Mathilde Duval-Laplante, soprano
Mathilde Duval-Laplante is a multi-talented artist and entrepreneur.
An opera singer, composer, and socially conscious poet, she is above all
gifted with exceptional musicality. Her agile, crystalline voice is the
unifying force behind her unique artistic expression.
The youngest of a family of musicians, Mathilde has performed in over
two hundred concerts with the family vocal quartet since the age of
four. She has won several competitions, including the youth theme song
for Quebec City’s 400th anniversary, and has appeared in Robert Lepage’s
film Triptyque. In 2022, she starred in the Jeunesses Musicales operetta La veuve joyeuse and collaborated with Gregory Charles in The Sound of Music.
Through her songs, Mathilde embodies her generation, where the
boundaries between musical genres no longer exist. Her first album, the
dark, orchestral L’Autre, was a finalist for the Œuvre de
la relève du CALQ, and her video of the same title has won international
acclaim. Recently, her pop anthem Brave fille moderne made its debut on Sirius XM’s commercial airwaves.
In 2023, Mathilde embarked on a new era with her project Cœur à l’eau,
a series of songs that tackle various emotional storms with
sensitivity. In collaboration with Espace Saint-Denis, she also produces
La chansonnière, a modern boîte à chansons for independent artists that has attracted the attention of Clémence Desrochers and Radio-Canada.
Mathilde’s musical expressiveness creates a close connection with her
audience, making her one of the most captivating artists of the moment.
  
Rosemarie Duval-Laplante, pianist
Rosemarie Duval-Laplante stands out for her sensitivity, refined
sound, and passionate, spirited playing. Winner of first prizes at the
Concours du Royaume in Saguenay and the Concours Pierre-de-Saurel in
Sorel, she has performed as a soloist with the Budweis Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Orchestre du Conservatoire de musique de Québec, and as a
duet player with Les Violons du Roy and the Orchestre symphonique
du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
Passionate about chamber music, she has collaborated with various
ensembles, including Les Violons du Roy. In 2017, she formed a four-hand
piano duo with pianist Jean-Michel Dubé. This duo, who has two
Jeunesses Musicales Canada tours to its credit, has performed in France,
including a concert at the Musée de Port-Royal, and in Switzerland, and
has been invited by France Musique to play live on air in Paris. They
were also chosen to represent Canada at Jeunesses Musicales
International’s 75th anniversary in 2020.
In 2022, the pair released their first album for piano four hands,
dedicated to the music of Fauré and Debussy, on the Espace-21 label.
Rosemarie has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts
and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and has studied with
several internationally renowned pianists, both as a soloist and as a
four-hand performer. She was also a teacher and accompanist at the
Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay from 2018 to 2021.
Jean-Michel Dubé, pianist
Winner of the German Piano Open, recipient of the grand prize from
the Canimex Canadian Music Competition (Stepping Stone), winner of the
Prix d’Europe, and finalist at the Festival international de musique
de Paris and the Piana Del Cavaliere Piano Competition, Jean-Michel Dubé
is one of the 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30 (CBC
Music 2017). His live performances can be heard on ICI Musique, Radio
classique, and France Musique.
As a concert pianist, he has collaborated with the Orchestre
symphonique de l’Estuaire, the Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville,
the German Piano Open Competition Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy, the
Orchestre de la Francophonie, the Orchestre des jeunes de Montréal, the
Canadian Music Competition Orchestra, and the Orchestre Philharmonia
Mundi de Montréal. He has worked with the conductors Dina Gilbert,
Julien Proulx, Henri Sigfridsson, Mathieu Lussier, Daniel Missyk, Louis
Lavigueur, Uri Mayer, Jean-Pascal Hamelin, and Hubert Tanguay-Labrosse.
As a chamber musician, he has recorded André Mathieu’s chamber music
with the chamber musicians of Les Violons du Roy, and he collaborates
with various ensembles. As a duo player, he collaborates with Rosemarie
Duval-Laplante on piano four hands and Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy on
cello.
A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Québec in Suzanne
Beaubien’s class, Jean-Michel Dubé has had the honour of playing
privately for pianists Evgeny Kissin and Garrick Ohlsson. He has
benefited from the mentoring of pianist Philippe Cassard for his solo
work and of Hervé Billaut for duos.
Since 2022 he has been artistic director of Rendez-vous classiques – Piano et compagnie.
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