Genevieve Guimond
Genevieve Guimond (* in Montreal ) is a Canadian cellist.
Guimond studied at the Juilliard School . Her main teachers were Yuli Turovsky , Richard Aaron and Hans Jensen . She won the Grand Prix at the Montreal Classical Music Festival in 2000 , First Prize at the Canadian Music Competition in 2005, and First Prize at the National Music Festival in 2007 . In 2010 she won a two-year scholarship at the Aspen Music Festival .
In 2006 she played the soundtrack of Alex Franchi's film Troll Concerto Manuel de Fallas Suite Populaire Espagnol . In 2013 she brought Yo-Yo Ma to the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a Citizen Musician Fellow . In the 2014–15 season she was principal cellist and artist in residence with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra . Kent Nagano engaged her as a cellist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2017 .
Web links
- Genevieve Guimond's website
- Genevieve Guimond at Allmusic (English)
- Genevieve Guimond at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Guimond, Genevieve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian cellist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |