Born in Quebec City, Sylvain Bergeron has perfected his expertise on the instruments of the lute family through numerous stays in the United States and Europe with, among other teachers, Paul O’Dette and Eugène Dombois. In 1984 he was a finalist at Toronto’s First International Lute Competition.
Jay Bernfeld is increasingly admired as a performer of great expressivity on the viola da gamba. He is widely acclaimed as a soloist and continuo player, and for his performances of ornamental and improvisatory styles.
Hailed for her generous stage presence and expressive voice, Montreal-born soprano Andréanne Brisson Paquin is equally devoted to several different musical genres, singing baroque, classical, operatic or even contemporary repertoire with the same commitment, rigour, and excitement.
Pierre Cartier is a double bass player as well as a composer and a singer. His music is the convergence of the multiple approaches he has pursued since the very start of his career.
The extraordinary harpist Maria Christina Cleary, from Ireland, has been described as “a true virtuoso,” a “brilliant player” and “a pioneer of the period harp practice.
Charles Daniels was born in Salisbury. He was a Chorister and Choral Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London under Edward Brooks.
Olivier Fortin began studying the harpsichord at the age eight, graduating with distinction from the Quebec Conservatory in 1995.
Canadian-American violinist David Greenberg enjoys a busy career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and folk fiddler.
Barthold Kuijken est né en 1949; il a grandi dans un environnement où la musique tenait déjà beaucoup de place: deux de ses frères aînés étudiaient la musique et étaient passionnés de musique ancienne.
Wieland Kuijken was born in 1938 in Dilbeek, near Brussels, to a family with longstanding musical interests on both the maternal and paternal sides. He was 14 years old when his family moved to Bruges, a city known for its rich cultural life.
