Biographies

The Ensembles

The Duo

SUSIE NAPPER & MÉLISANDE CORRIVEAU

The new viol duo brings flair and brilliance to their performances! Mélisande Corriveau, viol and recorder virtuoso, and Susie Napper have performed together as members of Les Voix humaines Consort for two decades and collaborated on many projects.

Les Voix humaines Viol Consort

CONSORT OF VIOLS

In 2021 Les Voix humaines (Susie Napper and Mélisande Corriveau and Felix Deak) was joined by Jessy Dubé to take a refreshing look at the huge repertoire for multiple viols.

Our unique, controversial ideas offer a new profile to consort playing in which rhythmic freedom and ornamentation play an integral role. Our 2017 recording of Dowland’s Lachrimae is an example of our novel way of approaching a piece considered untouchable canon amongst viol players!

The artists

Jessy Dubé

Hailing from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Jessy Dubé started her musical career at the Conservatoire de Musique de Saguenay (Québec)

The artists

Mélisande Corriveau

MÉLISANDE CORRIVEAU, viola da gamba, cello and recorder

Devotee of Renaissance and baroque music, enthusiast of historic instruments, travel and gourmet food, Mélisande Corriveau is mother to two charming adolescents!

The artists

Felix Deak

Felix Deak, Viole da gamba

I don’t remember life without music. I could say that cello was my first language. I started studying the Suzuki method from age 2 and a half. The bass viol entered my life only in 2007.

The artists, The duo

Susie Napper

Susie Napper, Viola da gamba

As Tobias Hume wrote in 1605: Now to use a modest shortness, and a brief expression of my self to all noble spirits, I was named Femme de Merite, Montreal, 2011 and Personality of the year, Prix Opus 2002!

Guest artists

Biographies

The Ensembles

The Duo

SUSIE NAPPER & MÉLISANDE CORRIVEAU

Les Voix humaines Viol Consort

CONSORT OF VIOLS

The Artists

Jessy Dubé

Mélisande Corriveau

Felix Deak

Susie Napper

Guest Artists

Sylvain Bergeron

Jay Bernfeld

Andréanne Brisson Paquin

Pierre Cartier

Maria Christina Cleary

Charles Daniels

Olivier Fortin

David Greenberg

Barthold Kuijken

Wieland Kuijken

Suzie LeBlanc

Antoine Malette-Chénier

Eric Milnes

Davide Monti

Nigel North

Marie-Laurence Primeau

Rafael Sanchez-Guevara

Skip Sempé

Stephen Stubbs

Daniel Taylor