VIOLIN

Andrew Wan has been Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2008, while pursuing an acclaimed international career as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He has performed with leading orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia, appearing under conductors including Rafael Payare, Kent Nagano, Maxim Vengerov, Vasily Petrenko, Bernard Labadie, Carlo Rizzi, Peter Oundjian, Xian Zhang, Michael Stern, and James DePreist.

A dedicated chamber musician, Wan is a founding member of the New Orford String Quartet, one of Canada's most acclaimed ensembles, noted for its dynamic performances and award-winning discography. He has also collaborated with the Juilliard Quartet, Vadim Repin, Marc-André Hamelin, Daniil Trifonov, Menahem Pressler, Jörg Widmann, Emanuel Ax, Johannes Moser, Arabella Steinbacher, James Ehnes, and Gil Shaham, and is a frequent guest at leading festivals such as Seattle Chamber Music, La Jolla SummerFest, Ottawa Chamberfest, Toronto Summer Music, Orford Musique, St. Prex, Colorado College, and Olympic. He regularly appears as guest concertmaster with the Pittsburgh, Houston, Indianapolis, National Arts Center, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras.

His discography spans Grammy-nominated, Juno, Félix, and Opus award-winning recordings on the Analekta, Onyx, Bridge, and Naxos labels with ensembles including the Seattle Chamber Music Society, New York's Metropolis Ensemble, Charles Richard-Hamelin, and the New Orford String Quartet. With the OSM and Kent Nagano, his albums of the Saint-Saëns violin concertos and of works for violin and orchestra by Bernstein, Moussa, and Ginastera earned international acclaim, the latter winning the 2021 Juno Award for Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble). His duo partnership with Richard-Hamelin has produced the complete Beethoven sonatas for piano and violin, including a 2022 Juno Award–winning album, followed by the Schumann sonatas in 2022. Their next project, a complete cycle of the Brahms sonatas, will be released in 2026.

Wan studied at The Juilliard School, earning Bachelor, Master, and Artist Diploma degrees. He is Associate Professor of Violin at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where his students have gone on to win prizes at national and international competitions and to secure positions, including principal chairs, in major North American orchestras. He was Artistic Partner of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in 2017–18 and received the Schulich School of Music's Part-Time Teaching Award in 2019.

Wan performs on a 1744 Michel'Angelo Bergonzi violin, on loan from the David Sela Collection, and an 1860 Dominique Peccatte bow generously provided by Canimex.

VIOLIN

Praised for her “gorgeous, rich tone” and fresh, insightful interpretations, violinist Gabrielle Després has emerged as one of Canada’s most compelling young artists, performing across North America and Europe to critical acclaim. As a recent finalist of the 2025 Sibelius International Violin Competition, she was also first-prize winner of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition and the Juilliard Concerto Competition, and a top prize recipient at the Michael Hill, Elmar Oliveira, and Washington International Violin Competitions. She has garnered major honors including the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award, Verbier Academy’s Prix Reyl, and Juilliard’s distinguished William Schuman Prize. In 2020, CBC recognized her artistry by naming her to its list of 30 Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.

As a soloist, Gabrielle has appeared with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Juilliard Orchestra, Spokane Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Edmonton, and Peninsula Symphony, among others. Her recital credits span leading series and festivals, including the Schiermonnikoog Festival, Gualala Chamber Music, St. Albert Chamber Music Society, and Kelowna Chamber Music Society. During her two-years as Concertmaster of the Juilliard Orchestra (2021–2022), she led concerts under eminent conductors, including a celebrated performance of Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben with Sir Antonio Pappano.

A passionate chamber musician, she has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, ChamberFest Cleveland, Music in the Vineyards, IMS Prussia Cove, and the Edmonton Summer Solstice Music Festival, and collaborated with ensembles such as the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and CMS of Lincoln Center’s Meet the Music series. Committed to using music as a force for connection, Gabrielle has served as a Gluck Community Engagement Fellow at Juilliard, creating interactive programs for hospitals and nursing homes throughout New York City, and collaborates with Project: Music Heals Us, teaching and performing in carceral facilities across California. Alongside her dear friend Coco Mi, she is the co-founder of the NYC-based concert series, Lyrical Libations, which features pairings of chamber music and cocktails in intimate bars.

Gabrielle earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship and is now pursuing an Artist Diploma there, studying with Catherine Cho. Her formative mentors include Donald Weilerstein, Joseph Lin, Masao Kawasaki, Robert Uchida, and James Keene. Her artistic development has been supported by major awards from her home province of Alberta, including the Queen’s Jubilee Award, the Anne Burrows Music Foundation Award, and the Winspear Fund Scholarship, as well as immersive summers at leading programs such as Aspen Music Festival, Kneisel Hall, the Perlman Music Program, and the Verbier Festival Academy.

