Dr. Stéphane Lemelin

Biography

Pianist Stéphane Lemelin is well-known to audiences in Canada and regularly tours the United States, Europe, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. His repertory is vast, with a particular predilection for German Classical and Romantic literature, and a particular affinity for French music, evidenced by more than twenty-five recordings that include works by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Poulenc, and Roussel. Lemelin is the director of the French music series 'Découvertes 1890-1939' at the Atma Classique label, dedicated to the rediscovery of neglected early twentieth-century French repertoire, recording works by composers such as Samazeuilh and Ropartz. He studied under Yvonne Hubert in Montreal and Karl-Ulrich Schnabel in New York, receiving his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Peabody Conservatory as a student of Leon Fleisher. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, with teachers including Boris Berman and Claude Frank. He taught at the University of Alberta for over ten years and at the University of Ottawa from 2001 to 2013 and served as Director of the School of Music from 2007 to 2012. Lemelin was appointed Professor of Piano at the Department of Performance at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University starting in May 2014, and as a dedicated pedagogue, he has been invited to give master classes around the world. He was a member of Trio Hochelaga from 2003 to 2012 and is the founder and Artistic Director of the Prince Edward County Music Festival.

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