Claire Guimond

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Claire Guimond
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Background information
Born (1955-10-26) 26 October 1955 (age 69)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Classical
Occupation(s)Flutist, artistic director, teacher
Instrument Flute
Labels early-music.com, ATMA Classique, Analekta, Canadian Broadcasting Company

Claire Guimond (born 26 October 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian flute player who was the founding member and former Artistic Director of Arion Baroque Orchestra. [1]

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Biography

Guimond is a founding member of the Arion Baroque Orchestra and was the artistic director from 1981 [2] to 2020. During this time, she invited numerous conductors and soloists specializing in early music to lead the orchestra. She also collaborated with musicologists in Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom to create world-premiere recordings and performances of rediscovered works.

As a soloist and orchestra member, she performed with Arion in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. During the 2019-2020 season, she was co-artistic director of Arion with Mathieu Lussier, her successor as artistic director. [3]

In October 2019, Guimond was awarded the Betty Webster Award by Orchestras Canada for her "sustained and significant contribution over several years to the Canadian orchestral community, with an emphasis on leadership, education, and volunteerism." [4]

In January 2020, the Conseil Québécois de la Musique awarded her the Opus Award for Artistic Director of the Year. [5]

Concerts and recordings in which she participated as a flutist or artistic director were given awards, such as the Prix Opus, Juno Award, Félix Prize, and International Handel Recording Prize. [6]

Guimond has recorded over 40 CDs, including nearly 30 with Arion Baroque Orchestra. She has recorded solo albums with harpsichordists Luc Beauséjour and Gary Cooper, cellist Jaap ter Linden and violinist Monica Huggett, among others.

She has made several radio and television recordings for Canadian, British, Belgian, Irish, and Mexican stations. She has performed under conductors specialized in baroque music, such as Ton Koopman, Masaaki Suzuki, Christophe Rousset, Andrew Parrott, Jordi Savall, Philippe Herreweghe, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Barthold Kuijken, Kent Nagano, Bruno Weil and Andrea Marcon. Guimond was the artistic director of the Lamèque International Baroque Music Festival from 2000 to 2005. She is regularly invited as an adjudicator and jury member for graduate study recitals in early music as well as for music competitions. In June 2017, she was part of the jury at the International Festival of Early Music in Val de Loire (France) under the presidency of William Christie. [7]

Guimond taught baroque flute at McGill University from 1980 to 2019 with Baccalaureate, Master's, and PhD. levels. She also taught chamber music from 1980 to 1997. She regularly gives master classes and teaches at the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, which has been held in Toronto every summer since 2006.

In 2001, Guimond founded Les Productions early-music.com , a record label devoted to the repertoire of early music. She was president of the Conseil Québécois de la Musique from 1994 to 1997.

Discography (selection)

Claire Guimond recorded more than 40 CDs, amongst them, many as a soloist. [8]

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Orchestra

Awards and distinctions

Arion Baroque Orchestra won many awards for their concerts and recordings with Claire Guimond at their helm as Artistic Director: 9 Prix Opus [9] , [10] of the Conseil Québécois de la Musique, 2 Félix Awards [11] , [12] of ADISQ, 1 Juno Award [13] of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and 1 Diapason d'Or [14] from the French music magazine Diapason.

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References

  1. ↑ "NOUVELLE | le Prix Opus Hommage sera remis à Claire Guimond". 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Arion Ensemble | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  3. ↑ "Mathieu Lussier takes up the baton at Arion Baroque Orchestra". themontrealeronline.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Arion's Long-Serving Artistic Director Win's Orchestras Canada's 2019 Betty Webster Award". oc.ca. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Opus Awards 2020" (PDF). 2020-01-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Biography-Arion Baroque" . Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  7. ↑ "REMA - European Early Music Network - 2nd edition of the International Early Music Competition in Loire Valley". www.rema-eemn.net. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  8. ↑ "early-music.com" (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  9. ↑ "CQM > Activités et services > Prix Opus > Archives". www.cqm.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  10. ↑ "CQM > Activités et services > Prix Opus > Lauréats an 23". www.cqm.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Archives 2013 –". ADISQ. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  12. ↑ "Archives 2003 –". ADISQ. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  13. ↑ "Past Nominees + Winners". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  14. ↑ "ACTUALITÉS | Dix bonnes nouvelles en musique classique pour se remonter le moral". Ludwig Van Montreal. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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