Midtown Concerts: Pascal Valois | Guitaromanie

• Pascal Valois, early period Romantic guitar

This program brings to life the frenzy and wonder of a musical performance where spontaneity is combined with virtuosity. It features a set of masterpieces that drew crowds and rocked music salons across Europe. Whether an operatic fantasy by Mauro Giuliani, a sonata by Niccolò Paganini, or a theme and variations by Fernando Sor, audiences were fond of new works for guitar. Sometimes imbued with clarity and rigour, sometimes strewn with dazzling drama, romantic guitar music always charms, thanks to its richness and diversity.

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About Pascal Valois, early period Romantic guitar

Pascal Valois is dedicated to reviving enthusiasm for the guitar scene during the Romantic era. After graduating with honours at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal under Jean Vallières, and receiving the award Pierre J. Jeanniot during his studies at Université du Québec à Montréal with Alvaro Pierri, Pascal studied romantic guitar with Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and with David Starobin in New York. He has played in Basel, Paris, Riga, San Francisco, New York, Ottawa, and Toronto. Pascal has received the most renowned bursaries in Canada for guitar performance (Canada Council for the Arts) as well as musicology (FQRSC and SSHRC). He has also been awarded scholarships from the Desjardins Foundation, the Wilfrid-Pelletier Foundation, the Laval University Foundation, and the Université du Québec à Montréal Foundation. He recorded for the Centaur records and Analekta labels.