Julien LeBlanc
Course Instructor (Vocal Coaching)
Virtuose 脿 l'enthousiasme contagieux, le pianiste canadien Julien LeBlanc est reconnu pour sa grande sensibilit茅 musicale et ses dons de communicateur. Bas茅 脿 Montr茅al, il est tr猫s actif sur la sc猫ne musicale canadienne comme soliste, chambriste et accompagnateur.
Sa grande 茅coute et son sens du leadership font de lui un artiste collaborateur fort appr茅ci茅. En 2023, il est en tourn茅e 脿 travers le Qu茅bec et l鈥橭ntario en tant que pianiste et directeur musical pour l鈥檕p茅ra 芦 Albertine en cinq temps 禄 sur une musique de Catherine Major d鈥檃pr猫s la c茅l猫bre pi猫ce de Michel Tremblay.
Sa contribution comme directeur musical de l鈥檕p茅ra Pell茅as et M茅lisande de Debussy avec Against de Grain Theatre fut grandement c茅l茅br茅 par la critique. 芦 LeBlanc, un sp茅cialiste de la musique fran莽aise, est un artiste de grande dimension. Debussy, lui-m锚me pianiste accompli, en conviendrait sans questionnement. 禄 (Opera Going Toronto)
Ses qualit茅s pianistiques remarquables et sons sens musical inn茅 lui permettent d鈥檃border le r茅pertoire solo avec panache. Enregistr茅 sous 茅tiquette Leaf Music en 2015, son album 惭茅濒补苍肠辞濒颈别蝉 est d茅di茅 aux 艙uvres de Dutilleux, Franck et Poulenc. Le Ruthland Herald acclame son interpr茅tation de ce r茅pertoire en disant qu'il 芦 joue avec chaleur, clart茅 et un lyrisme fluide, le tout avec un sens du rythme naturel. 禄
Depuis 2012, Julien LeBlanc partage la direction artistique de l鈥櫭塼茅 musical de Barachois au Nouveau-Brunswick. Il a particip茅 脿 plusieurs tourn茅es au Canada pour les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada et D茅but Atlantique. Julien LeBlanc est charg茅 de cours 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 d鈥橭ttawa. Il a donn茅 plusieurs cours de ma卯tre un peu partout au Canada et est r茅guli猫rement invit茅 pour si茅ger sur le jury de concours de musique.
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A virtuoso whose enthusiasm is genuinely contagious, Canadian pianist Julien LeBlanc is renowned for his great musical sensibility and his talent as a communicator. Based in Montreal, Julien is a well sought-after soloist, chamber player and accompanist.
Julien鈥檚 attentive ear along with his delight in exchanging and sharing have made him a deeply appreciated musical collaborator. He has performed in numerous tours throughout Canada including with Jeunesses musicales du Canada and Debut Atlantic. In 2023, he is touring Quebec and Ontario as pianist and musical director for the opera 鈥淎lbertine en cinq temps鈥� based on the famous play by Michel Tremblay composed by Catherine Major.
His contribution as Musical Director of Debussy鈥檚 opera Pell茅as et M茅lisande at Against the Grain Theatre was greeted with enthusiastic critical reviews: 鈥淟eBlanc, a specialist in French repertoire is an artist of sweeping dimensions. Debussy, a pianist of no small accomplishment himself, would unquestionably agree.鈥� (Opera Going Toronto)
His remarkable qualities as a pianist coupled with his innate musical sense have allowed him to master the solo repertoire with distinctive flair. His CD entitled Melancolies is dedicated to the works of Dutilleux, Franck, and Poulenc. The Ruthland Herald praised his interpretation of this repertoire, stressing that he played 鈥渨ith warmth, clarity and flowing lyricism, all with a natural sense of rhythm鈥�.
Since 2012, Julien has been acting as co-artistic director of the summer concert series Barachois Summer Music in New-Brunswick. He is a part-time teacher at the University of Ottawa where he teaches a Vocal repertoire class and piano ensembles. He has given master classes in several universities across Canada and his frequently asked to sit on juries for music competitions.
