Sun Feb 26, 7:30 pm
St. John's Church, Lunenburg
A Romantic Diversion
Justine Pelletier piano
A collaboration with Jeunesses Musicales
A St Cecilia by-the-Sea concert

Justine Pelletier plays Iberia (5:38)

Justine Pelletier plays Iberia (5:18)

Program

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Impromptu No 1 in C minor, opus 90 - Allegro molto moderato
- Impromptu No 3 in G flat major, opus 90 - Andante

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Barcarolle in F sharp major

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
- Iberia
- Book I: Evocación (in A flat minor)
- El puerto (in D flat major)
- Book III: El Albaicín (in B flat major)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- hongroise No. 12 in C sharp minor

Justine Pelletier
Canadian pianist Justine Pelletier has been featured as a soloist with the McGill Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Francophonie, and La Sinfonia de Lanaudière, and her solo recitals have often been broadcast on national television and radio programs, such as the CBC's Rising Stars series.

She has appeared at the Lanaudière Festival in Joliette and at ChamberFest in New York, and has collaborated with such Canadian artists as the Cecilia String Quartet, violist Jean-Philippe Tremblay and pianists Jean Saulnier and Jimmy Brière.

She has won prizes from the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada Foundation (Université de Montréal), the Canadian National Music Festival, and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Prix d'Europe competitions.

Under full scholarship, she has participated in summer festivals in Orford, at the Banff Centre (Canada), in Stuttgart (Germany), and in Enghien (Belgium).

She is a graduate of the Université de Montreal - awarded both a Bachelor of Music degree and a DESS (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) - where she studied with Jean Saulnier and Marc Durand.

She is currently a graduate student at The Juilliard School in New York where she is completing her Master's degree as a student of Julian Martin.

She is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture, which enabled her to work with renowned Bach scholar David Schulenberg on performance issues related to the interpretation of J.S. Bach's music, resulting in her own scholarly document, 'Tempo Issues in the Performance of Bach's Sarabande in the Sixth Partita'.

In the last two years, she has developed an interest and is actively engaged, in developing her role as an artist-citizen, using the power of art to educate and engage communities. After participating in a seminar on Teaching Artistry at The Juilliard School, she has developed a passion for educational projects and outreach through music.

In keeping with this line of thought, she is working with a group of fellow Juilliard students to inaugurate an innovative performance series in Lincoln Center's at65 Café.