{"id":93655,"date":"2023-02-02T10:22:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=93655"},"modified":"2023-02-02T10:22:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:22:55","slug":"scoop-quebec-violinist-daphne-bourbonnais-becomes-newest-member-sinfonia-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/02\/02\/scoop-quebec-violinist-daphne-bourbonnais-becomes-newest-member-sinfonia-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Qu\u00e9bec Violinist Daphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais Becomes Newest Member Of Sinfonia Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_93656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93656\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Sinfonia-Toronto-violionist.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Daphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais; Maestro Nurhan Arman and members of Sinfonia Toronto (Photos courtesy of Sinfonia Toronto)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Daphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais; Maestro Nurhan Arman and members of Sinfonia Toronto (Photos courtesy of Sinfonia Toronto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Qu\u00e9bec violinist Daphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais has beat the competition to become the newest addition to Sinfonia Toronto. The organization announced her appointment to the orchestra&#8217;s first violin section after an application process that whittled a field of more than a dozen to nine musicians who were invited to audition.<\/p>\n<p>Music Director Nurhan Arman commented in a statement. \u201cDaphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais possesses a highly developed technique, a marvellously expressive bow arm and innate musicianship. She is a sensitive player and will be a great fit with our performing style. I am absolutely delighted to welcome her to Sinfonia Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in Rimouski, Qu\u00e9bec, Daphn\u00e9 has been playing the violin since the age of 4, and studied at the Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski from 2004 until 2013, when she began her studies at the Conservatoire de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She&#8217;s been playing in a variety of ensembles since 2010, including Quatuor Excellence;<\/li>\n<li>Daphn\u00e9 has garnered multiple awards in several competitions, including the Canadian Music Competitions, where she always placed at least as a provincial finalist;<\/li>\n<li>She obtained her undergraduate degree and Chamber Music Diploma from the Conservatoire de Montr\u00e9al in 2018, and received her master&#8217;s degree in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She is a proponent of new music and contemporary composers. Daphn\u00e9\u2019s performing experience includes the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, l\u2019Orchestre de la Francophonie, and l&#8217;Orchestre Symphonique de l\u2019Estuaire, and she has toured through Canada, Spain and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences will be able to see and hear her work with Sinfonia Toronto for the first time at their next concert on March 4, titled <em>Mozart &amp; Shostakovich<\/em>. Tickets on sale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinfoniatoronto.com\/22-23-season\/north-york-concerts\/mozart-shostakovich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qu\u00e9bec violinist Daphn\u00e9 Bourbonnais has beat the competition to become the newest addition to Sinfonia Toronto with an appointment to the first violins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":93656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,39,63,68],"tags":[40464,4538,4531],"yst_prominent_words":[37817,20248,10617,12700,6616,34148,7665,8980,7517,22981,8687,7661,6741,7249],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Sinfonia-Toronto-violionist.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-omz","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93657,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93655\/revisions\/93657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93655"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=93655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}