Marc-Olivier Lamontagne est passionné par les musiques des XXe et XXIe siècles. Guitariste classique et électrique en demande, il se produit régulièrement comme soliste, chambriste et improvisateur avec des formations telles que le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, l’Orchestre 21, Chants libres, l'ECM+, Quasar, le Quatuor Bozzini, l’Ensemble Punctum, dont il est Directeur artistique et l’Ensemble La Machine et Ciao Rhino, deux ensembles dont il est membre fondateur. Il fait également des créations d’oeuvres pour guitare en solo et en ensemble au Canada et en Europe. Marc-Olivier a été directeur artistique de la société de concert Ottawa New Music Creators de 2012 à 2014. Il est aussi depuis 2013 président de Codes d’accès. Marc-Olivier a remporté de nombreux prix (dont le prestigieux prix John Newmark au concours du Prix d’Europe en 2009) et s’est vu octroyé plusieurs bourses, dont une bourse du Conseil des arts du Canada qui lui a permis de parfaire son jeu auprès d’Alberto Ponce et de Judicaël Perroy à Paris, ainsi qu’avec Oscar Ghiglia à Sienne. Marc-Olivier est titulaire d'un doctorat en interprétation à l’Université de Montréal, sous la codirection de Lorraine Vaillancourt et Bruno Perron.
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Canadian guitarist Marc-Olivier Lamontagne specializes in contemporary music performance on classical and electric guitars. He is a sought-after soloist, improviser and chamber musician. He is also a skilled artistic director and project builder who has contributed to Canada's new music scene through the founding of ensembles, the organization of many concert projects, and the commission and performance of a large number of new works, including two concerti for electric guitar and several mixed music pieces.
He regularly performs with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and Bradyworks and has collaborated with many leading new music organizations such as Quatuor Bozzini, ECM+, Quasar, Orchestre 21, The Music Gallery, Paramirabo, Projections libérantes and Chants libres. He is the founder and Artistic Director of both Ensemble Punctum (specializing in music for plucked string instruments) and Ciao Rhino (a mixed music quartet) and was a founding member of Ensemble La Machine. He was the driving force behind several projects produced by Codes d’accès, Bradyworks, Punctum, Ciao Rhino and La Machine, including the Canadian premiere of Romitelli's Professor Bad Trip in 2012, a concert that won him his first Opus Prize. He has performed throughout Canada and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician and has also enjoyed artistic residencies in Paris (at the Cité des Arts) and Banff, thanks to the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec. He served as Artistic Director of Ottawa New Music Creators from 2012-2014, is a member of Bradyworks' Artistic Committee and was appointed Artistic Director of Codes d’accès, the Montreal-based new music concert producer, in September 2015 - the first time this organization has had an AD since its foundation 30 years ago. Marc-Olivier spent three years in Europe completing a Diplôme supérieur de concertiste at Paris' École normale de musique (Alberto Ponce), where he also had the chance to work with other guitar greats Judicaël Perroy and Oscar Gighlia. He then returned to Montreal, where he completed a Doctorate in Music Performance at Université de Montréal (Lorraine Vaillancourt and Bruno Perron) in 2013. He has participated in major music competitions and won second place at the prestigious Prix d'Europe in 2009. He has received several scholarships, including the Andres Segovia Memorial Scholarship for his 2015 residency at the Banff Arts Centre. He has benefitted from the support of all the major grant-giving organizations in Canada in the development of his solo career and in his concert production enterprises. Marc-Olivier is also passionate about teaching music, which he has been doing for the past 15 years. |