Once again this year, it is to the sound of the fiddle, guitar, piano, traditionnal dance, songs and lots of joy that we will celebrate the 17th edition of Camp de Violon Traditionnel Québécois de Lanaudière! To date, more than 1,800 musicians from 6 to 78 from around the world have taken part in this […]
David «Dâvi» Simard est un multi instrumentiste, compositeur et arrangeur qui travaille principalement dans le milieu de la musique traditionnelle, l’enregistrement, l’audiovisuel, la musique électronique et l’enseignement. Il a contribué et continue de contribuer à une panoplie de projets, notamment avec le Cirque Alfonse, L’Oumigmag, Les Mercenaires du terroir, Damien Robitaille et plusieurs autres. Il […]
Guitare Issue d’une famille de musiciens évoluant dans le milieu de la musique traditionnelle québécoise, Colin Savoie-Levac oeuvre en tant que musicien multi-instrumentiste professionnel (guitare, banjo, mandoline, lapsteel et podorythmie) depuis plus de 10 ans. Depuis 2014, Colin partage la musique d’ici à travers le monde (Amérique du Nord, Amérique du Sud, Europe, UK, Australie, […]
MASTER CLASS Éric Favreau comes from a family of traditional musicians and has spent a great deal of time playing with other fiddlers, learning their repertoire and studying their varied styles. Éric has explored and exploited various sources including archives and personally made field recordings and has accumulated a rich and fascinating repertoire. Over the […]
TRADITION BEARER It was in his Portneuf’s hometown of St-Basile, that Denis Pépin first started playing the accordion under the friendly influence of Jean-Claude Petit, a local accordion player. His unusual talent and dexterity were soon recognised and he was quickly ranked as high as the two already renowned Quebec accordion players, Philippe Bruneau and […]
It was on June 1, 2023 that the album “Violon Trad Québec” was launched during a dance evening organized by the Camp de Violon Traditionnel Québécois de Lanaudière at the Bal Maski in Saint-Gabriel. Stéphanie Lépine, Éric Beaudry and André Brunet; their guests Dâvi Simard and David Boulanger made the fans dance all evening under […]
Violon Trad Québec announced last April the postponement of the 13th edition of the Camp Violon Trad Québec. However the VTQ team, eager to maintain the link, the exchange and the sharing of the oral and musical tradition despite the exceptional situation, has put together a reinvented and adapted formula for you to live Camp […]
Considering the exceptional situation relted to the covid-19 pandemic, we have no choice to see each others in 14th edition of the Camp Violon Trad Quebec next year. We support the government in managing this crisis and honor the decisions taken to overcome the Coronavirus. We invite you to do the same and to respect the measures put in […]
Quebec official release In the summer of 2018, during our 11th edition of the camp, André Gladu, documentary filmmaker, and his team came to film camp activities. It is a first assembly of 21 min, of important moments of the camp, composed of 4 capsules: Extracts chosen with André Brunet and Martin Héroux, A learning […]
The registration period begins on February 1 for the 13th edition of Camp Violon Trad Quebec, which will take place from July 19 to 24, 2020 at Plein Air Lanaudia in Saint-Côme. Stéphanie Lépine, André Brunet and Eric Beaudry, the co-founders will welcome experienced teachers and renowned artists such as fiddlers David Boulanger, David Simard, […]