Born in Montreal in 1990, Canadian cellist
GENEVIEVE GUIMOND began her cello studies at the age of five. She made her orchestral debut at the age of 10 as soloist with I Musici de Montreal under the direction of Yuli Turovsky, who she continued her cello studies with till 2007. Genevieve has also had lessons with Laurence
Lesser, Lluis Claret, Vagram Saradjan, Andres
Diaz and Hans Jorgen Jensen. In addition, she has performed in master classes for Mischa Maisky and Lynn Harrell. In 2010, Genevieve was awarded a two year fellowship to the Aspen School of Music in Colorado.
Genevieve has won many top prizes in music competitions, including first prize at the Canadian Music Competition 2005, and first prize (Strings) at the 2007 National Music Festival. In 2006, she was also the youngest semi-finalist at the Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition. Genevieve has performed as soloist and chamber musician in Canada, and for international audiences in Italy, Greece, Spain, China and Japan.
In 2006 she was featured as the principal character and cellist for an award winning short film directed by Alex Franchi. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and screened at numerous other festivals, including Cannes.
Genevieve is a scholarship student of Richard Aaron at The Juilliard School in NYC. Currently she is principal of The Juilliard Orchestra. She plays an 1815 Giovanni Baptista Ceruti cello and Lamy bow, on generous loan from the Canimex Foundation.
NOVEMBER 15 - 30th 2011
Debut Atlantic Tour
Eastern Canada,
JULY - AUGUST 2010,
Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, Colorado
June 9th 2010 - 8:30
Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa, Ontario
May 23rd 2010 - 8pm
with pianist Philip Chiu
Oscar Peterson Concert Hall
Montreal, QC
Tickets: $15, $25, $50
May 2nd 2010 - 5:30pm
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 5th Avenue, NY, NY
April 15th 2010 - 8pm
Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur
April 8th 2010 - 4pm
Solo Recital, Morse Hall
The Juilliard School, NYC
August 9th 2009 - 7:30pm
with pianist Alex Maynegre
The Meadowmount School of Music
Westport, NY
January 31st 2009 - 8pm
with pianist Philip Chu
Saint Columba By The Lake
Pointe Claire, Quebec
July 17th 2008 - 8pm
with pianist Sandra Murray
Orford Arts Centre
Orford, Quebec
May 31st 2008 - 8pm
Schumann Cello Concerto with
I Musici de Montreal
St. Piopolis,
Megantic Region,Quebec
May 4th 2008 - 4pm
A.R.A.M. Competition
Repintigny, Quebec
April 30th 2008 - Noon
100 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal
Admission is free
April 26th 2008 7:30pm
Salle Claude Champagne
Universite de Montreal
200 rue Vincent d'Indy
April 6th 2008 8pm
Concordia Univeristy
Tickets $15, $25, $50, $100
February 16th 2008 7:30pm
Class Recital
February 2nd 2008 7:30pm
November 2nd 2007 7pm
Fundraising Gala Concert
Douglas Hall
Douglas Hospital
Tickets $10-$50
October 14th 2007 8pm
House Recital
Beaconsfield, Quebec
October 12th 2007 3pm
Albert Dumouchel Hall
Valleyfield,Quebec
Tickets $15
August 11th 2007 8pm
Capitol Theatre
Moncton
New Brunswick
Tickets $25
May 28th 2007 8pm
Schulich Concert Hall
Mcgill University
"You are a wonderful, expressive musician,
full of great sensitivity, strong musical line, and very beautiful colours. An ARTIST!"
Anne Elliott-Goldschmidt
"A thrilling performance and a truly georgeous sound"
Nancy Argenta
"An astonishing command of the instrument, beautiful and powerful sound, with a deep understanding of the music she plays "
Yuli Turovsky
"Very rich, beautiful and commanding sound!"
Lorraine Roettges
"A fantastic range of dynamics...I appreciate the intensity of your playing. Bravo!
Robert Verebes
"You have a glorius sound"
Antonio Lysy
"Bravo...Potentiel enorme!"
Maneli Pirzadeh
"Brilliant performance!"
Jimmy Briere
"Really beautiful sound...a great talent"
Joceyln Bastien
gg_juilliard.edu
646-221-3939
17/06/2010
Genevieve with pianist Philip Chiu have won the prestigious Debut Atlantic auditions, and will be on tour in the 2011 - 2012 season
