Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has announced their partnership with Canadian classical music festival, The Festival de Lanaudière, for their mentorship program.
From July 25 to Aug 4, the mentorship program will travel with six talented Canadian musicians to Quebec and SPAC. The program pushes the musicians’ careers forward by allowing them to forge relationships with other musicians, conductors and teachers. These six young artists will spend the first six days of the program in Joliette, Quebec and for the first time in the program’s history, the last four days will be with The Philadelphia Orchestra at SPAC.
The Philadelphia Orchestra has a longstanding summer residency at SPAC and this year, their SPAC performances include 100 years of Rhapsody in Blue on Aug 1, an Evening with John Legend on Aug 7 and a performance with Yo-Yo Ma on Aug 16.
The entire Festival de Lanaudière goes from July 6 and ends with the mentorship program on Aug 4. The festival was founded in 1978 and the famous Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay was constructed in 1988. Most of the performances take place outside in the Amphitheatre, but for some performances the festival moves to offsite venues like the ornate churches of Quebec as well as distilleries and cultural centers.
SPAC is also known for its beautiful open amphitheater where the Philadelphia orchestra shares the stage with other prestigious arts companies like New York City Ballet and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The town of Saratoga Springs is surrounded by hiking trails and geysers, drawing in summer tourists and music fans alike.
To find more information about The Festival de Lanaudière, you can visit their website here.
THE 2024 MENTEES
· Mehdi Ghazi, pianist
· Frédéric-Alexandre Michaud, conductor, violinist and radio cultural commentator
· Elizabeth Polese, soprano
· Antoine Rivard-Landry, pianist
· Catherine St-Arnaud, soprano
· Gabriel Trottier, solo, chamber and orchestral horn player
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