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Isabelle Demers
concert organist
Isabelle Demers at the organ is a force of nature-a diminutive dynamo to whom La Presse in Montreal attributed "vehement virtuosity." A native of Québec, she is rapidly becoming recognized as one of North America's most virtuosic organists.
She began piano study at age six and at age 11 began piano and organ study at the Montréal Conservatory of Music. After graduation in 2003 she studied on scholarship for a year in Paris at the École Normale de Paris-Alfred Cortot. She received her Master's degree from The Juilliard School in New York City, where she is currently completing doctoral studies with Paul Jacobs.
Isabelle Demers was a featured performer at the most recent national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in Minneapolis, and her performance was later broadcast to a national radio audience. She was a featured artist at the 2009 national convention of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, in Toronto, and will be a featured artist at the 2010 national convention of the American Guild of Organists, in Washington, D.C. She has been a prize-winner and finalist in several international performance competitions in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and performs widely in the United States and Canada.
Isabelle Demers was previously on the music staff at Trinity Church, Wall Street, in New York City.
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"Stunning...breathtaking...the young organist performed it in an absolutely grandiose way without ever losing sight of the principal theme. But it was pure madness to add anything to such a dazzle. I therefore left during the small encore because I decided to keep with me the impression left by the Ad nos."
(La Presse, Montreal, 2008)
"Demers's technical and musical dexterity proved that the next generation of organists is well capable of carrying the profession forward."
(The American Organist, 2008)
"Consummate musicianship."
(The Diapason, 2008)
"Vehement virtuosity."
(La Presse, Montreal, 2008)
"Daring and fresh...interpreted with infinite poetry...mind-blowing Toccata confirmed her tremendous talent. With her idiomatic style and her solid technique, Isabelle Demers is an artist outside the norms, or dare I say, beyond any competition."
(Les Amis de l'orgue, Quebec City, 2008)
"Her performance at the AGO 2008 national convention surprised and delighted the crowd of 2,000. Her composure, conviction, and compelling musicianship held the audience spellbound."
(Michael Barone, Pipedreams host)
"Great virtuosity, panache, and musical sensibility." (Lehigh Valley Chapter AGO, Russell Jackson, presenter)
"Isabelle displayed all of the majesty, fire, and sweep that music of truly epic proportions demands....Isabelle's blazing technique, always in the service of good taste, meticulously reinforces the unrestrained passion which she brings to her music...the sort of performer who is invited back again and again." (Paul Dixon, St. Petersburg College, Florida, presenter)
"Her virtuosic performance combined bold rhythmic drive with the sensitivity of a refined musicianship and a passionate, colorful interpretation of the music. She is an engaging and impressive young talent who is destined for a brilliant career." (Suffolk NY Chapter AGO, Deanna Muro, presenter)
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