Paris and the Belle Époque take center stage at Bourgie Hall – May 15, 2024 LiveEvents May 5, 2024 457 Bourgie Hall presents Paris and the Belle Époque Myriam Leblanc, soprano & Romain Pollet, piano The Belle Époque is in the spotlight with songs by three composers whose paths intersected, including those of Gabriel Fauré and Théodore Dubois, both of whom served as director of the Paris Conservatory, and who both died in 1924. The Mélodies persanes by Fauré’s teacher Camille Saint-Saëns will complete this program. Artists Myriam Leblanc, soprano The young coloratura soprano Myriam Leblanc is the recipient of several prizes: first prize and Audience Choice Award at the Trois-Rivières Symphony Orchestra Competition, Young Lyric Ambassador 2014 (Québec Bavaria prize), winner of an Audience Choice Award in the Center Stage competition of the Canadian Opera Company, third prize in the Auditions Nouvelles Découvertes competition of the Ottawa Choral Society, winner of the excellence grant awarded annually by the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal and the first prize at the Mathieu Duguay Early Music Competition at the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival in 2017. Myriam Leblanc is a versatile artist who works as much in the classical world as in the bel canto, as in the baroque. She is recognized for her timbre of great purity, for her supple and warm voice and her great mastery in both technical and musical expressiveness. “It’s like a brandy distillate, absolutely transparent … Her name is Myriam Leblanc and in my opinion she has been one of the most beautiful voices, perhaps the most beautiful, to come out of the Quebec breeding ground in the past 10 years …” – Christophe Huss, Samedi et rien d’autre, December 2020 Romain Pollet, piano Romain Pollet holds diplomas from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in piano and bassoon, a Diplôme d’État Français for teaching piano, a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the Université Michel Montaigne, and a D. Mus in piano accompaniment from the Université de Montréal. In the past years, Romain received several scholarships, including the D. Angers and P.M. & V.M. Gélinas awards in piano. In 2018, he joined the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal faculty as pianist-accompanist professor and vocal coach, carrying out productions of Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss and Cendrillon by J. Massenet, The Juniper Tree by P. Glass and R. Moran, and Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck. Program SAINT-SAËNS Mélodies persanes, Op. 26 FAURÉ La Chanson d’Ève, Op. 95 T. DUBOIS Odelettes antiques Wednesday May 15, 2024 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
Romain Pollet holds diplomas from the Conservatoire de Bordeaux in piano and bassoon, a Diplôme d’État Français for teaching piano, a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the Université Michel Montaigne, and a D. Mus in piano accompaniment from the Université de Montréal. In the past years, Romain received several scholarships, including the D. Angers and P.M. & V.M. Gélinas awards in piano. In 2018, he joined the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal faculty as pianist-accompanist professor and vocal coach, carrying out productions of Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss and Cendrillon by J. Massenet, The Juniper Tree by P. Glass and R. Moran, and Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck.
