BIOGRAPHY
Baroque flute specialist Grégoire Jeay performs regularly throughout Quebec and Canada, France, Belgium, Mexico, Turkey, England, and the United States. He is recognized for his musicality and expressiveness, and for his sense of ornamentation and improvisation. He also brings his virtuosity on the transverse flute to the recorder and to flutes from various other cultures.
He performs and records regularly with internationally renowned musicians and conductors, including Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Clavecin en concert, La Nef, Theatre of Early Music, L’Harmonie des saisons, Les Voix humaines, Myriam Leblanc, Karina Gauvin, Suzie Leblanc, Emma Kirkby, Marie-Josée Lord, Hélène Guilmette, Daniel Taylor, Luc Beauséjour, Sylvain Bergeron, and many others.
In addition to his regular activities as a flutist, Grégoire Jeay composes and arranges for various ensembles such as Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; he also produces music for European and Chinese circuses.
During his career, Grégoire Jeay has performed with several renowned ensembles and artists.
THE ENSEMBLES
Tafelmusik de Toronto, La Nef, Les Idées Heureuses,
Theatre of Early Music, L’Ochestre Baroque de Montréal,
La bande Montréal Baroque, Trinity Consort de
Portland, Trinity Baroque Orchestra de New York,
Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, Les Voix
Humaines, Ensemble La Volta, La Nouvele Sinfonie, La
Mandragore, Skye Consort, Les Boréades, Masques,
Ensemble Caprice, Constantinople,
Ottawa baroque Consort.
THE SINGERS
Karina Gauvin, Suzie Leblanc, Emma Kirkby, Marie-Josée
Lord, Hélène Guilmette, Daniel Taylor, Michael Slattery,
Shannon Mercer, Matthew White, Marie Nicole Lemieux,
Monika Mauch, Rufus Müller, Nancy Argenta, Nathalie
Paulin, Catherine Webster, Ingried Boussaroque,
Myriam Leblanc, Michael Chance, Charles Daniel,
Frédéric Antoun, Nathaniel Watson.
THE CONDUCTORS
Julian Wachner, Hervé Niquet, Eric Milnes,
Jeanne Lamon, Ivars Taurins, David Fallis,
Andrew Parrot, Matthias Maute, Jean-François Rivest,
Alexander Weimann, Joël Thiffault.
THE INSTRUMENTISTS
Luc Beauséjour, Olivier Brault, Hendrik Bouman, Simon
Standage, Sylvain Bergeron, Eric Milnes, Geneviève Soly,
Alexander Weimann, Joël Thiffault, Marie-Nathalie
Lacoursière, Juan-Manuel Quintana, Susie Napper,
Hélène Plouffe, Réjean Poirier, Francis Colpron, Amanda
Keesmaat, Isabelle Bozzini, Adrian Butterfield, François
Taillefer, Andrew Wells-Oberegger, Sean Dagher.
Matthew Jennejohn, Amanda Keesmaat, (Violoncelle
baroque)