Gabrielle performs on a violin of Zosimo Bergonzi and a bow of Étienne Pajeot, graciously provided to her by CANIMEX INC., from Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, and gratefully acknowledges the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation for its invaluable support of her artistic journey.

VIOLA

The Washington Post has praised violist Juan-Miguel Hernandez as having “…the sweetest, most sonorous tone…” (Charles T. Downey). The Atlanta Journal Constitution describes him as “…tender, lyrical, loaded with personality” (Pierre Ruhe). Performances as soloist and chamber musician have seen Juan-Miguel Hernandez on some of the world’s leading halls, including Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Disney Hall (Los Angeles), Salzburg Mozarteum, King’s Place (London), Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and The White House.

As a soloist Juan-Miguel has made appearances with orchestras, including the Rochester Philharmonic, San Fransisco Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, iPalpiti Orchestra, as well as the Colorado and Atlanta Symphonies. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Lynn Harrell, Ralph Kirshbaum, Kim Kashkashian, Gérard Caussé and Itzhak Perlman.

Chamber music being at the forefront of his career, Juan-Miguel was a founder and member of the Harlem Quartet from 2006 to 2012 after which he joined the legendary Fine Arts Quartet from 2013 until 2018. He is also founder and member of the "Trio Virado" (Flute, Viola, Guitar) as well as the "Boreal Trio” (Clarinet, Viola, Piano), both specializing in the creation of new repertoire.

Festival and program appearances as guest artist and pedagogue include the Festival Pablo Casal (Prades, France), the Festival Des Arcs (France), the Amalfi Coast Music Festival (Italy), Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (South Africa), the Brevard Summer Institute (USA), the Mozaic Festival (USA), Festicamara (Colombia), Montreal Jazz & Panama Jazz Festivals and Musica Mundi International Festival (Belgium), Borromeo (Switzerland) & Madeline Islands (USA) Chamber Music Festivals and the Festival Del lago (Mexico).

Juan-Miguel has been featured on radio airwaves and television broadcasts throughout Canada, and the United States including NBC's Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR radio, PBS and the Telemundo Network. His recordings were released by Cedille records, the White Pine, Navona and Naxos music labels.

Juan-Miguel Hernandez was born in Montreal, Canada and began his musical studies at the age of seven. Among his teachers were Jean MacRae, Paul Coletti at the Colburn Conservatory and Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory. He also worked with Dimitri Murrath, Paul Neubauer, Karen Tuttle, Steven Dann, James Dunham, Barbara Westphal and Pinchas Zukerman.

Juan-Miguel won the first Prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition (Austria), adding to other top prizes won at the National Canadian Music Competition, and the 9th National Sphinx Competition, presented by JPMorgan Chase. He was honored with the medal of the National Assembly of Quebec for his significant international achievements.

His strong commitment to educate and engage new audiences all around the globe have brought him to reach young musicians and various communities through art convoys in South Africa and Venezuela, various music festivals in South America and outreach projects in Europe and North America.

In 2016 Juan-Miguel was appointed as a professor at the Royal Academy of Music (London). He was invited to serve on the Jury of the 2017 Johannes Brahms International Competition/Austria and the 2018 Sphinx Competition/USA.

Beyond his extensive classical repertoire he has regularly performed with Jazz living legends Gary Burton, Stanley Clark, Paquito D’Rivera and Chick Corea. He is currently working on a project which will feature classical repertoire for viola and analog synthesizer with Yamaha artist Merlin Etorre. Further collaborations include Nora Jones’ album “Broken Little Hearts” as well as the album "Hot House" playing alongside Chick Corea and Gary Burton for which a Grammy was awarded.

Juan-Miguel Hernandez plays on a 2008 Miralles viola from Altadena/CA and is a recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s MPower Artist Grant.

PIANO

Meagan Milatz, pianist, is winner of the prestigious 2025-2028 Mécénat Musica Prix Goyer and the 2024 Prix Opus “Discovery of the Year”. She is “a remarkable pianist with a seemingly limitless palette of expression” (Le Devoir). Meagan regularly shares the stage with top international musicians including Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Dohr, Principal Horn of the Berlin Philharmonic, cellist Matt Haimovitz, and mandolinist Avi Avital. Meagan is co-artistic director of the HausMusique concert series in Montreal since 2022, along with cellist Cameron Crozman.

