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Jean-Fran莽ois Normand

Academic title(s): 

Course Instructor (Clarinet/Early Clarinet; Chamber Music Ensembles)

Jean-Fran莽ois Normand
Department: 
Music Performance
Area(s): 
Early Music
Woodwind
Contact Information
Email address: 
jean-francois.normand [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
normandjf [at] hotmail.com
Instrument(s): 
Clarinet
Historical Clarinet
Group: 
Faculty
Biography: 

Jean-Fran莽ois Normand, clarinetist

A highly sought-after performer on the Canadian music scene, Jean-Fran莽ois Normand is an Alumni of the Juilliard School and is currently professor at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montr茅al, 海角社区, and the Orford Music Academy. His students have won numerous competitions including the 鈥淪tepping Stone鈥 of the Canadian Music Competition, the OSM Competition, and the Grand Prize of the Prix d鈥橢urope.

Mr. Normand has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras including the Montreal, Laval, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Toronto, and Texarkana Symphony Orchestras as well as the Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra. His interpretation of Mozart鈥檚 Clarinet Concerto has been praised for its 鈥completely natural playing, flawless technique, supple phrasing, beautiful and controlled tone quality, intonation, style, and imaginative use of improvised ornamentation鈥 (Claude Gingras, La Presse). He performed this same concerto with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava where it was broadcast to over 16 European countries.

His fascination for the timbre of period instruments led him to be an active participant in the world of historical performance. He appeared with the Artek Ensemble for concerts in New York, Tafelmusik in Toronto, and Arion in Montr茅al as well as a recording for ATMA Classique dedicated to the French composer Mehul.


Jean-Fran莽ois Normand, clarinettiste

Clarinettiste recherch茅 de la sc猫ne qu茅b茅coise, Jean-Fran莽ois Normand est dipl么m茅 de la Juilliard School et laur茅at du Grand Prix du Concours OSM. Il a 茅t茅 soliste avec de nombreux orchestres, notamment 濒鈥橭rchestre symphonique de Montr茅al, de Qu茅bec, de Toronto, de Laval, de Texarkanas ainsi qu鈥檃vec 濒鈥橭rchestre M茅tropolitain.

Son interpr茅tation du Concerto pour clarinette de Mozart a 茅t茅 louang茅e : 芦 jeu parfaitement naturel, [d鈥檜ne] technique immacul茅e, [d鈥檜n] phras茅 souple, [et d鈥檜ne] sonorit茅 belle et toujours contr么l茅e 禄 (Claude Gingras, La Presse). Jean-Fran莽ois a d鈥檃illeurs pr茅sent茅 ce concerto lors d鈥檜n concert avec 濒鈥橭rchestre symphonique de la Radio slovaque 脿 Bratislava, concert diffus茅 dans plus de 16 pays d鈥橢urope.

Il est 濒鈥檜n des rares clarinettistes nord-am茅ricains 脿 se passionner pour la musique sur instruments d鈥櫭﹑oque et se produit avec plusieurs ensembles r茅put茅s en musique ancienne, dont Tafelmusik 脿 Toronto, 濒鈥Ensemble Artek 脿 New York et Arion.

Jean-Fran莽ois Normand est de surcro卯t un p茅dagogue pris茅. Professeur de clarinette au Conservatoire de musique de Montr茅al, 脿 濒鈥櫭塩ole de musique Schulich de 濒鈥橴niversit茅 海角社区 et 脿 濒鈥橝cad茅mie Orford Musique durant la saison estivale, il a form茅 de nombreux 茅l猫ves qui se sont d茅marqu茅s en remportant notamment le Prix d鈥橢urope, le Tremplin international du Concours de musique du Canada ainsi que - suivant les traces de leur professeur - le Grand Prix du Concours OSM.

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