MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

A networking forum for highly promising Canadian classical musicians in support of their international career development
Participants in the 2022 edition, with Xavier Roy (Executive Director of the Festival) and Renaud Loranger (Artistic Director of the Festival)

mission

The Festival de Lanaudière offers a mentorship program that draws on its position as an international hub of classical music in Canada.

Made possible through generous support from the Fondation Père-Lindsay and the Fonds Jacques-Martin, this project assists six young Canadian classical musicians, whose careers have reached a high level of recognition, in developing special professional ties with internationally renowned guest artists at the Festival this summer.

Thank you to our partners

Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay

SEND YOUR APPLICATION FOR THE 2023 EDITION

Which will take place in Joliette from July 21 to 29!

Requirements: Participants must be Canadian classical musicians with sound professional experience as performers and the potential to excel internationally, having demonstrated their artistic excellence and/or singular artistry. The selection jury will also aim to foster a comfortable, caring and friendly environment among the cohort of chosen participants.

DEADLINE

Deadline for submitting your application: March 10, 4 PM
Decision announced to applicants: March 2023
Public announcement of participants: April 2023

Registration Form

Nominations for the 2023 edition are over. 

The six selected participants will be accommodated for the duration of the mentorship period and provided with:

Lodging in a loft located
in downtown Joliette

Full reimbursement
of meal expenses

Free access to all the Festival’s concerts and rehearsals

Exclusive encounters with artists and key players in the international classical music industry

Participants of the 2022 edition, with the soloists of the ROSSINIMANIA! concert.

Valuable encounters

During the 2022 edition, participants in the program were fortunate to benefit from in-depth exchanges with conductors Rafael Payare and Ariane Matiakh,
singers Michael Spyres, Lawrence Brownlee and Meagan Sill, prominent corporate directors Elizabeth Sobol (President and CEO of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and former Managing Director of IMG Artists) and Janice Price (President and CEO of the Banff Centre), as well as Christophe Huss (classical music journalist, Le Devoir).

READ THE TESTIMONIALS OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2002 EDITION