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Luc Beauchemin
viola

Luc was born in Quebec City and graduated from Laval University where he was a student of György Terebesi. His studies continued in France where he participated in classes of Ludmila Choubina et Youri Bashmet. He spent several summers at the Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada studying chamber music with Zoltan Szekely of the Hungarian Quartet.

Luc was a member of the Artur Leblanc Quartet (6 seasons) before joining the Alcan Quartet in 1994.

He has performed chamber music with the Orford Quartet, André Laplante, Rosemarie Landry, Maureen Forester, Denis Brott, Rostislav Dubinsky, and Eugene Drucker.

Luc is principal viola of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Symphony Orchestra, and performs frequently in recital with his wife, pianist Monique Robitaille, He teaches violin and chamber music at the Quebec Conservatory of Music in Chicoutimi.

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