Opera artist and Administrative Director<\/em><\/p>\n

A singer by training, Ariel Lefebvre graduated from McGill University\u2019s Schulich School of Music. In recent years, he has worked on numerous musical and lyrical productions across Quebec and the Maritimes. Since 2016 he has been involved with Scuola \u201cGiovanni Grasso\u201d first as an artist and then as a management collaborator. In 2018, he participated in the Halifax Summer Opera Festival in Nova Scotia as well as the Montr\u00e9al Bach Festival. In addition to pursuing his ambitions as a next-generation singing talent, Ariel has worked as an administrative coordinator for a number of cultural organizations, including the voice ensemble Les Rugissants, which is very involved in the borough of Sud-Ouest in Montr\u00e9al. Looking for an active role in the socio-economic development of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s culture sector, Ariel is part of La Machinerie\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

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Opera artist and Administrative Director<\/em><\/p>\n

A singer by training, Ariel Lefebvre graduated from McGill University\u2019s Schulich School of Music. In recent years, he has worked on numerous musical and lyrical productions across Quebec and the Maritimes. Since 2016 he has been involved with Scuola \u201cGiovanni Grasso\u201d first as an artist and then as a management collaborator. In 2018, he participated in the Halifax Summer Opera Festival in Nova Scotia as well as the Montr\u00e9al Bach Festival. In addition to pursuing his ambitions as a next-generation singing talent, Ariel has worked as an administrative coordinator for a number of cultural organizations, including the voice ensemble Les Rugissants, which is very involved in the borough of Sud-Ouest in Montr\u00e9al. Looking for an active role in the socio-economic development of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s culture sector, Ariel is part of La Machinerie\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

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John Mac Master<\/h2>\n

Tenor, voice professor, adjudicator and clinician<\/em><\/p>\n

Canadian tenor John Mac Master has performed the most demanding roles of the dramatic repertoire the world over: Cavaradossi (Tosca), Canio (Pagliacci), Otello, Manrico (Trovatore), Calaf (Turandot), Peter Grimes, Florestan (Fidelio), Tristan, Erik (Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), have been his calling cards at the Metropolitan Opera, Op\u00e9ra Nationale de Paris, Vienna Volksoper; for the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore, Seoul, Beijing; for San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia, all over the United States, and with every major symphony orchestra and opera company in Canada. He has performed with many of the greatest conductors of our time including Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Sir Charles Mackerras, Richard Hickox, James Levine, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Daniel Harding, Mario Bernardi, Bramwell Tovey, Valery Gergiev and Robert Spano. In particular he\u00a0 <\/span>has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with Montreal\u2019s L\u2019Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain and L\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0On the concert stage, he has been engaged for Beethoven Symphony No 9, Verdi Requiem, Orff Carmina Burana, Mahler\u2019s Symphony No 8 and Das Lied von der Erde on countless occasions, but also for Janacek\u2019s Glagolitic Mass, Schoenberg Gurrelieder, and Elgar\u2019s Dream of Gerontius.\u00a0His recordings include Beethoven Fidelio and Symphony No. 9 with the London Symphony Orchestra (UK); von Weber\u2019s Euryanthe with the Polish Radio Orchestra; Love for Three Oranges on Chandos; the world premiere recording of Langgarrd\u2019s Antikrist (Danachord) and Handel\u2019s Berenice on the Newport Classic label.\u00a0Appointed Assistant Professor in The Schulich School of Music at McGill University in 2016, and named Associate Dean (Academic & Student Affairs) in 2017, he taught previously at Western University in London ON, and is committed to sharing his knowledge and love for this great art with a new generation of performers and scholars.<\/p>\n

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Tenor, voice professor, adjudicator and clinician<\/em><\/p>\n