Awarded the 2024 Prix Choquette-Symcox by Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Meagan’s recent engagements have included performances with Olivier Charlier, Michel Michalakakos, Cho-Liang Lin, Peter Hanson, Olivier Charlier, Pablo Hernán Benedí, Steven Dann, and tubist Øystein Baadsvik, among others. Internationally, Meagan has performed at the New Ross Piano Festival in Ireland in 2023 - the first Canadian musician to be invited - as well as at the Edeta Arts International Chamber Music Festival where she appeared in concert in Spain with violinists Wolfgang Redik in 2024 and Kai Gleusteen, concertmaster of the Orchestra del Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona, in 2022. Meagan recently embarked on a 2025 recital tour of China with cellist Cameron Crozman, and a European tour in Italy, France, Malta, and Portugal in 2024.

Meagan has appeared as a soloist alongside orchestras such as the Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Sherbrooke, and McGill Symphonies. Meagan was top prize winner in the Shean Piano Competition, CFMTA National Piano Competition, and Canadian Music Competition, and the recipient of a Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. Her performances are regularly broadcast on CBC/Radio-Canada.

Meagan has a recording contract for nine albums of solo and chamber music with ATMA Classique. She recently recorded an album of music for fortepiano and natural horn alongside Louis-Pierre Bergeron, released in December 2023. For the 2019/2020 season, Meagan undertook a 50-concert, Canada-wide tour alongside violinist Amy Hillis as the duo “meagan&amy”, winners of the first-ever Pan-Canadian Partnership Recital Tour offered by Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Debut Atlantic, and Prairie Debut.

Meagan began her studies in Saskatchewan and holds a Master’s degree from McGill University. She is grateful to her teachers and lifelong mentors Cherith Alexander, Ilya Poletaev, Philip Chiu, and Tom Beghin with whom she was greatly privileged to study the fortepiano. Enthusiastic about helping the next generation of young musicians, she is a passionate faculty member of the “Session sonates violon et piano” of Camp Musical du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

Meagan lives in Montreal where she loves biking, reading outside whenever possible, and enjoying the occasional tasty pastry.

CELLO

« Raphaël Jouan with his outstanding technical abilities and enveloping warm tone has expressed a deep understanding for the music and the composer in his performance. Aside from his musical abilities, he possesses the qualities that we associate with great musicians. » (North International Music Competition)

Raphaël Jouan is a French cellist acclaimed for his engaged and refined playing. Named Révélation Classique de l’Adami, he is equally distinguished by his eclecticism and artistic curiosity. With the same joy and commitment, he explores chamber music, major concerto repertoire and improvisation, performing on prestigious international stages as well as in intimate or unconventional settings and jazz clubs.

He has been invited to play in venues such as the Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Salle Gaveau, Arsenal de Metz and Wigmore Hall, and has appeared on France Musique, Arte Concert and Medici.tv. Raphaël regularly performs at leading festivals in France and abroad, including Les Folles Journées, the Festival des Arcs, La Belle Saison, Rencontres Musicales d’Évian and the Festival Pablo Casals. He is also deeply committed to the association Hors Saison Musicale, which brings classical music to rural communities.

Chamber music lies at the heart of his artistic life. In 2014, he founded the Trio Hélios, formed at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and the ECMA – European Chamber Music Academy. The trio has won numerous international competitions (Lyon, Joseph Joachim, Trondheim, Kammermusikpreis Hasselburg, among others) and has released two recordings on the Mirare label: D’un matin de printemps (Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Boulanger) and Bohemia (Novák, Fibich, Smetana), the latter awarded a CHOC Classica. Trio Hélios is ensemble-in-residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation and is represented by the Claire Laballery Agency.

His discography also includes Facéties, recorded in duo with cellist Thibaut Reznicek, and Sérénade with pianist Flore Merlin, an album widely praised by critics (5 stars Classica, 5 Diapason, Supersonic Award, ICMA nomination).

Strongly drawn to improvised music, Raphaël Jouan performs regularly in jazz clubs and alternative festivals such as Uzeste Musical, Café de la Danse, Jazz Contreband Festival, Fête de l’Humanité, Atelier du Plateau and Opéra Underground de Lyon, notably with his duo alongside accordionist Bruno Maurice. Their latest project, “Au fil du Vent”, premiered in Paris in early 2025 and was followed by performances at the famous jazz club Sunset-Sunside with violinist Gilles Apap.

