Claire Guimond Explained

Claire Guimond
Birth Date:1955 10, df=y
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Instrument:Flute
Genre:Classical
Occupation:Flutist, Artistic Director, Teacher
Label:early-music.com, ATMA Classique, Analekta, Canadian Broadcasting Company
Associated Acts:Arion Baroque Orchestra

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

Biography

Guimond is a founding member of the Arion Baroque Orchestra and has been the artistic director since 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]

Many 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 the 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]

Soloist
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.

External links

Notes and References

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

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