Geneviève Grenier has appeared as a soloist and ensemble performer in Paris, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Minneapolis, New Haven, and Toronto, among many other cities. She has performed all the major works written for ondes Martenot in the twentieth century, including Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphonie, Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine, and St-François d’Assise, Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, André Jolivet’s Concerto for ondes Martenot and orchestra, Jacques Charpentier’s Concertino, Claude Champagne’s Altitude, and Clermont Pepin’s Symphony No. 3.

She has participated in multiple recordings for TV, theatre, and movie soundtracks, and can be heard in Luc Dionne’s movie Aurore and the Pupini sisters’ recording Betcha bottom dollar. Her recording Au temps des impressionistes, featuring works by Ravel, Satie, Fauré, and Gaubert, was recommended in the magazine Electronic Musician in February 2000. In Mémoires du cœur, she presents twelve of her own compositions, with musical interludes by François-Xavier Dupas that create the overall feeling of a true journey.

Trained at the Conservatoire de musique in Montréal, she is a member of the Ensemble d’ondes de Montréal since 1988 and heads the music school she founded at Sainte-Julie, Quebec in 1989.

For more information, visit genevievegrenier.com.

Ms. Grenier will perform works by Jolivet and Messiaen for the festival’s first concert on Thursday, March 5 and will host a screening of Caroline Martel’s documentary film Wavemakers on Friday, March 6.