Cantilena
Julien LeBlanc, piano
June 22, 7.30 pm
Program
- Mélancolie
- Toccata
- Sonate
Allegro con moto
Lied
Choral et variations
Intermission
- Variations "Ah! Vous dirai-je maman" K.265
- Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor
- Prélude, choral et fugue
* Pre-concert talk at 7.00 pm by Kevin Arseneau, storyteller.
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
César Franck (1822 - 1890)
Julien LeBlanc holds a post-graduate Diploma in Accompaniment from the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) where he studied with pianist Malcolm Martineau, a Doctorate in piano performance from Université de Montréal under Paul Stewart and Marc Durand as well as an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School (Toronto, ON).
Julien LeBlanc has been an adjudicator on several music festivals and competition in Canada. He currently works as a vocal and collaborative pianist both at McGill University and Université de Montréal.
A virtuoso whose enthusiasm is genuinely contagious, New-Brunswick pianist Julien LeBlanc is renowned for his great musical sensibility and his talent as a communicator. Based in Montreal, he is a well sought-after soloist, chamber player and accompanist.
Julien is a founding member of Trio Arkaède with whom he recently recorded a second album. A great lover of the art song repertoire, he is often heard on the concert stage with many Canadian singers including sopranos Miriam Khalil and Nathalie Paulin as well as with mezzo Lauren Segal. He recently acted has music director for Against the Grain Theatre in a production of Pelléas et Mélisande by Debussy in Toronto.
Julien LeBlanc, piano
