issue one - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

CHANTAL KREVIAZUK
PIERRE SIMARD
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk has been awake for hours,
making sure that her three boys have been
fed and dressed. She is also well into her
day job, which today finds her writing songs
for Faith Hill’s upcoming album. Somewhere
along the way she’s begun working on live
arrangements for her first tour in years and is
looking ahead at a full schedule of interviews
to promote her own new album, Plain Jane.
It’s not even 9am.
This is all normal for Kreviazuk, who finds
herself in the middle of being a mommy, a
performer and a sought-after songwriter.
She is oblivious to the fact that she’s the
antithesis of her album title, a woman who
has quietly built one of the most envious
careers in music. She shrugs off any
suggestion that she’s a Player. “It’s very hard
for me to put on. I think I’m incredibly boring.”
It’s been anything but a traditional ride
through the music business for Chantal. Her
first album was shot out of the Canadian
Music Cannon, snagging a Juno ® nomination
for Best New Artist. Her three following
albums would cement Kreviazuk as one of the
premiere artists in Canada.
Pierre Simard conductor
In his first season as Assistant Conductor of
the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Pierre
Simard is also Artistic Director with both the
Vancouver Island Symphony (BC) and the
Orchestre Symphonique de Drummondville
(QC). Having served as Associate Conductor
with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, he
also performs as guest conductor with major
orchestras in Milwaukee, Toronto, Ottawa
(National Arts Centre), Victoria, Hamilton,
Okanagan, Hot Springs (AR), Trois-Rivières,
Québec’s Les Violons du Roy and Montreal’s
Orchestre Métropolitain.
A passionate supporter of orchestral
repertoire, Pierre devotes himself to
reinventing the concert form, combining his
fresh ideas, fantasy and humour with music.
His outstanding creativity and engagement
with youth audiences inspire him to write and
perform original symphonic shows, featured
all across Canada. Holder of a Master’s
Degree in Conducting from the Peabody
Institute and five Conservatory Prizes from
the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal,
Pierre studied with Raffi Armenian, Frederik
Prausnitz, JoAnn Falletta and Marin Alsop. ■
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