Chosen as the first ever Soloist-in-Residence of the Orchestre Métropolitain, he performed alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin during the 2014-2015 season. In 2016, Stéphane made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Nézet-Séguin and performed at the prestigious Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland. During the 2017-2018 season, he took part in the Orchestre Métropolitain’s first European tour with Maestro Nézet-Séguin performing the Elgar Cello Concerto at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Kölner Philharmonie in Cologne and the Philharmonie de Paris and he made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor John Storgårds.

Stéphane has performed with violinist and conductor Maxim Vengerov and pianists Alexandre Tharaud, Jan Lisiecki, Louis Lortie, Roger Vignoles, Marc-André Hamelin, Charles Richard-Hamelin and John Lenehan and has worked with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul McCreesh, John Storgårds, José Luis Gomez, James Feddeck and Kensho Watanabe amongst many other. He also participated in a number of master classes, notably with cellists Gautier Capuçon and Frans Helmerson.

His debut CD, recorded with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and conductor Fabien Gabel was chosen as “Editor’s Choice” in the March 2013 issue of Gramophone Magazine. His second album with pianist Marie-Ève Scarfone featuring works from Haydn, Schubert and Brahms was chosen as Gramophone Magazine’s “Critics’ Choice 2016” and recognized as one of the best albums of the year. In 2017, Stéphane partnered with harpist Valérie Milot and violinist Antoine Bareil for a third album dedicated to Trios for Violin, Cello and Harp and was equally well received by the music critics.

“Tétreault’s disc charmed me from the off; this is just pure, lyrical, unadulterated playing of the highest order, with a maturity that belies his 22 years… I can’t wait to hear more from him.” (Charlotte Gardner, Gramophone) “His vibrato and tone are varied, his bowing techniques immaculate and his awareness of harmony and consequent shading omnipresent.” (Joanne Talbot, The Strad) “The solo playing is astonishingly mature not merely in its technical attributes but also in its warmth, brilliance and subtlety of colour and inflection.” (Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone)

Stéphane was a student of the late cellist and conductor Yuli Turovsky for more than 10 years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Montreal. Stéphane plays the 1707 “Countess of Stainlein, Ex-Paganini” Stradivarius cello, on generous loan by Mrs. Sophie Desmarais.

Olivier Hébert-Bouchard, piano and arrangements

Biography

A native of Trois-Rivières, Olivier Hébert-Bouchard is a graduate of the Conservatoire de musique de Trois-Rivières (Prize with Great Distinction, unanimously) and of the Manhattan School of Music (Masters with distinction), from which he was also a scholarship recipient. He completed his musical education through advanced programs at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, the Académie Internationale d’Été in Nice, the Juilliard School and many internationally renowned pianists. Hébert-Bouchard is the winner of numerous national and international competitions, including the Julia Crane International Piano Competition, the Gian Battista Viotti International Piano Competition, the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, the OSM Standard Life Competition, the Toronto Symphony National Piano Competition and the Wigmore Hall International Song and Lied Competition. An active radio artist, he can be heard on ICI Musique, Radio-Canada International, CBC Radio 2 and the European Broadcasting Union. His participation in several festivals and tours includes performances for Tanglewood on Parade, Jeunesses Musicales Canada, the Festival International du Domaine Forget, CAMMAC, the Festival Montréal / Nouvelles Musiques, the Festival Bach Montreal, Pro Musica, the Canadian Opera Company Chamber Music Series, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Flute Fair, the Mise-En Music Festival, the Orford Music Festival, the Quebec Opera Festival, E27 new music, Access codes and the Nuits magiques de Nice , in France.

Passionate about multidisciplinary art, Mr. Hébert-Bouchard takes part in many mixed projects combining dance, theater, improvisation, visual art and music, with, among others, Corpus Rhesus Danse, the Juilliard School, the Mois Multi de Québec, the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival and the Conservatories of Dramatic Art of Quebec. He also played the “piano double” for André Mathieu in Luc Dionne’s film The Child Prodigy, which premiered on the big screen in the spring of 2010.

From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Hébert-Bouchard was professor of piano accompaniment consecutively at the Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski, at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec and at Laval University. Since 2015, he has participated regularly as a collaborating pianist and coach in the activities of the University of Montreal and McGill University. Likewise, as a collaborator, he is also invited to join the forces of numerous competitions and music academies including the Académie Internationale d’Été de Nice, the New York Summer Music Festival, the Académie de musique et de danse du Domaine Forget, the Canadian Vocal Art Institute, the Canadian Music Competition, the International Tremplin, the Prix d’Europe, the OSM Competition, in addition to giving numerous recitals across Quebec, Canada and North America. Since 2020, he has held the position of accompanying pianist at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM).

In 2015, Mr. Hébert-Bouchard founded the Duo Palladium. Since then, he has also become a founding member of the Trio Émerillon and the Ensemble Phœnix. A sought-after recitalist, he has the chance to share the stage with a number of extraordinary artists, including Les Vents Français, Emmanuel Pahud, Susan Hoeppner, Mario Caroli, Leone Buyse, Vicens Prats, Robert Langevin, Gustavo Nuñez, Gilbert Audin, Jesper Busk Sørensen , Chris Gekker, Éric Aubier, Tom Hooten, Stefan Dohr, Louis-Philippe Marsolais, Øystein Baadsvik, Sergio Carolino, Julian Rachlin and Stéphane Tétreault.