Bio
Josée Lalonde moves from one musical style to another with astonishing ease, as demonstrated by her richly contrasted artistic experience.
She has appeared as soloist with several renowned classical ensembles such as : Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, Viva Voce, Les Idées Heureuses, Ensemble Caprice, Constantinople, Theatre of early music, Masques, Les Voix Baroques, Ottawa Bach Choir, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and Toronto Consort. Her work as chorister with OSM, Opéra de Montréal, and Les Violons du Roy (Chapelle de Québec) further attest to her love of many different styles of music.
She has participated in several World Beat concerts with Karen Young, with whom she also recorded the albums Canticum Canticorum (2000) and Âme, corps et désir (2007). In addition, she has lent her voice to the movie soundtracks of “La nuit du deluge” (Gaëtan Gravel/Serge Laforest, 1996), and “Revoir Julie” (music by Karen Young, 1998), as well as the TV comedy “Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin” (2007).
Other examples of her wide-ranging skills include several projects with Cirque du Soleil (Kâ, Corteo, Zed), Cirque Éloize (Nebbia) and Cirque Knie (Fascination), as well as a solo role in the Montréal production of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings (2004). Josée Lalonde’s artistic journey regularly takes her from early music all the way to contemporary works. Throughout it all, certain constants remain: talent, passion, boldness, and versatility...
Reviews
«... Their voices (Josée Lalonde and Émilie Laforest) are soft and dreamy and filled with haunting harmonies. Although the words are in French and printed in the liner notes, it is the sound of both voices that is most enchanting....»
Downntown Music Gallery (New York) (Bruce Lee Gallanter), janvier 2011, CD Bréviaire d’épuisements
«...Josee Lalonde intoned the BWV 182 aria with warmth and composure. We did not hear an “early-music” singer doing her darnedest not to use vibrato; everything emerged naturally. Mika Putterman contributed a soft, syncopated obbligato on transverse flute. The combined effect was spacious, not endless...»
The Gazette (Arthur Kaptainis), avril 2009, Concert Viva Voce
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