Media Release
For immediate
release
August 3, 2005
Banff Centre orchestra concert features CBC Galaxie Rising Star winner, pianist Matthieu Fortin
The Banff Festival Orchestra conducted by Alain Trudel
Friday, August 12
7:30 p.m. Eric Harvie Theatre, The Banff Centre
$20 adult, $15 student / senior, $10 child, Arts Lovers Free
Box Office: 1-800-413-8368 or 403-762-6301
Pre-concert chat at 7 p.m., west lobby, Eric Harvie Theatre
Pianist Matthieu Fortin, winner of a 2005 Award from the Galaxie Rising Stars program of the CBC, will play Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto during the last Banff Festival Orchestra concert of the summer, on Friday August 12 in the Eric Harvie Theatre at The Banff Centre.
Made up of some of Canada’s best young professional, early-career musicians, the 45-piece Orchestra’s members participate in master classes throughout the summer under the tutelage of The Banff Centre’s distinguished visiting musicians, and perform a series of mainstage concerts. The August 12 concert will feature a program of Russian and French music conducted by trombonist and composer / conductor Alain Trudel, with a special performance by trumpeter Jens Lindemann. The evening’s repertoire includes Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.
Alain Trudel
One of Canada’s top brass musicians and a sought-after conductor, trombonist Alain Trudel has had a long-standing working relationship with The Banff Centre. He began his career with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as a soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Tivoli Festival Orchestra, and the Nevada Symphony. As a conductor, he has led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded with the U.K.’s Northern Sinfonia, as a soloist, and has conducted the Banff Festival Orchestra for the past two Festival seasons.
Matthieu Fortin
A past first prize winner in the National Music Festival and the Canadian Music Competition, Fortin is currently studying for his doctorate under Marc Durand and Paul Stewart at the Université de Montréal. He has studied at the Tanglewood Institute, the Orford Arts Centre, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. In June 2004, Fortin was awarded the Joseph Rouleau Prize at the Montreal International Musical Competition, which took him to Paris and London to perform, and this year he will perform on CBC radio and as a guest with several Quebec orchestras.
Partnering with The Banff Centre for the fourth consecutive year, Galaxie’s Rising Stars Award is presented to an emerging Canadian artist performing in the Centre’s Summer Music Program, one of many awards the network presents in conjunction with more than 60 music industry partners across Canada to talented up-and-coming artists. Galaxie is the most listened to continuous music network in the country with more than 4 million subscribers and 45 music channels uninterrupted by ads or talk, and programmed by music experts.
For a
high-resolution, downloadable image of Matthieu Fortin:
http://www.banffcentre.ca/media_room/images/people/#fortin
For a complete list of Rising Stars Partners and winners, or for more information: www.galaxie.ca
Media Contact
Jill Sawyer
Media and Communications Officer, The Banff Centre
403.762.6475