Canadian tenor John Mac Master has performed the most demanding roles of the dramatic repertoire the world over: Cavaradossi (Tosca), Canio (Pagliacci), Otello, Manrico (Trovatore), Calaf (Turandot), Peter Grimes, Florestan (Fidelio), Tristan, Erik (Fliegende Holl\u00e4nder), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), have been his calling cards at the Metropolitan Opera, Op\u00e9ra Nationale de Paris, Vienna Volksoper; for the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Barcelona, Melbourne, Singapore, Seoul, Beijing; for San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Australia, all over the United States, and with every major symphony orchestra and opera company in Canada. He has performed with many of the greatest conductors of our time including Sir Colin Davis, Bernard Haitink, Sir Charles Mackerras, Richard Hickox, James Levine, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Daniel Harding, Mario Bernardi, Bramwell Tovey, Valery Gergiev and Robert Spano. In particular he\u00a0 <\/span>has enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship with Montreal\u2019s L\u2019Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain and L\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al.\u00a0On the concert stage, he has been engaged for Beethoven Symphony No 9, Verdi Requiem, Orff Carmina Burana, Mahler\u2019s Symphony No 8 and Das Lied von der Erde on countless occasions, but also for Janacek\u2019s Glagolitic Mass, Schoenberg Gurrelieder, and Elgar\u2019s Dream of Gerontius.\u00a0His recordings include Beethoven Fidelio and Symphony No. 9 with the London Symphony Orchestra (UK); von Weber\u2019s Euryanthe with the Polish Radio Orchestra; Love for Three Oranges on Chandos; the world premiere recording of Langgarrd\u2019s Antikrist (Danachord) and Handel\u2019s Berenice on the Newport Classic label.\u00a0Appointed Assistant Professor in The Schulich School of Music at McGill University in 2016, and named Associate Dean (Academic & Student Affairs) in 2017, he taught previously at Western University in London ON, and is committed to sharing his knowledge and love for this great art with a new generation of performers and scholars.<\/p>\n

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Esther Gonthier<\/h2>\n

Pianist and vocal coach<\/em><\/p>\n

Esther Gonthier is recognized as one of the most versatile and sought-after pianists in Canada. During the last 30 years, she pursued a very active career both as a pianist-rehearsalist, vocalist, and concert performer. Due to her vast knowledge of the operatic repertoire, she worked on more than 130 operas to date, positioning herself as one of the most recognized experts in the world of Opera. She is regularly invited as a pianist-rehearsalist by the Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, the Canadian Opera Company, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, the Op\u00e9ra de Qu\u00e9bec, the Lanaudi\u00e8re Festival, and the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain, among others. She has assisted great conductors such as Jean-Claude Casadesus, Rafael Fr\u00fcbeck of Burgos, Eliahu Inbal, Michel Plasson, Charles Dutoit, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Jacques Lacombe, and Kent Nagano. As a concert performer, she has been invited several times by the Grands Ballets Canadiens Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. During her concerts, she accompanied high-caliber soloists such as Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Susan Platts, Nathalie Paulin, and Lyne Fortin, not to mention her work as a rehearsal coach with such prestigious names as Jos\u00e9 Van Dam, Kiri Te Kanawa, Federica Von Stade, and Nancy Argenta. She is also the main coach of many promising singers from the Atelier Lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, and other Universities all over the world.<\/p>\n

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Pianist and vocal coach<\/em><\/p>\n

Esther Gonthier is recognized as one of the most versatile and sought-after pianists in Canada. During the last 30 years, she pursued a very active career both as a pianist-rehearsalist, vocalist, and concert performer. Due to her vast knowledge of the operatic repertoire, she worked on more than 130 operas to date, positioning herself as one of the most recognized experts in the world of Opera. She is regularly invited as a pianist-rehearsalist by the Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, the Canadian Opera Company, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, the Op\u00e9ra de Qu\u00e9bec, the Lanaudi\u00e8re Festival, and the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain, among others. She has assisted great conductors such as Jean-Claude Casadesus, Rafael Fr\u00fcbeck of Burgos, Eliahu Inbal, Michel Plasson, Charles Dutoit, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Jacques Lacombe, and Kent Nagano. As a concert performer, she has been invited several times by the Grands Ballets Canadiens Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. During her concerts, she accompanied high-caliber soloists such as Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Susan Platts, Nathalie Paulin, and Lyne Fortin, not to mention her work as a rehearsal coach with such prestigious names as Jos\u00e9 Van Dam, Kiri Te Kanawa, Federica Von Stade, and Nancy Argenta. She is also the main coach of many promising singers from the Atelier Lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, and other Universities all over the world.<\/p>\n

