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 […]
Hailing from Mont-Joli, a small town in Eastern Quebec, Vincent Boilard is Associate Principal Oboe at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and has been teaching at the Université de Montréal (UdeM) since 2015. He is a renowned classical musician and teacher in Quebec. In 2009, after getting his diploma from the Conservatoire de musique […]
A versatile artist, Dorothéa Ventura is very active in the Quebec artistic scene. Singer, harpsichordist, vocal coach, choral conductor, dancer and actor, she has performed with the most prestigious ensembles in Quebec, Canada and Europe, in some 500 productions, concerts and recordings, many of which have won Prix Opus, Juno Awards and ADISQ nominations. She […]
An orchestral suite meant to accompany chocolate tasting, a piano concerto as a soundtrack for a chess game, some operatic weather reports, a symphonic aerobic dance… With his communicative musical language and the originality of his concepts, the Montréal-based composer Maxime Goulet connects with audiences from all kinds of backgrounds and experiences, from youth audiences […]
Highly acclaimed for his musical imagination and astonishing versatility—“Control, and a smooth, elegant expressivity… are what make Wolak shine.” (John Terauds, the Toronto Star)—Kornel Wolak frequently performs in recitals, as a soloist with American and European orchestras, and as a chamber musician. A nominee for a Fryderyk, Poland’s annual music award, he is a regular […]
Music and Artistic Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse in France from 2017 to 2021, Jacques Lacombe has previously been Principal Conductor of the Bonn Opera in Germany from 2016 to 2018 and Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières from 2006 till 2018. From 2010 to 2016 he was Music Director of […]
Founded in 1939 by Alexander and Lotte Brott, the Orchestre classique de Montréal (OCM) is one of Canada’s most established chamber orchestras, boasting tours to five continents, several recordings, and regular appearances on radio and television. The OCM is a vibrant, innovative, and flexible ensemble of the city’s top professional musicians, performing concerts featuring eclectic […]
