CHANTAL JUILLET

Artistic Associate & Director of Chamber Music Faculty

　　Canadian violinist Chantal Juillet first came to attention in the United States when, after winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, she made successful débuts in New York and in Washington DC. Recognised as one of Canada's most brilliant musicians, she plays regularly with that country's leading symphony orchestras.

　　She has appeared on several occasions with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the New York Philharmonic and the Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Orchestras. She has toured Europe, North and South America with the Montreal Symphony, Spain with The Philharmonia and Japan with the NHK Symphony.

　　Her first recording for Decca, of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto and the two Szymanowski concerti, was released to outstanding critical acclaim. Subsequent releases include an all-Ravel disc, which won the Gramophone Award for the Best Chamber Music Recording of 1997, the Goldschmidt Rondeau and Violin Concerto conducted by the composer, the Korngold, Krenek and Weill violin concerti with the Berlin Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, which formed part of Decca's Entartete Musik project, and Rêverie et Caprice , a collection of French pieces for violin and orchestra with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Chantal Juillet also recorded a disc of chamber music with Martha Argerich, her first for EMI, which was released in July 1999.

　　Chantal Juillet gave the first public performance of Berthold Goldschmidt's Violin Concerto at the Festival de Radio France et de Montpellier, with the Orchestre National de France and Charles Dutoit. The composer dedicated the concerto to her after the performance. Subsequently Goldschmidt wrote Rondeau , a work for violin and orchestra, for Chantal Juillet. Miss Juillet has also collaborated closely with Krzysztof Penderecki and gave the North American premiere of his 2nd Violin Concerto, Metamorphoses .

　　In 1997 Chantal Juillet premiered Andre Prévost's Violin Concerto, written for her and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. In August 2000 she premiered Richard Danielpour's Violin Concerto, written for her and the Philadelphia Orchestra in honour of her 10th anniversary as Music Director of the Saratoga International Chamber Music Festival in New York State.

　　In 2001 Miss Juillet was appointed Head of Chamber Music for the Pacific Music Festival, taking place each year in Sapporo, Japan. She also premiered Lowell Liebermann's Violin Concerto, which was written for her and the Philadelphia Orchestra, at Saratoga. Miss Juillet gave the North American premiere of James MacMillan's A Deep but Dazzling Darkness in August 2003.

　　Born in Montreal, she won First Prize in the Canadian Music Competition, gave her first public recital and made her first concerto appearance all at the age of 9. Chantal Juillet is a graduate of Indiana University, where she worked with Josef Gingold. She has also studied under Ivan Galamian in New York. Chantal Juillet was awarded the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in May 2000.