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Daniele Agiman<\/h2>\n

Conductor and Music Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniele Agiman is one of the most active and recognized Italian conductors in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is a regular guest of the most prestigious operatic institutions of the globe, including Japan and South Korea.\u00a0He also directed in Argentina, South Africa, France, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Georgia, Russia; in December 1992 he made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus and at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, under the invitation of the Wiener Kammerorchester.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winner of the 1999 National Competition of the Italian Ministry of Education, he has held the chair of Orchestral Conducting at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since March 2007 he is also Honorary Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University in Japan.\u00a0He is frequently invited by Italian and international Universities (Bologna, Ancona, Teramo, Roma Tre, University of Milan, the Korean University of Art and Chung Ang University of Seoul), cultural associations, and research centers (Stresa Network, Societ\u00e0 Gruppo-Analitica Italiana, ISMO)\u00a0as Visiting Professor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conductor and Music Director<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniele Agiman is one of the most active and recognized Italian conductors in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is a regular guest of the most prestigious operatic institutions of the globe, including Japan and South Korea.\u00a0He also directed in Argentina, South Africa, France, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Georgia, Russia; in December 1992 he made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus and at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, under the invitation of the Wiener Kammerorchester.<\/span><\/p>\n

Winner of the 1999 National Competition of the Italian Ministry of Education, he has held the chair of Orchestral Conducting at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Milan ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since March 2007 he is also Honorary Professor of Orchestral Conducting at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University in Japan.\u00a0He is frequently invited by Italian and international Universities (Bologna, Ancona, Teramo, Roma Tre, University of Milan, the Korean University of Art and Chung Ang University of Seoul), cultural associations, and research centers (Stresa Network, Societ\u00e0 Gruppo-Analitica Italiana, ISMO)\u00a0as Visiting Professor.<\/span><\/p>\n

His most significant productions include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Gianni Schicchi and Cavalleria Rusticana at the State Theater of Taegu (South Korea) on the occasion of the twinning between the cities of Milan and Taegu;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Lucia di Lammermoor in Seoul at the Sejong Opera Festival on the occasion of the A.S.E.M. (Asia\u2013Europe Meeting);<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 La Traviata at the Centennial Hall in Nara (Japan).<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with his international career, Daniele Agiman is also deeply involved in the production of some of the most important Italian orchestras (Orchestra della Toscana, Pomeriggi Musicali, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Sinfonica Abruzzese, Solisti Aquilani, etc.) and theaters (Teatro Regio of Turin, Teatro delle Muse of Ancona, Comunale di Modena, Lauro Rossi of Macerata, Teatro Lirico of Cagliari, Pergolesi di Jesi, Municipal Theaters of Belluno, Corridonia, and Taranto on the occasion of the respective re-openings). He is also involved in the organization of many of the most prestigious seasonal concerts in Italy (among which we find Tosca for the Como Opera Season, Puccini’s Messa di gloria for the summer season of Macerata, and Madama Butterfly for the Festival of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento).<\/span><\/p>\n

Lately, he has been particularly involved in the discovery and dissemination of contemporary classical music, directing, among other things, many creations of new Italian composers.<\/span><\/p>\n

His current and past official positions include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic and Musical Director of \u201cI Madrigalisti Ambrosiani\u201d in the years 1995\/1996<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director of the Fall Opera Season of the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano in the years 1995\/1998 (Boheme, Barbiere di Siviglia, Traviata, Rigoletto)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic Director of the Opera Atelier of the Music Conservatory “G. Verdi “in Milan in the years 2000\/2002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Benedetto Marcello of Teramo from 2000 to 2005<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic consultant for the Italian Opera of the State Theater of Taegu (South Korea) and Kyushu City Opera (Japan) since 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director for the orchestral productions of the Associazione “Ab Harmoniae”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director and Artistic Consultant for the operatic projects of the “Pergine Spettacolo Aperto” Festival (Madame Butterfly, Boheme, Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Guest Conductor of the Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Conductor of the G. Rossini Symphony Orchestra of Pesaro since 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

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His most significant productions include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Gianni Schicchi and Cavalleria Rusticana at the State Theater of Taegu (South Korea) on the occasion of the twinning between the cities of Milan and Taegu;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Lucia di Lammermoor in Seoul at the Sejong Opera Festival on the occasion of the A.S.E.M. (Asia\u2013Europe Meeting);<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 La Traviata at the Centennial Hall in Nara (Japan).<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with his international career, Daniele Agiman is also deeply involved in the production of some of the most important Italian orchestras (Orchestra della Toscana, Pomeriggi Musicali, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Sinfonica Abruzzese, Solisti Aquilani, etc.) and theaters (Teatro Regio of Turin, Teatro delle Muse of Ancona, Comunale di Modena, Lauro Rossi of Macerata, Teatro Lirico of Cagliari, Pergolesi di Jesi, Municipal Theaters of Belluno, Corridonia, and Taranto on the occasion of the respective re-openings). He is also involved in the organization of many of the most prestigious seasonal concerts in Italy (among which we find Tosca for the Como Opera Season, Puccini’s Messa di gloria for the summer season of Macerata, and Madama Butterfly for the Festival of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento).<\/span><\/p>\n

Lately, he has been particularly involved in the discovery and dissemination of contemporary classical music, directing, among other things, many creations of new Italian composers.<\/span><\/p>\n

His current and past official positions include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic and Musical Director of \u201cI Madrigalisti Ambrosiani\u201d in the years 1995\/1996<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director of the Fall Opera Season of the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano in the years 1995\/1998 (Boheme, Barbiere di Siviglia, Traviata, Rigoletto)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic Director of the Opera Atelier of the Music Conservatory “G. Verdi “in Milan in the years 2000\/2002<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Conductor of the Orchestra Benedetto Marcello of Teramo from 2000 to 2005<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Artistic consultant for the Italian Opera of the State Theater of Taegu (South Korea) and Kyushu City Opera (Japan) since 1995<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director for the orchestral productions of the Associazione “Ab Harmoniae”<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Music Director and Artistic Consultant for the operatic projects of the “Pergine Spettacolo Aperto” Festival (Madame Butterfly, Boheme, Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Guest Conductor of the Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Principal Conductor of the G. Rossini Symphony Orchestra of Pesaro since 2009<\/span><\/p>\n

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Denise Agiman<\/h2>\n

Director, Acting teacher and\u00a0drama therapist<\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Milan and living in Montreal since 1985, Denise holds a master in creative arts therapies, a master in drama and a Ph.D in Performing Arts.\u00a0\u00a0 She also trained in psychodrama, sandplay therapy and psychotherapy.<\/p>\n

