Rosemarie Landry

Head of Voice at the Faculty of Music of l’Université de Montréal, soprano Rosemarie Landry has sung on all major Canadian stages, either in recital or in concert. She was guest artist of major orchestras and of numerous opera and chamber music festivals throughout the world, and toured extensively in North and South America, Europe and Asia. She studied with Bernard Diamant, Pierre Bernac, Gérard Souzay and Margaret Harshaw, among others. She has given masterclasses in places such as le Conservatoire de musique de Paris and the conservatories of Beijing, Tokyo, Reykjavik and Bogota. She also gives masterclasses in many Canadian universities and opera companies, and teaches in a number of vocal art Summer schools and venues such as Le Centre d’art Orford, the Toronto Summer Opera Lyric Theatre and the Canadian Vocal Art Institute.

Winning First Prize of the coveted CBC Young Artists Competition early on in her career, Rosemarie Landry went on to win numerous other prizes, scholarships, honorary doctorates and distinctions of all sorts. She is a Member of the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) and Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Pléiade.

For years, Rosemarie Landry has been actively involved as artistic advisor or member of the board of directors with many of the major cultural and musical organisations in Canada such as the Canada Council, the Ontario Council for the Arts, the National Art Centre, the National Film Board, the New Brunswick Arts Council, Les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, the Sylva M. Gilber Music Foundation and l’Orchestre de la francophonie canadienne.