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With a very sensitive approach to music, Véronique Lussier brings to her conducting an emotional intensity that she passionately transmits to musicians and the public. She is recognized as a dynamic, unifying, creative and versatile person.
Véronique holds a Doctorate degree (D.Mus.) in Orchestra conducting from the University of Montreal with the masters M. Jean-François Rivest and M. Paolo Bellomia. She also holds a Master’s degree (M.Mus.) in Choral Direction from the Université de Sherbrooke with Robert Ingari, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Piano & Pedagogy from the Université du Québec à Montréal with Pierre Jasmin.
She was awarded a scholarship of excellence at the end of doctoral studies (2018) from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies of the University of Montreal (FESP), a scholarship of excellence Perras, Cholette & Cholette, of the Fonds Les Amis de l'Art, the SAE, the Council for Arts and Letters in Quebec (CALQ), the Canada Council for the Arts (CAC) and the support of Mr. Roger Dubois of the Canimex Group and Mr. Jacques Marchand of LCI Education.
Véronique was the founder and artistic director of the Ambassador Project of the Longueuil symphony Orchestra (OSDL). This project of several concerts with multimedia, in collaboration with the Development of public music in Quebec (DPMQ), made it possible to contribute to the influence of culture, to the democratization of classical music and to the revitalization of the historical heritage of several municipalities as well as to highlight many artists, many of whom are emerging.
She is guest conductor with several orchestras, festivals, events and music schools: Ottawa Symphony Orchestra (OSO), Quebec Contemporary Music Society (SMCQ), Montreal Chamber Orchestra (OCM), Longueuil symphony orchestra (OSDL), Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke (OSS), Sinfonia of Lanaudiere, Bradyworks Productions, Classica Festival, Éloize Circus, New Modern Ensemble (NEM), I Medici di McGill Orchestra, Benefit concerts Cancer Institute Maison symphonique (ICM), Ottawa University Pops Symphony Orchestra, Montreal / New Music Festival (MNM), Montreal University Symphony Orchestra (OUM), Montérégie Chamberist, Monteregie Conservatory of Music (CMM), Vincent-d'Indy Music School, Stella Festival, Youth Orchestra of Montreal University. Also, she was assistant conductor at the National Music Festival (NMF), Jury Opus Awards and conducted a musical score in the "Arrival" movie by filmmaker Denis Villeneuve.
His experience of musical pedagogy in schools, his conferences and the Steinberg Projects for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) and the University of Montreal (UdeM) gave him a profound conviction of the multidimensional and beneficial impact of music.
Internationally, she has conducted the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (United States) and has collaborated with maestros Johannes Schlaefli, Kirk Trevor, Tomas Netopil, Donald Schleicher, Lawrence Gohan, Michael Charry, Yoav Talmi and Peter Csaba.
