L’heure Exquise – July 30, 2024

Festival de Lanaudière 2024 presents

L’heure Exquise

Nineteenth century musicians, novices, and connoisseurs gathered in salons to share their common love of poetry and music.

Seeking to recreate the intimate atmosphere of these events, Olivier Bergeron and Chloé Dumoulin, two rising stars of classical music, give a heartfelt concert to mark the 150th anniversary of Reynaldo Hahn’s birth as well as the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death.

Artists
Olivier Bergeron, baritone

Originally from Montreal, Olivier Bergeron made his professional debut as a soloist at the age of 16 in the role of the Younger Brother in Dead Man Walking at the Opéra de Montréal.

After his studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, he was invited by François Le Roux to take part in the Certificat Spécialisé de Mélodie Française at l’École normale de musique de Paris. He then joined the Atelier Lyrique d’Opera Fuoco as a young artist in the troupe with which he performed the roles of Riff (West Side Story, Bernstein), Il Poeta (Prima la musica e poi le parole, Salieri) and Andrea Coclé (Die stumme Serenade, Korngold).

In recital, he made his debut at the Wigmore Hall and Salle Cortot during the 2019-2020 season after taking part in the French Song Exchange program under the tutelage of François Le Roux and Dame Felicity Lott. Recent projects include a residency at the Musée d’art de Joliette around Die schöne Müllerin and the Atelier lyrique at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. This season, he will perform in recital at the Petit Palais, in Paris, and at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montreal. He also sings the Fauré Requiem with the McGill Choral Society, Francis Poulenc’s Le bal masqué at the Lachine Music Festival with Olivier Godin and Parzival & Fierefiz in Dornach, a new work which will later be presented on tour in Canada. Olivier Bergeron receives the precious support of the JM Canada Foundation and is the recipient of the Choquette-Symcox Prize.

He is also a laureate of the Royaumont Foundation, a grant recipient of the Art Song Foundation of Canada and of the École normale de musique de Paris.

Chloé Dumoulin, piano

Pianist Chloé Dumoulin made her debut at the Maison symphonique de Montréal under Jacques Lacombe in 2021 and appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre Métropolitain in 2016. Active on the provincial and international scenes, Chloé has performed in Canada, the United States, Italy, France, and Belgium. She received the Grand Prize, piano category, of the Hélène-Lessard Special Prize and was Third Grand Prix Québécor laureate of the 2021 Prix d’Europe. Chloé was also the recipient of the Grand Prix Canimex of the Festival-Concours de Sherbrooke in 2021 and won First Prize at the Canadian Music Competition. In addition, she acknowledges the support of the Fondation du Conservatoire, Fondation Desjardins and AIDA Fund of Jeunesses Musicales Canada.

Also a chamber musician and collaborative pianist, Chloé founded the Quatuor Vatra in 2020. Guest artist of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival in 2020, 2021 and 2022, this ensemble has performed at Bourgie Hall and the Maison symphonique, among other venues. Regularly invited to perform at home and abroad, Chloé has opened for numerous orchestras, including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Orchestre Métropolitain. She appears as a soloist in the 2023 programming of the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur and Orchestre Nouvelle génération.

Trained at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Chloé completed a double master’s degree in piano with André Laplante and accompaniment with Claire Ouellet in 2023. She also obtained the Conservatoire prize cum laude for the Concours en musique de chambre in 2022. During her training, she attended several advanced courses and master classes, notably with Louis Lortie, Éric Le Sage, Ilya Poletaev, Anton Nel, Angela Cheng, and Daniel Shapiro. In September 2023, Chloé Dumoulin will attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London (UK), where she has been awarded a full scholarship to complete the Artist Diploma under the tutelage of Ronan O’Hora.

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Maison de la musique René-Charette
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