Julie Rivest

Canadian violinist Julie Rivest masters a vast repertoire ranging from the late 16th century to the present day. She has performed as a chamber and orchestral musician in some twenty countries in Europe, North America, and Asia, under the baton of renowned conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, François-Xavier Roth, Alain Altinoglu, Hervé Niquet and Marc Minkowski. She performs regularly with Les Siècles (Paris), Collegium Vocale (Ghent), il Gardellino, Ausonia, Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie (Brussels), Orchestre des Champs-Elysées (Poitiers), Les Musiciens du Louvre (Grenoble), il Convito (La Rochelle), Les Sacqueboutiers (Toulouse), Orchestre de l'Agora, Arion Orchestre Baroque and Les Boréades (Montreal). She has recorded CDs for Alpha Classics, Passacaille, ATMA Classique, Bru Zane, Aparté, Fuga Libera and Château de Versailles.

She has won many awards, including finalist in the prestigious York Early Music International Competition (UK), First Prize at the Horlait-Dapsens Competition and winner of the Musiq3 Festival Prize (Belgium), grant recipient from the Marc Bourgie Foundation, the JMC Foundation and Les Amis de l'Art Foundation (Canada). As a chamber musician, she is regularly invited to perform with renowned musicians, for example at the Festival Collegium Vocal Crete Senesi (Italy), the Festival Oude Muziek d'Utrecht (Netherlands), the MM Festival and the Festival Sinfonia en Périgord (France). Julie Rivest has been collaborating with pianist Tancrède Emerat for ten years, and founded the Consort laurentien, an ensemble specializing in 16th and 17th century chamber music.

Julie Rivest holds two Master's Degrees, from Université de Montréal and Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. She has studied with Mira Glodeanu, Aki Saulière, Claude Richard, Jean-François Rivest, Michael Frischenschlager, Zakhar Bron, Sonia Jelinkova, Jonathan Crow and Noémie L. Robidas. She plays on a beautiful Francesco Ruggeri ca. 1695 violin, graciously provided by the company CANIMEX INC. of Drummondville (Canada), as well as on a Mathias Albanus baroque violin from 1685.