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Sylvain Bergeron

One of Canada’s most accomplished lutenists, Sylvain Bergeron gives more than sixty concerts per season at home and abroad in the company of renowned soloists, early music ensembles and orchestras. Voted "Personality of the Year"î in 1995 by the cutting edge arts magazine Voir, Sylvain has participated in over forty recordings and was awarded the Opus Prize in 1998 for La Nef’s recording of MontsÈgur.

As a member of Ensemble Anonymus from 1980 to 1990, he performed in all the productions of the ensemble, and was the musical director of three of them. In 1991 he co−founded La Nef and is one of the three artistic directors. Since then, he has been at the helm of many productions such as Perceval, the Quest for the Holy Grail, Montsegur, The Garden of Delights, and Music for Joan the Mad.

Born in Quebec City, Sylvain pursued advanced studies of the lute family in the United States and Europe, working with such teachers as Paul O’Dette and Eugène Dombois. The recipient of many awards and honours, Sylvain teaches lute and the medieval ensemble at McGill University.

"Sylvain Bergeron is a supremely refined, elegant, cerebral musician who ornaments more sparingly than some of his peers, and he seems to find a spiritual home in these haunting, restrained−yet−achingly−lyrical pieces."

− The Ottawa Citizen, 2005