Raphaël studied at the Metz Conservatory with Jean Adolphe, then at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory with Xavier Gagnepain, before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied with Michel Strauss and Guillaume Paoletti. He also pursued piano studies with Zhu Xiao Mei, baroque cello with Bruno Cocset, and received guidance from Gary Hoffman, Jérôme Pernoo, Gustav Rivinius, Jens Peter Maintz, Yo-Yo Ma... Following his Master’s degree, he was selected for the prestigious Classe d’Excellence of Gautier Capuçon at the Louis Vuitton Foundation. He later completed the Diplôme d’Artiste Interprète (DAI) at the CNSM and further advanced his studies at the UdK Berlin with Danjulo Ishizaka.

Raphaël Jouan performs on the “ex-Meneses” cello by Matteo Goffriller (Venice, 1700–1710) and a bow by André Richaume (1955), graciously provided by the company CANIMEX INC., of Drummondville (Quebec), Canada.

Since the 2024–2025 season, he has been artist-in-residence at the Cité Musicale de Metz. His recording of Dvořák as soloist with the Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est, conducted by David Reiland, has been released on 13th February 2026 on the La Dolce Volta label and has received a Gramophone Editor’s Choice.

CELLO & ARTISTIC DIRECTION

“With a rich imagination and a keen mind” (Diapason Magazine), Canadian cellist Cameron Crozman leads an active performing career as a soloist and chamber musician in Canada, the USA, and Europe. He has appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre National d'Ile-de-France (Paris), Montreal, Winnipeg, Hamilton, and Vancouver Island Symphonies among others, and performances have taken him everywhere from the Philharmonie de Paris and the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, to the Qidi Vidi Brewery of St. John’s, Newfoundland. An avid collaborator and chamber musician, Cameron shares the stage with eminent artists such as James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Louis Lortie, Gérard Caussé, James Campbell, and members of the Ébène, New Zealand, and Penderecki String Quartets.

Winner of the 2021 Canada Council for the Arts Virginia Parker Prize, the Council’s largest award for emerging classical musicians, Cameron was CBC/Radio-Canada’s 2019 Classical Revelation artist and a laureate of Gautier Capuçon’s Classe d’Excellence at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. Cameron’s debut album, Cavatine, recorded on the ca. 1696 “Bonjour” Stradivarius cello with pianist Philip Chiu, was released in 2019 and described by the French publication Classica Magazine as displaying “technical perfection with a personal style that leaves us wanting to hear more.” He has since recorded a number of CDs for the labels ATMA Classique in Canada and Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo in Monaco. His most recent release from May 2024 of the Haydn Cello Concertos and Jacques Hétu’s Rondo performed with Les Violons du Roy and conductor Nicolas Ellis has garnered international praise. Cameron’s performances are broadcast on CBC, BBC, RTÉ Radio, Radio France, and Medici.tv.

Deeply committed to the music of today, Cameron is active in leading projects commissioning and premiering new music by some of Canada’s most recognized composers including Alexina Louie, Allan Gordon Bell, Liam Ritz, James O’Callaghan, and Kelly-Marie Murphy. After studies in Canada with Paul Pulford, Cameron was a student at the Paris Conservatoire and received his “Prix de violoncelle” with highest honours studying in the class of Michel Strauss and chamber music with Claire Désert and Ami Flammer. In 2018, he received a one year mentorship with violinist James Ehnes as part of the André-Bourbeau award from the Jeunesses Musicales Canada. Passionate about teaching the next generation, he has been invited to give masterclasses at the Académie Rainier III in Monaco, Lawrence University (Wisconsin), University of Montreal, Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo Valencia, and the Escola Superior de Music de Lisboa, among others.

Alongside his performing activities, Cameron finds himself abosrbed by the rewarding challenges of producing concerts and musical events. He is co-founder of ClassicalValley, a festival bringing together chamber music and wine in Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, and along with pianist Meagan Milatz, produces a series of chamber music concerts in Montreal called “HausMusique” in one of North America’s landmark Art Deco spaces, the Grande Salle of 9th floor of the Eaton Centre.

Since 2024, he has had the incredible joy to work alongside one of his musical heroes, James Campbell, as Assistant Artistic Director of the Festival of the Sound, among Canada’s premiere classical music festival now in it’s 46th year. Cameron is also grateful to have the chance to work together with his father by organizing chamber music concerts in Llíria, Spain, designated a Creative City of Music by the UNESCO (and share their enjoyment for Spanish culture, food, and wine 🍷).

Cameron currently plays on a c. 1750 Gennaro Gagliano cello, on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Instrument Bank and a bow by Georges Léon Lamy generously provided by the company CANIMEX INC. of Drummondville, Québec.