She has been invited to some local and international conferences in Europe and in North and Central America, and following her works on the cross-cultural relationships in theater, she won the IFTR-International Federation for Theater Research Award. During the last 10 years , she has been working as\u00a0 drama therapist, psychotherapist and\u00a0 psycho dramatist with children and adults\u00a0 by using the theatre and the arts for a therapeutic and social purpose.\u00a0 Presently,\u00a0 \u00a0she teaches theatre history, acting and commedia dell\u2019arte at Universit\u00e9 de Montreal and McGill University. \u00a0For the last 30 years, she has been fully involved in the artistic and mass-media field.\u00a0 She produced and host some TV shows at CFCF TV 12 and CABLE 24\u00a0 and a weekly show at the International Radio of Montr\u00e9al. In 1991, she cofounded the Troupe Tealtro for which\u00a0 she produced\u00a0 three Canadian tours, wrote four plays, organised\u00a0 some workshops for actors and \u00a0directed more than 50 performances at the Centaur Theater, La Licorne, Quat\u2019Sous, etc. of plays by\u00a0 Ionesco, Shakespeare,\u00a0 Machiavelli, Pirandello, Goldoni,\u00a0 Moli\u00e8re, Nelligan, Danis,\u00a0 Baricco, Kundera, Benni, Pinter, Tremblay and Fo.<\/p>\n

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Director, Acting teacher and\u00a0drama therapist<\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Milan and living in Montreal since 1985, Denise holds a master in creative arts therapies, a master in drama and a Ph.D in Performing Arts.\u00a0\u00a0 She also trained in psychodrama, sandplay therapy and psychotherapy.<\/p>\n

She has been invited to some local and international conferences in Europe and in North and Central America, and following her works on the cross-cultural relationships in theater, she won the IFTR-International Federation for Theater Research Award. During the last 10 years , she has been working as\u00a0 drama therapist, psychotherapist and\u00a0 psycho dramatist with children and adults\u00a0 by using the theatre and the arts for a therapeutic and social purpose.\u00a0 Presently,\u00a0 \u00a0she teaches theatre history, acting and commedia dell\u2019arte at Universit\u00e9 de Montreal and McGill University. \u00a0For the last 30 years, she has been fully involved in the artistic and mass-media field.\u00a0 She produced and host some TV shows at CFCF TV 12 and CABLE 24\u00a0 and a weekly show at the International Radio of Montr\u00e9al. In 1991, she cofounded the Troupe Tealtro for which\u00a0 she produced\u00a0 three Canadian tours, wrote four plays, organised\u00a0 some workshops for actors and \u00a0directed more than 50 performances at the Centaur Theater, La Licorne, Quat\u2019Sous, etc. of plays by\u00a0 Ionesco, Shakespeare,\u00a0 Machiavelli, Pirandello, Goldoni,\u00a0 Moli\u00e8re, Nelligan, Danis,\u00a0 Baricco, Kundera, Benni, Pinter, Tremblay and Fo.<\/p>\n

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Anna Maria Popescu<\/h2>\n

Mezzo soprano and professor of voice and Italian diction<\/em><\/p>\n

Upon completion of her studies at McGill University, the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Atelier Lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, Annamaria Popescu embarked on a distinguished career with roles including Olga in Eugene Onegin <\/i>and Suzuki in Madame Butterfly <\/i>throughout Europe and North America. Most notably, she is the Canadian singer who has sung most often at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with over 100 performances having made her debut in Les Troyens <\/i>by Berlioz in 1996. Other highlights include concert repertoire in Europe and Asia with the London Symphony Orchestra to our very own Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, in repertoire ranging from works by Sir Michael Tippett’s Mask of Time <\/i>to Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle<\/i>. She has also worked extensively on the recital stage with Michael McMahon and Esther Gonthier. Since 2010, Annamaria Popescu has been lecturing at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University as assistant professor of voice and Italian diction.<\/p>\n

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Mezzo soprano and professor of voice and Italian diction<\/em><\/p>\n

Upon completion of her studies at McGill University, the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Atelier Lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, Annamaria Popescu embarked on a distinguished career with roles including Olga in Eugene Onegin <\/i>and Suzuki in Madame Butterfly <\/i>throughout Europe and North America. Most notably, she is the Canadian singer who has sung most often at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with over 100 performances having made her debut in Les Troyens <\/i>by Berlioz in 1996. Other highlights include concert repertoire in Europe and Asia with the London Symphony Orchestra to our very own Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, in repertoire ranging from works by Sir Michael Tippett’s Mask of Time <\/i>to Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle<\/i>. She has also worked extensively on the recital stage with Michael McMahon and Esther Gonthier. Since 2010, Annamaria Popescu has been lecturing at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University as assistant professor of voice and Italian diction.<\/p>\n

