Archambault had, in the meantime, acquired Musique Auteuil, rue Saint-Jean, in Quebec City. In addition to a branch in Trois-Rivières. In 1990, the company was managed by Edmond (lll) and Rosaire (ll) under the name Archambault Musique, the new name adopted in 1983. His nephews Edmond, Pierre and Rosaire continued the work of their uncle. Edmond worked there until he fell ill in April 1946. Edmond then hired Gaspard Archambault, an engineer, to build a seven-storey building on Sainte-Catherine Street East, where the enterprise moved in 1930. He was also the exclusive agent of the Paul Kaul violins, a counter under the responsibility of the Belgian Ulysse Salme, and he represented the brass bands Holton, Kohn and Selmer.Īround 1928, the enterprise was incorporated under the name of Edmond Archambault Inc. He then started to sell Archambault pianos, that were made at in his establishment except for the soundboard which was imported from the United States. Edmond also became the agent of several Canadian and American piano and organ builders. Around 1900, Edmond Archambault, who had studied piano and organ, added the sale of Bell pianos to the establishment’s activities.īecause his enterprise was successful enough, Edmond was able, in 1904, to rent two additional floors, that included studios and a concert hall later, during the First World War, his continued success allowed him to buy out his neighbour establishment, the Hurteau music store. At first, it was a music counter located at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Hubert streets, that later moved at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Berri streets. She is now working on a project of musical and poetry performance, centered on the 19th century Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé, reflecting her passion for allowing different forms of art to encounter, soon to be presented in various French festivals.Archambault Musique was founded in Montreal in 1896 by Edmond Archambault, son of Zéphirin and Délima Archambault, of Saint-Paul-l’Ermite. She is now obtaining her Master in Pedagogy at the Haute Ecole de Musique of Geneva, in the class of Dominique Weber.Īlongside her studies, Emeline has also been mentored by great personalities such as Ferenc Rados, Pascal Devoyon, Jean-Claude Pennetier or Claudio Martinez Mehner. Interested in a wide range of different perspectives on music, she then decided to continue her studies in London, where she achieved a Bachelor of Music with Honours (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in Martin Roscoe’s class), followed by a Master of Music degree at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Carole Presland. In 2010 she received the 2nd Harold Craxton prize in London.Įmeline started her piano studies under the tutelage of Florence Millet (Cologne Hochschule) and pursued her musical training since then in different institutions such as Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatoire and Rueil-Malmaison Conservatoire (Denis Pascal's piano class), where she unanimously achieved piano, chamber music, aural and analysis prizes. Emeline has also performed abroad, in New York (Dillon Gallery), in France (Suresnes Theatre, Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris, Théâtre de Bougival, Festival de Ouessant, Rencontres Musicales “Les Hôtels Particuliers”, Les Petites Saisons de la Roquette), in Spain (Palau de la Musica Catalana of Barcelona, Auditorium Joaquim of Valencia), in Italy (Festival Dino Ciani - Alexander Girardi Hall of Cortina d'Ampezzo) or in Switzerland. She has given numerous public performances in England at the Aldeburgh Festival for the Britten-Pears Artist Programme, in Bristol Cathedral and in London (The Forge, Southside House's Musical Season, Depford Town Hall,The Chamber Music Season of St Peter's and many others). The French pianist Emeline Archambault performs regularly as soloist and in a vast number of collaborations with instrumentalists and singers, playing in various formations a wide repertoire. Medtner - Sonata Reminiscenza (from the Forgotten Melodies, Opus 38).Piano Recital, 7th May 2015, 6:45pm instore at Yamaha Music London
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |