Friday, November 22, 2024, 7:00pm
Darke Hall
Justin is joined by collaborative pianist, Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse
We are thrilled to have students of the Contemporary Showcase join us for this concert. The two scholarship recipients who performed David L. McIntyre pieces at the Showcase event on November 9 will kick off the evening by performing their winning pieces. This will be followed by a short performance by David McIntyre and a presentation to him by the Showcase. We will then welcome E-Gré winner, violinist Justin Saulnier and pianist Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse. The evening will finish with a Contemporary Showcase sponsored cupcake reception.
Justin Saulnier is a 19-year-old Canadian violinist. He made his orchestral solo debut at age 12 with the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra and has since performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Canada’s National Arts Center Orchestra, The Pembroke Symphony Orchestra and the Ottawa Youth Orchestra. He has also been invited to play with the Orchestre Métropolitain under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin this spring. Justin has received many awards, notably the first prize in the NACO Bursary Competition, second prize in the Concours OSM, the grand prize in the Orchestre Métropolitain OMNI Competition, and the OMFA’s provincial competition. Justin has also enjoyed being concertmaster in the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra, and the Ottawa Chamber
Orchestra, among others. He is pursuing his undergraduate degree at McGill University with Andrew Wan. Justin plays on a 1680 Ruggeri violin from Cremona, generously loaned to him by Canimex.
Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse is one of the most requested collaborative pianists and chamber musicians in the Montreal scene. Professor at the Trois-Rivières Conservatory of Music Rivières, he also accompanied numerous instrumentalists and singers fromthe University of Montreal and McGill during their musical training. He also collaborated with several recognized Quebec institutions, notably I Musici de Montreal, the OSM Competition, Ballet-Opéra-Pantomime or Orford Music. Gaspard Tanguay-Labrosse holds a doctorate in music performance from the University of Montreal and a master’s degree from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Among his teachers are Jean Saulnier, Roland Keller, Marc Durand and Christiane Claude. His musical activities have led him to perform across Quebec and to the rest of the Canada. He has also won prizes in several national and international competitions, such as the Shean Competition in Edmonton, the Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra competition, the Prix d’Europe and the Julia Crane international competition in the United States.