D'autres étoiles montantes / More Rising Stars

Par/by Danielle Dubois / March 16, 2005

Here are some more young musicians who have won major competitions in the last year.
Voici d'autres jeunes musiciens ayant remporté des concours d'importance au cours de la dernière année.

Phillip Addis, baritone
hometown: Port Colborne, ON
studies: University of Toronto
repertoire: Opera and Recital
awards: 2004 Winner of the 65th Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition 2003 First Prize Winner of Orchestre de Québec's Canadian Concerto Competition

Career Highlights: He has sung the roles of Taddeo in L'Opéra de Montréal's production of L'Italiana in Algeri following featured roles in the company's productions of Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto and Die Zauberflöte. As well, Addis has toured extensively throughout eastern Canada with Atelier Lyrique's production of Carmen.

Anne-Julie Caron, percussionniste
ville : Saint-Romuald, QC
études : Conservatoire de musique de Québec, à Boston avec la marimbiste Nancy Zeltsman
récompenses : 2004, Prix d'Europe 2003, gagnante du Concours de l'Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières
2002, gagnante du concours de concerto du Conservatoire de musique de Québec 2001, gagnante du Concours Jeunes Artistes de Radio-Canada
inspirations : Les percussionnistes Marie-Josée Simard et Mario Boivin
À venir : Donnera deux concerts comme soliste avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec en 2006

Hélène Guilmette, soprano
ville: Montmagny, QC
études: Université Laval, Chautauqua Summer School of Music, Mannes School
récompenses: 2004, deuxième prix au Concours Reine Elisabeth de Belgique; 2002, troisième prix du Concours Voix nouvelles à Paris; Boursière du Conseil des Arts du Canada, du Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec et de la Fondation Jaqueline-Desmarais.
Points saillants: tournée en 2002 en France, Suisse et l'Île de la Réunion; de nombreux récitals au Canada en 2003, notamment à la radio de Radio-Canada, et avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal; a incarné la Comtesse Ceprano à l'Opéra de Québec (Rigoletto de Verdi) en 2003 et en 2005 incarnera Pedro (Don Quichotte de Massenet) et Frasquetta (Carmen de Bizet) à l'Opéra d'Avignon.

Allen Harrington, saxophonist
hometown: Winnipeg, MB
studies: Northwestern University,
awards: 2004 International Stepping Stone competition, Canadian Music Competition 1999 Grand Award at the National Music Festival of Canada
Career highlights: soloist with the Winnipeg Civic Orchestra, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and The Saskatchewan Chamber Orchestra; member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada; bassoonist for the Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina Symphony Orchestras.

Lana Henchell, pianist
hometown: Calgary
studies: University of Calgary
awards: 2004 Winner of Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition 2000 First-round competitor in the Esther Honens Competition
Career highlights: Soloist with various orchestras playing concerti by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Grieg. Henchell participated in the 2003 "Barbara Krakauer" Academy in Vaison la Romaine.

David DQ Lee, countertenor
hometown: Vancouver, BC
studies: Vancouver Academy of Canada
repertoire: Opera, Oratorio, Songs
awards: 2003 Canada Council for the Arts Career Grant 2000 The Queen Elizabeth International Music Competition in Belgium 2000 Young Concert Artists International Competition in New York 1999 Finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition, New York
discography: Arianna a Naxos with Yannick Nézet-Séguin on piano (ATMA Classiques)
Upcoming: Lee will make his Vienna Volksoper debut singing the role of Oberon from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Shannon Mercer, soprano
hometown: Ottawa, ON
studies: McGill University, University of Toronto Opera School, Merola program of the San Francisco Opera, COC Ensemble Studio
awards: 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Award
Discography: English Fancy with Masques (Analekta)
Career highlights: Cleone (Médée) with Opera Atelier, Dido (Dido and Aeneas) with the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and Opera McGill; and First lady (Die Zauberflöte) with Opéra de Québec. Soloist with Ensemble Arion, Les Violons du Roy and Cantata Singers of Ottawa.
Upcoming: Shannon will spend a large part of 2005 in Vienna studying with Margaret Singer.

Jocelyne Roy, flutiste
ville : Repentigny, QC
études : Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Manhattan School of Music
récompenses : 2004, bourse du Conseil des arts du Canada 2003, 2e prix du Concours de l'Orchestre
symphonique de Montréal 2002–2003 Participation aux concours Début INC. et Jeunes artistes de Radio-Canada
Points saillants : Soliste avec l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal et l'Orchestre symphonique du Conservatoire de Montréal.

Jasper Wood, violinist
hometown: Moncton, NB
born: 1974
studies: Cleveland Institute of Music, presently professor at the University of British Columbia
awards: 2004 Canada Council for the Arts Award
discography: MacDonald: Great Square of Pegasus (Centrediscs), Saint-Saëns (Disques Pelleas), Eckhardt-Gramatté (Analekta), Stravinsky (Endeavour Classical)
Career Highlights: Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C, Carnegie Hall, in New York City, Place des Arts in Montreal, Celebrity Series in Calgary, and Premier Performances in St. Louis.
Upcoming: Concerts in Québec and the maritimes.