Orchestra

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Cristian Germán Gort

Cristian Germán Gort started his studies in composition and musical writing, conducting, history, piano, brass, and percussion, in his home country, Argentina. From the age of 5 he was a member of orchestras, ensembles, choirs and theater groups. In 1994, he obtained a position in the lyric seminar of the renowned San Martin Theater in Córdoba, Argentina, with which he toured all over the country. In 1997, he continued his studies in orchestration and composition at Laval University, where he obtained a master’s degree in composition. He then studied analysis and conducting at the Montreal Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded the orchestral conducting award in 2001.

He is currently the artistic director and conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de l’Isle and of the Musica Viva vocal ensemble. He has also taught at Université de Montréal’s Atelier de musique contemporaine and at McGill University. His strong interest in 20th and 21st century music has led him to participate in the premieres of many works (symphonic music, operas, chamber and choral music) in Europe, Asia and Latin America. In 2016, he completed is fifth collaboration with Chants libres productions, taking part in the creation of a new opera, The Trials of Patricia Isasa by Kristin Norderval, which was awarded two Opus Prizes for Concert of the year – Modern music, contemporary, and Concert of the year – Montreal.

He has also collaborated with several other creations, such as Exercises de conversation et de diction française pour étudiants américains by José Evangelista, Prochain depart by Simon Bertrand, Sans électricité les oiseaux disparaissent (Photopera) by Vincent Olivier-Gagnon, Foudroyé by Ben Shemi , Isabelle Panneton’s Arche, Tim Brady’s Three Cities in the Life of Dr. Norman Bethume, and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck produced at the Lille Opera in France. He directed the creation of the musical psychodrama theater La Faim d’Artaud by Analia Llugdar and the opera-performance Perdre Pied by Jimmie Leblanc. Among his other creations, he created John Oliver’s Alternate Visions opera at Usine C in Montreal and Fausto Romitelli’s video-opera An Index of Metal.

MUSICIANS

Strings

Winds et Percussion

Violin Jean-Yves Chevrolat, solo Anne Marie Poirier Anne-Isabelle Bourdon Félix Gagnon-Grenier Julie Gagnon Madeleine Chaput Paola Moresoli Sophie Jauvin Catherine Soum Gabrielle Gauthier-Durand Tina Carriere Isabelle Courtois Christian Mallet Maika Jangal Gabrielle Tremblay Gabriel Cayer Nadine Pelletier Ben Delaney Bertrand Nguyen Colleen Stanton Cello Nadine Kolment, solo Claudia Mack Yanie Gelinas Juliette Lees Chantal Ouellet Camille Laplante-Rayworth Tom Rayburn Mathieu Voghel-Robert Viola Serge Paradis, solo Boyan Djefersky Marie Corbeil Aude Bandini François Martin-Vogel Theresa Gossmann Corinne Bergeron Bass Carlos Maldonado Cisneros Pablo Seib Gabriel Drolet

Bassoon Melissa Pipe   Micheline Ellyson Patricia McMullen Clarinet Carl Chapdelaine Mihail Zhekov Claudine Tarte Flute/Piccolo Annie Thibault Daniel Després David Weigens Oboe Colin Chalk Shems Zidane Roanne Levitt Horn Allison Duff Laura Heino Sylvie Allard Trombone Sylvain Nolet Chantal Turcotte Stephen Grott Trumpet Alex Gutjahr Jonathan Talbot Tuba Karim Benmbarek Percussion Laurence Loiselle-Dupuis

COMMITTEES

Board

Brigitte Couture – President
Christian Mallet – Vice-President
Anne-Isabelle Bourdon – Program and communications
Chantale Turcotte – Internal communications
Micheline Ellyson – Logistics
Catherine Soum – Secretary
Nicolas Jelic – Treasurer

Artistic Committee

Cristian Gort, artistic director
Colin Chalk
Jean-Yves Chevrolat
Laura Heino
Nadine Kolment
Sylvain Nolet

Collaborators

Graphics – Mikaela Duberry
Recording – Mark Corwin, Jan Marut and Simon Bellefleur
Music Librarian- Colin Chalk