Bourgie Hall presents

Splendours of French Romanticism

Discover the beauty and lyricism of the French Romantic music of Théodore Dubois, a contemporary of Fauré and Saint-Saëns, and the 100th anniversary of whose death is being commemorated this year. During this concert three of his works will be performed by five outstanding musicians, notably the composer’s great-great-granddaughter Carole Dubois.

Artists
Carole Dubois, piano
Guillaume Sutre, violin

Before joining the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal in 2021, he was professor of a string quartet class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, professor of violin and director of chamber music for strings at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in Los Angeles, and was part of the inaugural faculty of The Tianjin Juilliard School in China. He has taught master classes at Juilliard, IU Bloomington Jacobs School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of South California, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, McGill Schulich School of Music, Jerusalem Music Center, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Foundation, Zeister Muziekdagen, Festival Internacional de Inverno in Campos do Jordão, Seoul National University, Villecroze Musical Academy.

Guillaume Sutre began his studies in Douai, France; he then entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris at age fourteen with Gérard Poulet and Jean-Claude Pennetier. After finishing his studies in France, he attended Indiana University at Bloomington to study with Josef Gingold, Franco Gulli, Menahem Pressler and Janos Starker. He subsequently studied in Cologne with the Amadeus Quartet.

Isaac Chalk, viola

Canadian violist Isaac Chalk received a rich and diverse musical education. In addition to training as an instrumentalist, he studied singing at the Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal and worked extensively as a choral singer. He is also a graduate of Mozarteum University in Salzburg and of McGill University in Montréal, where he received the prestigious Lloyd Carr-Harris String Scholarship and the Golden Violin Award, Canada’s largest privately-funded music scholarship. In February 2011, Isaac made his debut at Toronto’s Koerner Hall performing Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Julian Kuerti.

In June 2013, he was named principal viola of Les Violons du Roy and has since performed with the orchestra in its regular series in Quebec City and Montréal, at the Lanaudière Festival, at the Domaine Forget International Festival, and on tour in Canada and internationally. He has also appeared as a soloist with the orchestra on many occasions, most notably in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with Anthony Marwood and as viola d’amore soloist in the orchestra’s popular Vivaldissimo! project.

Chloé Dominguez, cello

Chloé Dominguez is a passionate chamber musician and one of today’s most versatile cellists. She has performed regularly at numerous international festivals and recorded for ATMA Classique, Oxingale Records and Espace 21. In addition to her solo cello position with the Orchestre classique de Montréal, she is an enthusiastic contemporary music performer who has participated in many productions as a soloist. Dominguez holds a doctorate in music performance from McGill University, where she currently teaches chamber music. She is also a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal and at the Domaine Forget International Academy of Music and Dance.

Vincent Boilard, oboe

Hailing from Mont-Joli, a small town in Eastern Quebec, Vincent Boilard is Associate Principal Oboe at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) and has been teaching at the Université de Montréal (UdeM) since 2015. He is a renowned classical musician and teacher in Quebec.

Aside from his orchestra career, Vincent Boilard enjoys being a soloist and a chamber musician. He regularly plays with his colleagues from the OSM in smaller groups and performs as a soloist as often as possible. He played solo with the Violons du Roy, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke and the Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire. He also gave recitals for the festival Concerts aux Îles du Bic, the Domaine Forget International Festival and on a Canadian tour with the Jeunesses Musicales Canada.

Program
T. DUBOIS
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor
Piano Trio No. 2 in E major
Quintet for piano, oboe, violin, viola and cello in F major

Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
To purchase your tickets visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/