A musician with a fiercely inquisitive mind, impeccable technique and an intensely poetic vision, Ilya Poletaev is an artist equally at home on the modern piano or on historical keyboards: harpsichord, fortepiano, and chamber organ. Hailed as “one of the most significant pianists of his generation” by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, he launched his career after […]
François Dompierre is a writer, presenter, rambler, and baker; but first and foremost he is a composer and improviser. He began his career as an author-composer-performer and soon became an orchestrator, collaborating with Félix Leclerc, for whom he produced five albums, including Le tour de l’île, and several other Québécois artists. Dompierre, a recording of […]
An enquiring and innovative artist, pianist Élisabeth Pion leads an imaginative career as a soloist, chamber musician, and artistic collaborator. Recent highlights include the release of her first recording with ATMA Classique, her debut with the Orchestre Métropolitain and Kensho Watanabe in a series of concerts highlighting Garūta’s Piano Concerto, as well as a 3rd […]
Tristan Best is an early string instrument player currently based in Montréal, Quebec. With roots in New York and Nova Scotia, Best moved to Montréal in 2016 to study the viola da gamba and early music performance at McGill University. After completing a B.Mus. in viola da gamba performance, he obtained an M.Mus. in 2021 […]
Matthias Soly-Letarte has been immersed in music since his early childhood. Following his primary education at the music-oriented elementary school Le Plateau, he attended two high schools that also offer a music program, Joseph-François-Perrault and Pierre-Laporte, where he chose to specialize in classical percussion. He graduated from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal in 2015 […]
Nicolas Ellis is Principal Guest Conductor of Les Violons du Roy. He is also Music Director of the Orchestre National de Bretagne and Artistic Director and Conductor of the Orchestre de l’Agora, which he founded in Montréal in 2013. Nicolas is one of the most active conductors on the Canadian scene. He has appeared with […]
