Piano Réjean started playing québecois traditional music as a very young boy. After performing with his brother (André, well-known for his work with la Bottine Souriante and the Celtic fiddle festival) as a duo and recording three albums, Réjean joined La Volée d’Castors. He toured with them for 8 years, performing in Europe, Canada and […]
Classe de maître He grew up with the family repertoire and the songs collected by his father. His passion for traditional music led him to Ireland and France, where he learned to play the hurdy-gurdy. A young, talented and charismatic musician, Nicolas has been roaming the folk circuit for the last ten years, starting […]
Guitar/ bouzuki Hailing from Saint-Côme, Québec, an environment where tradition is still very much alive. Simon inherited a solid family musical background from both his grandfathers (one a fiddler, the other a singer) and went on to polish his craft by earning a music degree at Joliette College. He started out by performing, as a […]
DANSE & SLOW JAM SESSIONS Born in Saint-Hubert, in Montérégie, David started to play the violin at the age of eight. During his teenage years he found a passion for Québec traditional music. Always increasing, this passion lead David on the big professional stages at the beginning of his 20s with La Part du Quêteux, a band with which […]
INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED AND EXPERT VIOLIN A talented violinist for over 20 years, she was born and still evolves in a family of musicians. She attended college in classical music and honed her skills with renowned Irish violinist Kevin Burke and ethnomusicologist and musician Lisa Ornstein. She is a founding member of the traditional music group La Galvaude which […]
GUITAR A native of St-Côme in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Éric was introduced to traditional music from an early age. He was influenced by the family repertoire, starting to sing and play guitar at the age of ten, accumulating the songs of his father and grandfather. His passion for music in general led him […]
INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCE AND EXPERT VIOLIN Born in 1976 in Lacolle in Montérégie, André Brunet was drawn to music from an early age. His parents, having noticed this strong attraction, quickly encouraged André to develop his passion for music. From then on, at the age of nine, the violin became his instrument. It was with his […]
Du 23 au 28 juillet, avait lieu la 10e édition du Camp Violon Trad Québec et c’est avec grande reconnaissance que Violon Trad Québec remercie les participants, partenaires, donateurs et bénévoles de la 10e édition pour leur participation, collaboration et soutien à la réussite de cet événement important pour tous les musiciens d’ici et d’ailleurs. […]
Le vendredi 28 juillet à 19h, la scène Gilles-Cantin du Festival Mémoire et Racines au Parc Bosco à Saint-Charles Borromée sera assaillie par les 125 musiciens au violon, à la guitare et au piano du Camp Violon Trad Québec (VTQ). Ce spectacle d’ouverture célèbre en grande pompe l’héritage musical québécois acquis par les musiciens du […]
Cette année, la veillée de danse du jeudi 27 juillet sera RÉSERVÉE EXCLUSIVEMENT aux musiciens inscrits au camp et aux INVITÉS par Violon Trad Québec afin de préserver les liens privilégiés qui se tissent au camp et pour des raisons de responsabilité civile. Aucun autre visiteur ne pourra être accepté. . . . . . […]