Described by La Presse as “a true violinist with a clear and complete technique and good sonority,” Caroline Chéhadé performs actively throughout North America and Europe. A second-time winner of the Musical Instrument Bank Competition, Ms. Chéhadé was awarded in 2009 the Windsor-Weinstein Stradivari of 1717 from the Canada Council for the Arts. She is a grand prize winner in numerous solo competitions, including the Prix d’Europe, and has appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal, the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), I Musici de Montréal and the Timisoara Philharmonic Orchestra (Roumania). She regularly performs with conductors such as Alain Trudel, Thomas Sondergard, Miriam Burns and Peter Bellino. Pianist Alain Lefèvre regards her recording of the Prokofiev Violin Sonata no 2 as “Deutsche Grammophon standard” and views Ms. Chéhadé as “one of the most talented violinist of her generation.”
Caroline Chéhadé has performed at the Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall in Montreal, Weill Hall of Carnegie Hall and the Lanaudière Festival Auditorium. She can frequently be heard on the radio, and made guest appearances as part of the Jeunes Artistes Series and live radio broadcasts for Radio-Canada. Showing a natural inclination for music at an early age, Caroline Chéhadé is a former pupil of the Robert sisters, Anne and Lucie. After graduating with the Prix avec Grande Distinction from the Montreal Conservatory, she went to New York to pursue her studies at the Manhattan School of Music and Mannes College. A versatile violinist and sought-after chamber musician, she was invited to play in the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo’s baton and has also performed for world-renowned musicians such as Gil Shaham, Midori, Robert Mann, Pamela Frank and Augustin Dumay.
Chéhadé is a founding member and artistic director of the Halo Ensemble, an innovative artists collaborative and chamber orchestra made up of young professional musicians from around the globe. Working closely with the Crescendo International Institute in Hungary, the MasterWorks Festival in Indiana, Uskon Yö in Finland and Productions musicales Kaléidoscopes of Montreal, Caroline Chéhadé contributes to the development of Halo’s regular and summer season. In addition to her performing career, she contributes her artistry and time to playing concerti with amateur and youth orchestras, including the Doctors Orchestra of New York and the Montreal Symphony Youth Orchestra. She is dedicated to the musical and personal development of young musicians, inspiring them to find their own special relationship to their instrument. For Chéhadé, music performance is an expression of the soul and an offering of beauty and truth.
Soloist with I Medici
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