Cherney:
In The Stillness Of The Summer Wind
Grant:
Serenata da Camera, Op. 19
Parker:
Requiem Parentibus, Op. 34
Raum:
Searching For Sophia

Canadian oboist Vincent Boilard is joined by Quatuor Molinari for his first solo album of works by contemporary Canadian composers. Searching for Sophia by Elizabeth Raum, Serenata da Camera, Op. 19 by Stewart Grant, In the Stillness of the Summer Wind by Brian Cherney, and Requiem Parentibus, Op. 34 by Michael Parker make up the program for this daring album of modern music. Hailing from Mont-Joli, a small town in Eastern Quebec, Vincent Boilard is Associate Principal Oboe at the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal (OSM) and has been teaching at the Universit? de Montr?al (UdeM) since 2015. In addition to his orchestral career, Vincent Boilard enjoys his roles as soloist and chamber musician. He regularly plays with his colleagues from the OSM in smaller groups and frequently performs as a soloist with such ensembles as Les Violons du Roy, the Orchestre symphonique de Quebec, the Orchestre symphonique de Sherbrooke, and the Orchestre symphonique de l'Estuaire. The Molinari Quartet has established itself as one of Canada's leading string quartets. A recipient of more than 23 Opus Prizes, the Molinari Quartet has been described as an "essential" and "prodigious" ensemble, even "Canada's answer to the Kronos or Arditti Quartet". The Molinari Quartet's recordings on ATMA Classique have received unanimous international critical acclaim. The ensemble's recording of the complete Kurt?g quartets received a 2016 Diapason d'Or and the prestigious German 2017 Echo Klassik award.