GUILLAUME TARDIF

Born 1975 in Quebec City; DMA in Performance and Literature Violin, Eastman School of Music, DESM2 and Premier Prix de Violon, Conservatoire de Quebec. Violin studies with Oleh Krysa, Ilya Kaler, Jean Angers, Darren Lowe, Lise Elson, Lorand Fenyves, and Moshe Hammer. Concert soloist and chamber musician, pedagogue. Associate Professor, University of Alberta. Actively involved in performance, recording and recording production, composition and arrangement, music leadership, teaching and pedagogy.

Recital tours to critical acclaim in the USA, Canada, Hungary, Brazil, Peru, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway. Guest soloist with the Lima Philharmonic (Peru), the Amadeus Ensemble (CBC Glenn-Gould, Toronto), the Canadian Chamber Orchestra (Winspear, Edmonton), the Paraiba Symphony (Brazil), the Ede Remenyi Chamber Orchestra (Bartok Hall and Academy of Sciences, Hungary), the Green Arts Orchestra (Children's Hall, Taegu, South Korea), the Orchestre du Conservatoire (Grand Theatre and Francoys-Bernier, Quebec), the New Eastman Symphony (Eastman Theater).

Chamber collaborations with international artists (Michel Lethiec, Malcolm Bilson, Charles Castleman, Bobby McFerrin, George Crumb, Ricardo Odrionozola, Yoo Sun Kim, Rodrigo Bustamante, Felipe Avellar de Aquino, Jose Henrique, Mok Kwang Yu) and numerous colleagues (Roger Admiral, Jacques Després, Judy Kehlert, Janet Scott-Hoyt, Milton Schlosser, Joachim Segger, Patricia Tao, Tanya Prochazka, Aaron Au, Judy Kehler Siebert, Alexander Tselyakov). Concertmaster and soloist for many orchestras, under Mendi Rodan, David Effron, Bradley Lubman, David Gilbert, Grzegorz Nowak, Robert Shaw, Gilles Auger, Nancia d'Alimonte, Daniel Hege. Violinist founder of the Eastman String Ensemble (tour NY state, 2000). Section leader with Eastman Virtuosi, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center (2000)

Masterclasses and workshops at universities and conservatories in North and South America, Asia and Europe (Royal Swedish Music College, Bergen Grieg Academy, Groningen Conservatory, The Hague Conservatory, Universidade Do Rio Grande de Sol and Universidade de Paraiba (Brazil), Andong University (South Korea), Porto Alegre Conservatory, many Canadian Universities). Adjudicator for the Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, the British Columbia provincial festivals and the Northern Alberta Concerto Competition.

CD issues (Dell'Arco label) : 'Virtuoso Encores' and 'From the Library of Joseph Szigeti'. upcoming productions are Recital (Beethoven, Mozart, Wieniawsky), and Paganini 24 Caprices (Gallois-Montbrun) and Original Solo Works. Compositions include Commedia dell'Arte (paraphrase of Tartini L'Arte dell'arco), Il Trillo del diavolo (solo arrangement of Tartini's celebrated g minor sonata), Cadenzas to Mozart's Concertos No. 4 & 5, Haydn C, Paganini's Concerto No. 1, and Paganini's 'Non piu mesta'. Pedagogical publications (also under Dell'Arco publications) are regrouped under 'A Short Violin Course', '24 Considerations on Paganini', and 'Violin Exercises'.

As Past President and Treasurer of the Alberta String Association, spearheaded the 2004 strategic planning effort, the 2005 turnaround Provincial Conference and Student Showcase in Banff and Calgary in November 2005, developed newsletter, and other initiatives.

Awarded two FCAR grants and Fellowship from the Eastman School; was national laureate at the Canadian Music Competition; research funded through FSIDA and Endowment Fund for the Future grants (University of Alberta).