Jean-Philippe Tremblay
As Artistic Director and Founder of the Orchestre de la Francophonie, Jean-Philippe Tremblay has given more than 200 concerts across Canada and China, and guest engagements have included the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the National Arts Center Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra. Abroad, he has guest conducted the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Radio Orchestra of Dresden, the Orchestre National de France, the Flemish Radio Orchestra, and the Ensemble Moderne Contemporain. In 2001 Tremblay was named by Pinchas Zukerman to the Assistant Conductor position of Ottawa's NAC Orchestra, a position he held for two years.
In 2009-2010, Jean-Philippe Tremblay conducted the inaugural concert of the Royal Conservatory of Music's new concert hall in Toronto, as well as concerts with the Sofia Philharmonie, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain, Philharmonic of the Americas, National Arts Center Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the London Chamber Players, and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (inauguration of the 2010 World Fair). Summer activities included a series of 16 performances with the OF throughout Québec and Ottawa. Jean-Philippe Tremblay and the OF record exclusively for Analekta Records; the early 2010 release of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies (5 cd box set) “Beethoven Live” has received enthusiastic reviews from critics at home and abroad.
The 2010-2011 Season will include a ten-city tour of China with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, concerts with the Beijing and Shanghai symphony orchestras, the Flemish Radio Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra and the Orchestre de la Francophonie.
A native of Chicoutimi Québec, Jean-Philippe Tremblay studied viola, composition and conducting at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec à Chicoutimi followed by advanced studies in conducting at the Faculté de musique de l'Université de Montréal, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Pierre Monteux School, and a fellowship at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center. Other mentors have included, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Robert Spano, Jorma Panula, and Michael Jinbo. He is the recipient of the Joyce Conger Award for the Arts, the Rose Roitman Award and received the Musician's Prize at the 2002 Mitropoulos International Competition for Orchestral Conducting, and in 2004-2005 was selected by Kurt Mazur and Christoph von Dohnanyi to be one of three participants in the Allianz Cultural Foundations' conductor mentoring program with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, Jean-Philippe Tremblay often swaps his baton for the viola - performing in various North American festivals and as Artistic Advisor for the New York-based Tremblay Ensemble.
