert was a finalist for the Opus Prize for best album of the year in the Classical-romantic music category for Mélodies Passagères (2021), recipient of the Opus Prize for Best regional concert of the year (2018), of the An die Musik Recital Prize at the 25th Clermont-Ferrand International Singing Competition (2017), as well […]
During the last four decades, Margaret Little has performed as a soloist and a chamber musician on the viola da gamba and baroque viola with various Montréal-based and international ensembles. Margaret co-founded Les Voix humaines with Susie Napper in the 1980s and was artistic co-director until 2020. Les Voix humaines have toured the world, received […]
Since 2009, Marc Hervieux has delighted listeners with albums with pop and classical flavours and received three gold records and three Felix Awards, including two for the Album of the Year in the Classical/Vocal category. With these acclaimed recordings, he has toured Quebec with his collaborating musicians on many occasions. Throughout his career, Hervieux has […]
For almost 20 years, Canadian baritone Marc Boucher has had an active career performing in operas, symphony concerts, and recitals. His notable opera performances, in New York and Mexico and elsewhere, include singing the roles of Zurga in Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles; Pelléas in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, at the Opéra de Montréal; Escamillo […]
Soprano Magali Simard-Galdès is distinguished by her clear, brilliant and crystalline voice. As the years go by, her vocal uniqueness is defined, expressed and appreciated. Her varied repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, bears witness to her great musicality. As a performer, Magali stands out for the uniqueness of her stage personality and her in-person […]
Equally at ease on an eighteenth century fortepiano as on the modern concert grand, the Canadian pianist Ludwig Semerjian represents a new breed of pianist on today’s concert stage. His evocative and highly personal interpretations on modern as well as historical instruments have garnered him near unanimous critical acclaim, as well as drawing a whole […]
