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Ensemble La Volta
2+ albums
canada
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https://gjeaycompo.bandcamp.com/ http://ensemblelavolta.chez-alice.fr/ The members of La Volta Ensemble play mainly the Baroque and classical repertoire. To best serve this wonderful music, they use period instruments and convey all the emotion and liveliness of the pages composed by the great musicians of the XVIIIth century. The La Volta Ensemble, founded in 1996, regularly performs at Toronto, Quebec as well as Montreal and area. They also accept engagements in ceremonies and congresses. They participate in theatre and baroque dance presentations, wearing eighteenth-century costumes. The trio consists of Grégoire Jeay, baroque flute, Olivier Brault baroque violin and Isabelle Bozzini baroque cello. Each of them has contributed in recording and broadcasts. Grégoire Jeay Born in Bordeaux, France in 1962, Grégoire Jeay came to Montreal in 1970 with his family. After having studied with several flutist (François Codère, Gisèle Millet, Liselyn Adams) he completed his Bachelor's degree at Université de Montréal and advanced training at Concordia University. Grégoire Jeay is principal flute at the Montreal Baroque Orchestra (MBO). He has appeared in concert in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, France, Belgium, Mexico, and Turkey. His repertoire with the MBO comprises several concertos by Vivaldi, C.P.E. Bach, Boccherini, Handel and J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2. A number of his concerts have been recorded on Radio-Canada (CBC) and Belgian radio. He participates also in a fe
