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Sylvain Murray
Joined the OSM in: 2007
Model of instrument : Domenico Montagnana cello, 1734, and Louis Gillet bow, c. 1950, generously loaned by Canimex.
Previous positions: Les Violons du Roy, 2003-2007, McGill University, assistant stage manager, 2000-2004
Academic institutions attended: Conservatoire de musique de Chicoutimi with Marie Lacroix and Leslie Snider, McGill Universtiy with Antonio Lysy
Prizes and scholarships: Music Academy of the West 1996, CIBC Competition 1993
Favourite composers: Beethoven, R. Strauss, Mozart and Bach
Favourite works: Ariadne auf Naxos, Beethoven quartets certain arias from Handel’s operas
Interests: Always on the lookout for the best possible coffee! Fine wine, good scotch and good grub, and watching the Canadiens over a nice beer at Champs!