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About Jean-Philippe Sylvestre

In 2008, Jean-Philippe Sylvestre was awarded the prestigious Virginia Parker Prize, the highest distinction awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. Recipient of the first prize and the people's choice award at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's competition, he is also a laureate of the CBC's National Competition for Young Performers, the people's choice award and the Concertino Praga International Competition. He won the first prize of the Canadian Music Competition three times and the highest score of the competition on one of these occasions. In 2015, he won the prize from the Quebec Council for the art for a 6 months residency in Paris.

Mr. Sylvestre has made two recordings with Metropolitan Orchestra and Alain Trudel, performing concertos by André Mathieu and Rachmaninov. He recently appeared with Quebec Symphony Orchestra, at Bourgie Hall and Place des Arts in Montreal, at auditorium St-Pierre des Cuisines in Toulouse, at Salle Cortot in Paris, and at Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Renowned conductor Yannick Nézet Séguin qualify him of a poet of the piano.

Jean-Philippe Sylvestre has made several recordings on the ATMA label, including concertos by André Mathieu, Rachmaninoff and Jacques Hétu with the Rochester Métropolitain and the Rochester Symphonique de Laval. The CDs received numerous rave reviews as well as JUNOS, ADISQ and Prix Opus nominations. From January 18 to 20, 2022, Mr. Sylvestre will record a new album with the London Symphony Orchestra.