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Ariane Girard<\/h2>\n

Mezzo soprano and vocal pedagogue<\/em><\/p>\n

For many years now, mezzo-soprano Ariane Girard has earned a reputation among the best vocal pedagogues across Canada.\u00a0 After more than fifteen years of career, her main professional activities now revolve around recital, sacred and orchestral music and full-time teaching of professional singers as well as aspiring young singers.\u00a0 Known for the clarity and effectiveness of her teachings as well as for the rapid diagnosis of vocal problems, Ariane is often invited to give masterclasses and regularly sits on competition juries and audition panels; she also acts as an adviser for some artistic agencies. Since September 2016, she is an associate professor at the Atelier lyrique de L’Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al and her private studio has more than fifty students from around the world. A new mom since October 2017, she is looking forward to resume giving concerts in 2020 and a recording around the music of E. Elgar, R. Strauss and R. Wagner is scheduled for the end of 2019.<\/p>\n

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Mezzo soprano and vocal pedagogue<\/em><\/p>\n

For many years now, mezzo-soprano Ariane Girard has earned a reputation among the best vocal pedagogues across Canada.\u00a0 After more than fifteen years of career, her main professional activities now revolve around recital, sacred and orchestral music and full-time teaching of professional singers as well as aspiring young singers.\u00a0 Known for the clarity and effectiveness of her teachings as well as for the rapid diagnosis of vocal problems, Ariane is often invited to give masterclasses and regularly sits on competition juries and audition panels; she also acts as an adviser for some artistic agencies. Since September 2016, she is an associate professor at the Atelier lyrique de L’Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al and her private studio has more than fifty students from around the world. A new mom since October 2017, she is looking forward to resume giving concerts in 2020 and a recording around the music of E. Elgar, R. Strauss and R. Wagner is scheduled for the end of 2019.<\/p>\n

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Claudio Pozzani<\/h2>\n

Poet, narrator and musician<\/em><\/p>\n

Claudio Pozzani was born in 1961 in Genoa (Italy).<\/p>\n

His poems have been translated and published into more than 10 languages and have appeared in important anthologies and magazines of international contemporary poetry.<\/p>\n

Since 1995 Pozzani is the director of\u00a0 the Genoa International Poetry Festival in Italy and he has created and organized several poetry events in Belgium, France, Japan, Finland, Germany.<\/p>\n

He is also the director of the House of Poetry in Genoa, with over than 120 free events every year.<\/p>\n

His last CD (poetry and music) \u201cLa Marcia dell’ombra\u201d, has been in the top 20 of the Italian independent radio charts.<\/p>\n

His last books are: “L’orlo del fastidio”, essay, (Liberodiscrivere, 2017) and “Spalancati spazi – Poesie 1995-2016” (Passigli, 2017).<\/p>\n

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Poet, narrator and musician<\/em><\/p>\n

Claudio Pozzani was born in 1961 in Genoa (Italy).<\/p>\n

His poems have been translated and published into more than 10 languages and have appeared in important anthologies and magazines of international contemporary poetry.<\/p>\n

Since 1995 Pozzani is the director of\u00a0 the Genoa International Poetry Festival in Italy and he has created and organized several poetry events in Belgium, France, Japan, Finland, Germany.<\/p>\n

He is also the director of the House of Poetry in Genoa, with over than 120 free events every year.<\/p>\n

His last CD (poetry and music) \u201cLa Marcia dell’ombra\u201d, has been in the top 20 of the Italian independent radio charts.<\/p>\n

His last books are: “L’orlo del fastidio”, essay, (Liberodiscrivere, 2017) and “Spalancati spazi – Poesie 1995-2016” (Passigli, 2017).<\/p>\n

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