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 […]
Bringing his musical expertise and creativity to every field in which he engages, Canadian harpist Antoine Malette-Chénier plays a repertoire ranging from the Renaissance and the Baroque, on period instruments, to contemporary creations. An active orchestral musician, Antoine holds the Principal Harp chair with the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, and has played with many ensembles […]
A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Anaïs Vigeant studied double bass at McGill University, where she completed an Artist’s Diploma with great distinction. Recipient of the Joseph McAbbie Scholarship for Excellence, she won the CBC Début competition for emerging soloists. Anaïs Vigeant has toured Europe, South America, and Canada. She took part […]
Mélanie Vaugeois holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance from the Université de Montréal and an MBA from the École des HEC de Montréal. In 2003, as a violinist, she performed the viola d’amore themes from the film Un homme et son péché with the Orchestre Métropolitain under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as part […]
Marie-Claude Roy, a Belgian-Quebec pianist, has been evolving in a lyrical environment since she was very young. Spontaneous, audacious, solid, and warm, she has put human encounters at the heart of her practice. She has entered into many beautiful collaborations, sharing her communicative flame with artists of quality (Michèle Losier, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Evelyne Bohen, Philippe […]
Effervescent and luminous, soprano Catherine St-Arnaud is a “simply stunning” artist (Revue L’Opéra), a “first-rate performer” (Opera Canada) who excels in a vast repertoire. Recently, she performed with the National Kaohsiung Arts Center in Taiwan (Adina in L’elisir d’amore) and the Oregon Symphony (Soprano solo, Carmina Burana), in addition to originating the role of Albertine […]
Chantal Dionne, a lyric soprano with a velvety tone and impeccable high notes, stands out for her interpretation of a vast lyric repertoire that ranges from opera to melody to oratorio. Recently, the soprano won the Best Female Vocalist of North America award at the World Folk Vision 2020 International Competition. Her first album, Romances, […]
With Albertine en cinq temps – L’opéra, soprano Monique Pagé returns to the stage with the works of Michel Tremblay; we remember her moving interpretation of Émilie Hudon in the opera Nelligan, set to music by André Gagnon. After her debut at the Opéra de Québec, Monique Pagé sang more than 20 leading roles, including […]
