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Samuel Blanchette-Gagnon

Year of birth: 1996
Place of birth: Montreal, Canada
Educated in: Quebec City
Place of residence: Quebec City
(Plays in New York)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Samuel Blanchette-Gagnon performance.

Program

J. S. Bach - Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 F. Chopin - Étude op. 25, no. 11 S. Rachmaninov - Études Tableaux op. 39, no. 9  


Biography

Hailed as one of the most promising emerging artists of Canada, Samuel Blanchette-Gagnon is the winner of the prestigious Prix d’Europe and of the International Stepping Stone Competition. He regularly performs in his country and abroad, while his albums recorded under the label Atma received dithyrambic reviews by the press. Samuel obtained first prizes from the Quebec Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded the Wilfrid-Pelletier Scholarship for outstanding achievement. He now pursues advanced training with internationally celebrated musicians such as Marc-André Hamelin, André Laplante, Bertrand Chamayou, Benedetto Lupo and Stephen Kovacevich. He was selected together with five other promising artists for the Carrefour International for young musicians at Festival de Lanaudière.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng