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Galileo

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Founded and directed by Daniel Constantineau, Galileo is the only professional classical music company in the Montérégie-Ouest region. A chamber ensemble composed of 15 to 45 instrumentalists, depending on the repertoire, its primary objective is to produce vibrant symphonic music in a region largely deprived of it. It does so in a historically informed (HIP) manner, which perfectly aligns with the region's historic character.

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Galileo's productions attest to the quality of its work, including the recording of André Gagnon's Baroque works by ATMA in July 2015, its nomination for the 2016 ADISQ Gala, four nominations for the 2017/2019/2020 Opus Awards, and the award for "Best Concert of the Year - Multiple Repertoires" for its show "Opéras!" in 2019 (see the photo, underneath).

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A repertory orchestra that performs numerous Canadian premieres on period instruments and whose programs regularly break new ground, Galileo also prides itself on collaborations with renowned soloists and companies. These achievements are complemented by extensive training programs, participatory immersion, and access to its concerts "Dans la cour des grands," "Cause toujours," and "Biglietto sospeso."

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Music Director

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Conductor making respect for the intentions of the composers he plays and the intelligibility of musical discourse his priorities, Daniel Constantineau delivers captivating and elevated interpretations of the works he conducts.

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In addition to regularly attracting good words from critics, Daniel Constantineau proves to be a precise and attentive interpreter, sensitive to the many nuances that emerge from the symphonic repertoires he approaches.

 

In this, he is of course guided by the interpretations of the best leaders of the movement of so-called historically informed performance — the Harnoncourts, Norringtons, Gardiners, Herreweghes, to name but a few — and by the many treatises on early music that he has studied over the years, but above all, through the teachings of composer Gilles Tremblay, spiritual son of Olivier Messiaen, whose approaches at the chapters of medieval music and the agogics of Mozart's works will have had a profound effect on him.

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Musicians 2025

 

VIOLINS

Tanya Laperrière | solo

Simon Alexandre

Jimin Dobson

William Foy

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VIOLAS

Jacques-André Houle

Pemi Paull

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CELLOS

Juan-Sebastian Delgado

Amanda Keesmaat

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DOUBLE BASS/VIOLONE

Francis Palma-Pelletier

 

TRAVERSO

Grégoire Jeay

 

FLUTE

​Catherine Chabot

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HAUTBOIS

Matthew Jennejohn

Léanne Teran-Paul

Joël Verkaïk

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CLARINETS

Ludovik Lesage-Hinse

Mark Simons

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BASSOON

Michel Bettez

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HORNS

Louis-Pierre Bergeron

​Jessica Duranleau

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TRUMPET

Alexis Basque

 

TROMBONE

Nicolas Blanchette

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PERCUSSIONS

Philippe Hornsey

Matthias Soly-Letarte

David Therrien-Brongo

 

PIANO

Gili Loftus

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CONTINUO

Madeleine Owen, théorbe

Martine Jomphe, clavecin

Jérôme de Los Santos, clavecin

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CONTRACTORS

Ludovic Lesage-Hinse

Daniel Constantineau

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Staff and Board

 

Daniel Constantineau, MMEC HÉC Montréal, Executive and Music Director
 

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Board


Denis Ellefsen, Engineer MBA – President
Martin Leboeuf, Ph.D, Vice president PrimaMedic Group – Treasurer
Marie Trudeau, Music Librarian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – Secretary
Éric Chouinard, CTEQ manager – administrateur– Trustee

Michael Clermont, IT specialist, Banque National  – Trustee
Daniel Constantineau, MMEC, General manager and Artistic director of Galileo – Trustee
Charlotte Montminy, MBA, Manager CRM, The Cirque du Soleil Group – Trustee
 

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Volunteers


Marie-Josée Bellemare
Gilles Saint-Louis
Marthe Saint-Louis
 

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