Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin
Québec city-born pianist Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin is a
graduate from the Conservatoire de musique de Québec and from McGill
University. After her orchestral debut at age 13, she has won many
prizes and awards in Canada, Switzerland, and in the United States. She
is currently finishing her doctoral studies at the Cleveland Institute
of Music with pianist Daniel Shapiro. She performs regularly as a
recitalist and chamber musician throughout Canada and the United States
and is frequently invited as an ajudicator for music competitions. Some
of her performances have been broadcast by CBC Radio Two, Radio-Canada
Espace musique, and Radio Suisse-Romande.
Fortin & Latour
Graduates from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Peabody Conservatory, wife and husband duo pianists Andrée-Anne Perras-Fortin and Jean-François Latour met in Montreal in 2005. They immediately started sharing their passion for music and began playing together a year later. The duo made its debut at the Université de Sherbrooke concert series in November 2006.
In addition to playing together, Andrée-Anne and Jean -François pursue individual solo careers and have performed on four different continents. The passionate energy of Andrée-Anne combined with the imaginative poetry of Jean-François produce a unique musical voice. With their four hands, the music speaks from one heart.