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Music directors Jonathan Cohen and Bernard Labadie, and coexecutive directors Laurent Patenaude and Patrice Savoie are pleased to invite you to the unveiling of the Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec 2021–2022 Season.
On this occasion, Laurent Patenaude and the musicians, along with a few surprise guests, will present the highlights of the upcoming season. The event will be followed by a performance by the orchestra conducted by Jonathan Cohen.
With
Laurent Patenaude, Coexecutive Director – Artistic Director,
Jonathan Cohen, Music Director of Les Violons du Roy,
Bernard Labadie, Founding Conductor and Music Director of La Chapelle de Québec,
and Les Violons du Roy musicians.
To attend this free event, simply request your pass by calling the Palais Montcalm – Maison de la musique box office today or clicking the link below.
Conductors and soloists
Jonathan Cohen
ConductorCellist and harpsichordist Jonathan Cohen is one of the most accomplished and sought-after British musicians of his generation. A fervent promoter of chamber music, he has mastered and explored repertoires ranging from baroque opera to the classical symphony. Cohen gained widespread recognition as associate conductor of Les Arts Florissants and, from 2010, as founder and artistic director of the Arcangelo ensemble. He has worked with Les Violons du Roy since 2014 and became their musical director in 2018. He also serves as artistic director of the Tetbury Music Festival and Boston’s prestigious Handel and Haydn Society.
A much-in-demand guest conductor, Cohen has appeared on both sides of the Atlantic with numerous ensembles, including the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Liège Royal Philharmonic, the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the New York Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Throughout the 24-25 season, he returns to Kammerorchester Basel and directs performances of St Matthew Passion with both Rotterdam Philharmonic and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He returns to Glyndebourne Festival for a revival of Barrie Kosky’s production of Handel Saul. He leads both Handel and Haydn Society and Houston Symphony Orchestra in Messiah, and with Handel and Haydn he also conducts Haydn The Seasons, Mozart Requiem and Beethoven Mass in C.
In addition to his impressive discography of almost 30 works as director of Arcangelo, he has recorded three albums with Les Violons du Roy, all of which have garnered national and international acclaim. His album devoted to Handel and Glass with American countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo earned Les Violons du Roy their first-ever Grammy nomination in 2019. Cohen has introduced several prestigious guest artists to audiences of Les Violons du Roy and has toured three times in Europe and North America with them.