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ighly regarded for her musical intelligence, exceptional versatility and vocal quality,
mezzo-soprano Marie-Annick Béliveau has established a solid reputation in
a wide variety of musical styles, from early music to contemporary compositions for solo voice.
Marie-Annick Béliveau has become a well-known figure on the contemporary music
scene in Quebec. In the past fifteen years, she has premiered more than twenty works, most of
which were written expressly for her by composers from around the world. She can be heard regularly
on Radio-Canada, CBC Radio and Radio-France.
She was recently heard in Montreal and at the Festival des musiques de création in
Jonquière, Quebec, performing Pierre Boulez’ celebrated Marteau sans Maître
under the direction of Cristian Gort for Code d’Accès.
At the Opéra National de Montpellier she premiered the title role in Rimbaud, la parole
libérée by Marco-Antonio Pérez-Ramirez under the direction of Jérôme Pillement,
in a bold mise-en-scène by Laurence Saboye. Her performance was hailed by Europe’s
most prominent critics.
She also premiered the role of Jessica in John Estacio’s Frobisher at
the Banff Centre for the Arts.
In the fall of 2007, at the St-Jean-Baptiste church in Montreal, she performed in the SMCQ’s
colossal production of Golgo(t)ha by Walter Boudreau alongside
Raôul Duguay for Radio-Canada.
Accomplished in a wide range of musical styles and repertoires, Ms. Béliveau
sang in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Ottawa-based Ensemble Fusions, in
Dido and Aeneas by Purcell with the Telemann Ensemble and, most recently, in
Il Tramonto with the Alcan Quartet.
A regular guest artist at Royaumont with Voix Nouvelles, Ms. Béliveau
performed the world premiere of Celos for solo voice by Marco-Antonio Pérez-Ramirez
and Puff IV by Takashi Tokunaga under the baton of
Rachid Safir.
She was featured in the film The Pines of Emily Carr, directed by Donald Winkler,
with music by Jean Coulthard. She repeated her performance at the Ottawa International
Chamber Music Festival.
Ms. Béliveau’s recording of Claude Vivier’s Wo bist du, Licht! with the
Ensemble de la Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec was awarded the Opus prize for Contemporary
Music Album of 2002. Her recording of André Ristic’s Catalogue de Bombes Occidentales
with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal was also nominated for an Opus prize in 2003. Most recently,
she recorded the song cycle L'Améga Gap Gareg Huragam Pavaag by Michelle Boudreau
Over the past few years, she has received recognition for her performances in R. Murray Schafer’s
Beauty and the Beast with the Molinari Quartet, Fausto Romitelli’s Lost
with the Nouvel ensemble moderne (NEM), and Déflagration by Louis Dufort
with the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM)—as well as for her regular work with various other ensembles:
Kore, the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and the Chapelle de Québec.
This year, Marie-Annick Béliveau will perform with clarinettist Mark Simons
in a recital for voice and clarinet at the Up to Your Ears festival in Montreal, as well as in Handel’s
Messiah with the Harmonie vocale de St-Hyacinthe. In 2009, she will premiere a song cycle for
mezzo-soprano by André Hamel and Étienne Lalonde, as well as the role
of reine Poulane in the fairy opera “L'oiseau qui dit la vérité” by Gilles Tremblay.
This year, Marie-Annick Béliveau will perform in Paris la beauté by Marco-Antonio Pérez-Ramirez and Wo Bist Du, Licht! by Vivier with the Münich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Liebreich.
In november 2009, she will premiere the role of reine Poulane in the fairy opera “L'oiseau qui dit la vérité”
by Gilles Tremblay and in 2010 a song cycle for mezzo-soprano by André Hamel and Étienne Lalonde.
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