TÓNLIST EFTIR/ MUSIC BY: Ernest Macmillan, Rachel Laurin, Oskar Lindberg og/and Sir George Thalben-Ball.
Dr. Isabelle Demers er frá Quebec í Kanada og lauk doktorsnámi frá Juilliard School. Hún er orgelkennari og forstöðumaður orgeldeildarinnar við Baylor University í Texas. Hún er einnig fulltrúi Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC í Norður-Ameríku.
Isabelle hefur leikið í Evrópu, Óman, Ástralíu, Nýja Sjálandi, í flestum fylkjum Bandaríkjanna og í heimalandi sínu Kanada.
Á árunum 2018-2019 kom hún fram m.a. í Maison Symphonique í Montreal, Quebec, Elbphilharmonie í Hamborg, Þýskaland, Ráðhúsinu í Stokkhólmi, Svíþjóð, The Forbidden City Concert Hall í Peking, Kína og Westminster Abbey í London, Bretlandi.
Dr. Demers kemur oft fram á ráðstefnum í boði The American Guild of Organists, The Institute of Organ Builders and International Society of Organbuilders, The Royal Canadian College of Organists og The Organ Historical Society.
Hún hefur gefið út fjóra geisladiska hjá Acis útgáfunni sem allir hafa fengið frábæra dóma. Á síðasta ári var hún einleikari með hljómsveit og Baylor University Choir, á upptöku á Requiem eftir Maurice Duruflé sem tekin var upp í St. Etienne du Mont kirkjunni í París þar sem Duruflé starfaði.
Hvar sem hún kemur fram á tónleikum hefur hún fengið framúrskarandi dóma.
„Enginn skortur er á organistum sem kunna að láta orgelið öskra en Demers lét hljóðfærið af krafti syngja.”
(Peter Reed, Classical source.com. England 2016).
There is no shortage of organists who make their instruments roar; and while her power was never in question,
Demers made the instrument sing.”
(Peter Reed, Classical Source.com, England, 2016)
With playing described as having “bracing virtuosity” (Chicago Classical Review) and being “fearless and extraordinary” (Amarillo-Globe News), Isabelle Demers has enraptured critics, presenters, and audience members around the globe. Her 2010 recital for the International Society of Organbuilders-American Institute of Organbuilders convention “left the entire congress in an atmosphere of ‘Demers fever’.” That same year, her performance at the Washington D.C. national convention of the American Guild of Organists caused the standing-room-only audience to call her back to the stage five times.
She has appeared in recital in Europe, Oman, Australia, New Zealand, and coast to coast in the United States and her home country of Canada. 2018-2019 season highlights include performances at the Maison Symphonique (Montreal, Québec), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg, Germany), City Hall (Stockholm, Sweden), the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing, China), and Westminster Abbey (London, UK).
Dr. Demers is in continual demand by her fellow colleagues as witnessed by performances for numerous regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Institute of Organ Builders and International Society of Organbuilders, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the Organ Historical Society.
Her first recording on the Acis label, The Old and the New, was met with critical acclaim. Fanfare Magazine called it “superbly produced”, a “clear, tightly focused recording”, and a “brilliantly played program.” Her second disc, featuring the organ works of Rachel Laurin, was released in June 2011, and her recording of Max Reger’s Seven Chorale-Fantasias in November 2012. Bach, Bull, and Bombardes (Pro Organo), was released in May 2013. In 2018, she appeared as solo organ accompanist in a recording of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem with the Baylor University Choir, recorded at Duruflé’s church in Paris, also on the Acis label.
A native of Québec and a doctoral graduate of the Juilliard School, Dr. Demers is Organ Professor and Head of the Organ Program at Baylor University in Texas.
Isabelle Demers is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
Efnisskrá / Program:
Ernest Macmillan 1893-1973Cortége Académique
Rachel Laurin 1961-Two Short Etudes op. 68
Flight of the Hummingbird
Dialogue of the Mockingbirds
Oskar Lindberg 1887-1995 Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna
Sir George Thalben-Ball 1896-1987Variations on a Theme of Paganini