With an exceptional career spanning forty years, pianist Louise Bessette stands out for the excellence of her live performances. Numerous organizations and international competitions have seen to reward her talent, and her reviews are constantly laudatory. Many composers write especially for her. Louise Bessette has performed with renowned conductors such as Leonardo García Alarcón (Les Violons du […]
Jean Marchand has performed extensively in theatre, film, television and radio. Leading roles include Édouard in You will remember me (Centaur Theatre), Joseph Mashkan in Old wicked songs and Salieri in Amadeus (Segal Centre), Une musique inquiétante (Théâtre du Rideau Vert), Hamlet, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tiresias in Sophocles’s Antigone (Théâtre du Nouveau […]
Jean Saulnier leads an active career as a pianist and a pedagogue. His insight and flexibility have made him a highly sought-after collaborator, as can attest his extensive work with some of the most renowned Canadian and international musicians. A recipient of numerous prizes in national and international competitions—including the Prix d’Europe and the William […]
For over 50 years, concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. She has been praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound thus becoming “one of the Grandes Dames of piano playing” (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 2015). Born in Canada, she began her piano studies with […]
Francine Chabot received the greater part of her piano training with Yvonne Hubert at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. After having obtained a “Premier Prix” in this discipline, she went to Paris to complete her instruction with Vlado Perlemuter. Since, her professional activities have multiplied. She is regularly heard in recital on […]
A virtuoso with a warm, elegant style and a wide-ranging repertoire, pianist David Jalbert has established himself among the elite of a new generation of classical musicians: “Jalbert’s piano playing is remarkable for its sweep, confidence, sensitivity, power and color, what more can we ask?” (Fanfare). Named by the CBC among the 15 best Canadian […]
At the age of 13, Quebec pianist Daniel Clarke Bouchard is already shining on the Montréal music scene, and presents Scènes d’enfants, his first solo album. In 2011, Daniel won first place at the Canadian Music Competition and received the Yamaha, Canimex and Gilles Chatel scholarships. Daniel has performed at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, […]
