ANNE-JULIE CARON
Canadian marimbist Anne-Julie Caron has made her mark on
the world musical scene with her sensitivity, depth, and
wide spectrum of tonal colors. Recognized as a soloist and
chamber musician, she has been noticed by the Argentinean
composer Guillo Espel as “one of his favorite marimbists
in all the world.” The Vancouver Sun wrote: “Anne-Julie
Caron performed with a talent reminiscent of Evelyn Glennie”.
She has won the 2007 Opus Prize “Discovery of the
year”, the 2nd Prize at the 2006 International Marimba
Competition in Linz, Austria, and first prize at two of
the most prestigious Canadian competitions: the 2005 Montreal
Symphony Standard Life Competition and the 2004 Prix d’Europe.
Activities this season will include solo appearances throughout
Canada including a concert at the Palais Montcalm (QC),
a solo marimba commission from the Canadian composer Kevin
Lau, a tour of the Maritimes and a performance with Emmanuel
Séjourné.
Highlights of her career include the release of her first
CD « La Rencontre » on the ATMA label, her New
York debut and appearances at PASIC (one of the world's
most important percussion conventions), at the Festival
Internacional de Marimbistas (Mexico), at the Zeltsman Marimba
Festival (USA), and at numerous Canadian festivals including
Ottawa, Cool Drumming, Lanaudière, Vancouver, and
Ideacity. She has also performed as a soloist with the Orchestre
Symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre Métropolitain
du Grand Montréal, Thirteen Strings and the Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal. Finally, she toured in BC
and performed 18 concerts for Prairie Debut in Saskatchewan
and Manitoba.
Ms. Caron is active as a teacher and will be giving several
masterclasses in the coming season. She has given clinics
and masterclasses at PASIC, in Tuxtla Gutiérrez,
Mexico, and in several universities including the University
of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, l'Université
de Montréal and the University of Indiana.
Ms. Caron has been the recipient of other prizes and awards
including 1st Prize in percussion at the Orchestre Symphonique
de Trois-Rivières Competition in 2003, the Conservatoire
de Québec Concerto Competition in 2002 and the Radio-Canada
Concours Jeunes Artistes in 2001. She was also chosen as
“Lauréate de Québec” by Le Soleil
and Radio-Canada. In addition, she has received several
grants and scholarships from the Canada Council for the
Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec,
and the Fondation Wilfrid-Pelletier.
Anne-Julie Caron began studying piano at the age of four
and continued for seven years. In 1994 she enrolled in Carol
Lemieux’s percussion class at the Conservatoire de
musique de Québec and in 2003, graduated with “Grande
Distinction” having been awarded the highest mark
given to a percussionist in the history of Québec
conservatories. The following year she attended the Boston
Conservatory where she studied marimba performance with
renowned soloist Nancy Zeltsman. She has also studied with
Bogdan Bacanu and has had the unique opportunity to work
with Keiko Abe.
Anne-Julie’s instrument is the Adams Artist Classic
5 octaves.
Anne-Julie performs as part of duo with violinist Marc
Djokic. To view a video please visit here:Piazzolla.
www.annejuliecaron.com
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