«She is not simply a pianist but a real artist.» (Le Devoir, Canada) Although only 19 years old, pianist Beatrice Rana has been accumulating the most prestigious awards: among them, in June 2011, she received the First Prize of the Montreal International Competition, where she was also awarded all special prizes. [...]
“Far from being merely a gifted student, Stéphane Tétreault is already quite a phenomenon. He becomes one with his instrument which seems to lead him into a musical maelstrom. The sound is rich, as well as the vibrato. The sonorous intensity persists even in the slightest nuances. The spirit of the variations [...]
«An uncommon talent… impeccable intonation, superb sonority, and above all, an innate sense of phrasing – a luminous talent from which one might expect great things.» (Le Figaro, Paris) Stemming from a musical family, Chantal Dionne grew up in Grand Sault, New Brunswick. She holds a bachelor degree in singing from the University [...]
“The concert featured the piano extensively, with an intense (…) moment thanks to the duo Irina Krasnyanskaya and Jean-Fabien Schneider, a Franco-Russian couple performing works for piano four hands. The sublime is attained thanks to those two highly gifted artists, with their marvelous rendition of Schubert’s Fantasie: during the exposition’s main theme, the [...]
«This is ensemble playing at its finest – four voices that sing, breath and phrase as one. The sound is full and vigorous, yet never forced or raucous.» (The Strad) The outstanding young Zemlinsky Quartet is back for a third visit to Pro Musica! Since its founding in 1994, the quartet has [...]
This ensemble of forty accomplished choral singers serves as an official musical emissary of the Republic of Taiwan, which celebrated its centennial year in 2011. The Taiwan National Choir includes within its ranks a number of outstanding soloists, and is admirably supported by ten instrumentalists. The choir was founded with the goal of helping young vocalists develop [...]
“As well as being one of the most extraordinary pianists on the planet (dream sound, feline sensuality, phenomenal fingers, sense of melody and polyphonic clarity), Stephen Hough is a thinker.” (Le Monde) «Hough’s music speaks with substance, fluent ease, confidence and he is nevertheless one of the most intensely flamboyant performers today.» (Gramophone) [...]
«Nicola Benedetti plays with brilliant virtuosity, absolute clarity, and a gentle, dolce tone that makes her performances especially personal and attractive. She is one of the youngest and most alluring of this species [violinists] to emerge in the past decade.» (The Irish Independent) For the first time in Montreal! Recipient of numerous competition [...]
“Murray Perahia always knows how to offer performances at once deeply thought out and full of passion,” writes the New York Times. The “poet of the piano” returns to Montreal for a first performance since 1988! Although Murray Perahia began playing the piano at age 4, he only seriously began to [...]
“Jonas Kaufman has been confirmed as one of today’s greatest talents. He possesses a sonorous voice, warm and round; his voice projection is easy and homogenous on its full range. He is capable of a thousand nuances, convinces with superb piani and mezzo-tinto, but also with impressive luminous high notes. But above all, the [...]
