A graduate from the Montreal Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Pamela Frame where he was teacher assistant, Pierre-Alain Bouvrette was also a prize winner at the 2003 International Chamber Music Competition of Val Tidone in Italy. A guest participant at the Chamber Music Festival of Costa Rica on two […]
Olga Ranzenhofer graduated with an Artist Diploma from the University of Cincinnati after studies with the renowned professor Dorothy DeLay and members of the LaSalle String Quartet. Principal second violin of the Orchestre Métropolitain from 1989 to 2001, Olga Ranzenhofer founded in 1997 the Molinari String Quartet. Olga Ranzenhofer was concertmaster of the Société de […]
Fascinated by the cello’s origins and the creative process of new music, Elinor Frey plays both period and modern instruments. Her debut album, Dialoghi, is titled for the solo piece written for her by Steven Stucky. Her recent release on the Belgian label Passacaille, Berlin Sonatas with Lorenzo Ghielmi on fortepiano, was nominated for a […]
Johanne Goyette was raised in a musical environment and worked for 14 years as a producer of musical broadcasts for Radio-Canada’s Chaîne culturelle radio network. She went on to specialize in sound recording, earning a Master’s in Sound Recording at McGill University and, in 1994, founding the ATMA Classique label. Distributed in 25 countries and […]
Catherine Perrin leads a very active double life as a harpsichordist and communicator. As a harpsichordist she has played throughout Quebec with groups such as the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Les Violons du Roy, and I Musici de Montréal. With the latter chamber orchestra she has recorded, among other works, Henryk Górecki’s Harpsichord Concerto; this disc, on the Chandos label, was rated […]
Marie-Eve Munger was born in Chicoutimi, Canada, and studied at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, Montréal. After winning first prize at the Marmande International Voice Competition, she made her international debuts in France at the Opéra de Tours, and in Il sogno di Scipione at Gotham Chamber Opera (New York). In a […]
André Moisan began his music studies with his father Gilles, who was a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1952 to 1998. He later studied with Bob Crowley in Montréal, Larry Combs in Chicago, and with Karl Leister, former principal clarinetist of Berlin Philharmonic. Well known for his consummate mastery of the instrument, his […]
One of the most inventive songwriters to come out of the contemporary scene in Canada (WholeNote Magazine), this award-winning composer’s music explores a wide array of themes from love to social justice issues. Musically emotional and intense, Frank Horvat is an accomplished multi-genre composer and pianist who has made the tricky musical leap that allows […]
Violist Marina Thibeault’s “plangent tone and expressive phrasing” (The Strad) foreground a great richness in her playing that is on display across various styles. Named Radio-Canada’s classical “Revelation” for 2016-2017, Marina has delighted audiences across Canada, the United States, and Europe with her elegant, spellbinding performances and engaging presence. An accomplished concerto soloist, Marina has […]
