Joined the OSM in: 1999

Model of instrument: Antonio Stradivarius violin, 1716, and Sartory bow, generously loaned by Canimex.

Previous positions: Substituted at the OSM since 1997, I Musici de Montréal

Academic institutions attended: Conservatoire de musique du Québec in Montréal with Raymond Dessaints, Harid Conservatory in Florida with Sergiu Schwartz

Prizes and scholarships: First prize at the National Society of Arts and Letters Violin Competition, Second prize, OSM Competition (1994)

Favourite composers: R. Strauss, J. S. Bach and Verdi

Favourite work: Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration, Verdi’s La forza del destino

Interests: Proud mother, wine lover and collector, bicycle riding, cooking, crazy about Formula 1 and Montreal Canadiens