Eugène Chartier (1893 – 1 November 1963) was a Canadian violinist, violist, conductor, and teacher.
Born in
Montreal
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, Chartier studied the violin with
Alfred De Sève
Alfred De Sève (May or June 1858 – 25 November 1927) was a Canadian violinist, composer, and music educator. His compositional output includes works for violin and piano, solo piano, and orchestra; many of which were published by Arthur P. Sc ...
and
Oscar Martel
Oscar Martel (February 1848 – 1924) was a Canadian violinist,Slemon, Peter "Montreal's musical life under the Union" McMaster University, 1975. via Library and Archives Canada composer and violin teacher.
Early life
Born in L'Assomption, Quebec ...
. He played second
violin
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with the
Dubois String Quartet The Dubois String Quartet (french: Quatuor à cordes Dubois) was a Canadian string quartet that actively performed for 28 consecutive seasons from 1910 to 1938. The ensemble was founded and led by cellist Jean-Baptiste Dubois who was the only member ...
from 1915 to 1920, and
viola
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with the
Chamberland String Quartet from 1920 to 1925. He also played viola in the
CMS Orchestra, the
Montreal Festivals
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, and the
Montreal Orchestra The Montreal Orchestra (MO) was a professional Canadian symphony orchestra based in Montreal, Quebec that was active from 1930–1941. While not Montreal's first orchestra, the MO is considered by music historians to be the first professional sympho ...
. In 1922, he founded the orchestra of the
Conservatoire national de musique Conservatoire national de musique was a music conservatory in Montreal, Quebec that was actively providing higher education in music during the first eight decades of the 20th century. Founded in 1905 by Alphonse Lavallée-Smith as the Conservatoir ...
in Montreal, which became the
Montreal Philharmonic Orchestra, giving concerts at the
Mount Royal Hotel
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. He began teaching at the Conseratoire in 1925, and also taught at the colleges of
Terrebonne
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and
Berthier, and the convent of
Ste-Émilie de Viauville. He was appointed director of the
Maisonneuve regimental band in 1932, and became a founding member of the
Euterpe Chamber Music Society
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in 1933. He conducted the CMS Orchestra and some of his performances were broadcast on
CBC radio. He conducted the premiere of the comic opera ''Père des Amours'' by
Eugène Lapierrein 1942.
References
1893 births
1963 deaths
Male conductors (music)
Canadian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Canadian classical violists
Academic staff of the Conservatoire national de musique
20th-century Canadian conductors (music)
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century Canadian male musicians
20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers
Canadian male violinists and fiddlers
20th-century violists
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