Frédérique Tanguay-Gagnon
Native of Montreal, Frédérique Tanguay-Gagnon holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in performance from Université de Montréal, and then continued her studies in Toronto at The Glenn Gould School of Music in the Artist Diploma program with Mayumi Seiler. She also holds a D.E.S.S diploma from HEC Montréal in Arts Management.
Frédérique participated in several orchestra internships and masterclasses such as, more recently, the prestigious Universität Mozarteum International Summer Academy (Salzburg, Austria) and the NJO Dutch Orchestra & Ensemble Academy (The Netherlands), where she had the opportunity to perform at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) under conductor Étienne Siebens, and to work with Steve Reich, composer in residence.
Frédérique was the second prize winner of « The Glenn Gould School chamber music competition » in 2012 (Toronto), she has been a full scholarship holder of the Orford Arts Center and also attended masterclasses at Domaine Forget and Camp Musical des Laurentides. She has played with orchestras including Orchestre Nouvelle Génération, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Opéra Bouffe du Québec, Orchestre du Nouveau Monde, Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire and Ensemble Arkea. She also worked as an orchestra musician under renowned conductors such as Uri Mayer, Leon Fleisher, Étienne Siebens, Pinchas Zukerman, Kent Nagano, Jean-François Rivest and Kenneth Kiesler.
Taking interest in baroque and contemporary music, Frédérique participated in the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto (2014), the Montreal Contemporary Music Lab (2014) and Quatuor Bozzini’s Perfomer’s Kitchen Workshop (2014) where she had the opportunity to perform Jürg Frey’s music.
Frédérique participated in several orchestra internships and masterclasses such as, more recently, the prestigious Universität Mozarteum International Summer Academy (Salzburg, Austria) and the NJO Dutch Orchestra & Ensemble Academy (The Netherlands), where she had the opportunity to perform at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) under conductor Étienne Siebens, and to work with Steve Reich, composer in residence.
Frédérique was the second prize winner of « The Glenn Gould School chamber music competition » in 2012 (Toronto), she has been a full scholarship holder of the Orford Arts Center and also attended masterclasses at Domaine Forget and Camp Musical des Laurentides. She has played with orchestras including Orchestre Nouvelle Génération, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Opéra Bouffe du Québec, Orchestre du Nouveau Monde, Orchestre symphonique de l’Estuaire and Ensemble Arkea. She also worked as an orchestra musician under renowned conductors such as Uri Mayer, Leon Fleisher, Étienne Siebens, Pinchas Zukerman, Kent Nagano, Jean-François Rivest and Kenneth Kiesler.
Taking interest in baroque and contemporary music, Frédérique participated in the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto (2014), the Montreal Contemporary Music Lab (2014) and Quatuor Bozzini’s Perfomer’s Kitchen Workshop (2014) where she had the opportunity to perform Jürg Frey’s music.