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The Prix d'Europe () is a Canadian study grant that is funded by the
Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec The Ministry of Culture and Communications (, ) is responsible for promoting and protecting the culture in the Canadian province of Quebec. The current minister, since 2022, is Mathieu Lacombe. The ministry was formed in 2012 after the immigr ...
of the
Government of Quebec The Government of Quebec (, ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. Minister of the Crown, mini ...
. Established in 1911, the award has been distributed annually to a single individual through competition with the exception of 1960-1973 and 2009 when there was a potential for 2 prizes each year and 1971 when no prize was given. Winners of the grant are given a cash prize towards furthering their musical education abroad in Europe. Past winners of the prize include a large number of notable Canadian musicians.


History

J.-Arthur Paquet, a Quebecois businessman and organist who was treasurer of the Académie de musique du Québec, was responsible for spearheading the grant's creation in 1911. Paquet gained the support of the academy's board and its secretary, Joseph-Arthur Bernier, and a plan by the school for the project was brought to Quebec premier Sir Lomer Gouin for his personal approval. Gouin supported the project and through his influence the
National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...
passed a law promoting the development of musical art on 24 March 1911 which included funding the Prix d'Europe. The Prix d'Europe initially awarded a cash prize of $3000 in 1911, at that time a very large sum of money. The sum was raised in 1959 ($5000), 1973 ($8000), and (1988). For more than the first 40 years of their history individual participants competed in their respective categories for a single prize. In 1960 two prizes were established: a prize for a keyboardist or vocalist, and a prize for an orchestral instrumentalist or composer. Some years only one prize was given when the judges deemed there was not a suitable winner in a particular category. In 1974 the competition returned to its original state of offering just a single prize. In 2009 two prizes were given. On two occasions the Prix d'Europe awarded special grants to individuals: in 1924 to violinist Norman Herschorn and in 1926 to pianist Alice Ste-Marie. The 1938 winner of the competition, Marcel Hébert, drowned before he could avail himself of the grant awarded to him. Accordingly, his grant was distributed to two other participants in that year's competition: Noël Brunet and Georges Savaria. No prize was given in 1971 as the judges felt that no applicant had demonstrated a sufficient level of skill to have earned the prize.


Winners


1911-1959

1911 Clotilde Coulombe, piano 1912 Léo-Pol Morin, piano 1913 Omer Létourneau, organ 1914 Jean Dansereau, piano 1915
Wilfrid Pelletier Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), (20 June 1896 – 9 April 1982) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving ...
, piano 1916 Graziella Dumaine, voice 1917 Germaine Malépart, piano 1918 Jean Kaster, cello 1919 Lucille Dompierre, piano 1920 Ruth Pryce, violin 1921 Auguste Descarries, piano 1922 Anna-Marie Messénie, piano 1923 Conrad Bernier, organ 1924 Gabriel Cusson, cello 1925 Paul Doyon, piano 1926 Lionel Daunais, voice 1927 Rita Savard, piano; Henri Mercure, composition 1928 Brahm Sand, cello 1929
Jean-Marie Beaudet Jean-Marie Beaudet (20 February 1908 – 19 March 1971) was a Canadian conducting, conductor, organist, pianist, radio producer, and music educator. He had a long career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, serving variously as a music prod ...
, organ 1930 Gilberte Martin, piano 1931 Lucien Martin, violin 1932 Bernard Piché, organ 1933 Edwin Bélanger, violin 1934 Georges Lindsay, organ 1935 Georgette Tremblay, organ 1936 Noël Brunet, violin 1937 Georges Savaria, piano 1938 Marcel Hébert, piano 1939 Paule-Aimée Bailly, piano 1940 Suzette Forgues, cello 1941 Marcelle Martin, organ 1942 Claude Lavoie, organ 1943 Berthe Dorval, piano 1944 Jacqueline Lavoy, piano 1945 Claude Létourneau, violin 1946 Jeanne Landry, piano 1947 Lise DesRosiers, piano 1948 Raymond Daveluy, organ 1949 Clermont Pépin, piano 1950 Josephte Dufresne, piano 1951 Anna-Marie Globenski, piano 1952 Janine Lachance, piano 1953 Kenneth Gilbert, organ 1954 Monik Grenier, piano 1955 Léon Bernier, piano 1956 Monique Munger, piano 1957
Jean Leduc Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jea ...
, organ 1958 Lise Boucher, piano 1959 Rachel Martel, piano


1960-1973

1960 Jacqueline Martel, voice; Gisèle Daoust, piano 1961 Jacques Hétu, composition; Pierre Ménard, violin 1962 Colette Boky, voice; John McKay, piano 1963 Cécile Lanneville, cello; André Prévost, composition 1964 Claude Ouellet, voice; Claude Savard, piano 1965 Alain Gagnon, composition 1966 Monique Gendron, organ; Bruno Laplante, voice 1967 Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, composition; Jacques Larocque, saxophone 1968 Roland Richard, voice; Lucie Madden, organ 1969 Louise LeComte, recorder 1970 John Whitelaw, harpsichord 1971 not awarded 1972 Marie Laferrière, voice;
Karen Quinton Karen Quinton is a Toronto-based Canadian pianist, organist, harpsichordist and music educator. She has performed as a soloist with many symphony orchestras in Canada, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchest ...
, piano 1973
Raynald Arseneault Raynald Arseneault (9 June 1945 – 27 January 1995) was a Canadian composer and organist. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output consists of more than 50 works. His style was particularly influenced by Ivan Wysc ...
, composition; Marcel Saint-Jacques, flute


1974–present

1974 Jacinthe Couture, piano 1975 Denis Bédard, harpsichord 1976
Robert Langevin Robert Langevin is a Canadian flautist. He has been principal flautist of the New York Philharmonic since 2000 and is a former principal flautist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He was associate principal flautist with the Montreal Symphony O ...
, flute 1977 Michel Franck, piano 1978 Gilles Carpentier, clarinet 1979 Chantal Juillet, violin 1980 Marie-Danielle Parent, voice 1981 Jacques Després, piano 1982 Johanne Perron, cello 1983
Sophie Rolland Sophie is a feminine given name, another version of Sophia, from the Greek word for "wisdom". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Soph ...
, cello 1984 Violaine Melançon, violin 1985 Éric Trudel, piano 1986 Jean Saulnier, piano 1987
Philippe Magnan Philippe is a masculine given name, cognate to Philip, and sometimes also a surname. The name may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince ...
, oboe 1988
Brigitte Rolland Brigitte Rolland (born 8 October 1964) is a Canadian violinist. In 1988 she won the Prix d'Europe and was placed second in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra Competition. She has appeared as a soloist in concerts with ...
, violin 1989 Claude Labelle, piano 1990 Marie-Claude Bilodeau, piano 1991 Stéphane Rancourt, oboe 1992 Guylaine Flamand, piano 1993
Pascale Giguère Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''pas ...
, violin 1994 Mark Freiheit, piano 1995
Stéphan Sylvestre Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephe ...
, piano 1996
Frédéric Bednarz Frédéric Bednarz is a Canadian violinist. He received the Prix d'Europe in 1996. Bednarz was also a top prize laureate at international competitions in Italy. Early life and education Bednarz studied with Oleh Krysa at the Eastman School of Mus ...
, violin 1997
Olivier Thouin Olivier Thouin is a Canadian violinist. He has performed as a soloist with several leading symphony orchestras in Canada, including the Orchestre Métropolitain, Les Violons du Roy, and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. A highly active chamber musi ...
, violin 1998
Mariane Patenaude Marianne is a female name. It is the French version of the Greek Mariamne, which is a variant of Mary, ultimately from the Hebrew Miriam ( מִרְיָם Miryám), Mirjam (Aramaic: ''Mariam'').Benoit Loiselle, cello 2000 Catherine Meunier, percussion 2001 Manelli Pirzadeh, piano 2002
Vincent Boucher Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer." People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003) ...
, organ 2003
Wonny Song Wonny Song (born 1978) is a Canadian pianist. Biography Song was born in South Korea and grew up in Montreal. He began piano studies at the age of eight and received a full scholarship to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music in 1994. He ea ...
, piano 2004 Anne-Julie Caron, percussion 2005
Jocelyne Roy Jocelyne is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jocelyne (singer), (1951–1972), a French singer of the Yé-yé period * Jocelyne Bloch, a Swiss neurosurgeon * Jocelyne Boisseau, a French film and television actress * Jo ...
, flute 2006
Jean-Sébastien Roy Jean-Sébastien Roy (born August 14, 1977) is a Canadian curler from Gatineau, Quebec. Career Roy is a two time provincial junior champion, winning in 1995 as the third for Yanick Gaudreault and in 1997 as the third for Philippe Lemay. At the ...
, violin 2007
Caroline Chéhadé Caroline may refer to: People * Caroline (singer) (born 1981), Japanese glitch pop musician * Caroline (given name), a feminine given name * J. C. Caroline (1933–2017), American football player * Jamie Caroline (born 1999), British racing drive ...
, violin 2008 Valérie Milot, harp 2009 Marie-Eve Poupart, violin and Maxime McKinley, composition 2010 Tristan Longval-Gagné, piano 2011 Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano and Gabriel Dharmoo, composition 2012 Victor Fournelle-Blain, violin 2013 Ariane Brisson, flute 2014
Bénédicte Lauzière Bénédicte may refer to: *Bénédicte Augst (born 1968), French rhythmic gymnast *Bénédicte Couvreur, French film producer * Bénédicte Cronier (born 1961), French bridge player * Bénédicte Dorfman-Luzuy (born 1971), French rower * Bénédict ...
, violin 2015 Xiaoyu Liu, piano 2016 David Dias da Silva, clarinet 2017
Felix Hong Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...
, piano


References

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External links


Official Website of the Prix d'Europe
Canadian music awards Scholarships in Canada Awards established in 1911 1911 establishments in Quebec