Pemi Paull, violist

Pemi Paull, violist
Official Website: www.pemipaull.com My Space: www.myspace.com/pemipaull YouTube: www.youtube.com/pemipaull A versatile soloist and chamber musician, and a specialist in both new and early music, Pemi Paull is a true 21st century artist. He is the founder and artistic director of Warhol Dervish, an original and unorthodox chamber music collective based in Montreal. He appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec in the premiere of "Debacle", by Denis Dion, as well as the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and was the recipient of the 2002 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award for Chamber Music. Pemi has been invited as a regular participant at Prussia Cove Chamber Music Festival in Cornwall, England, and Domaine Forget International Chamber Music Festival. Pemi's activities have brought him to the forefront of Montreal's contemporary music world. He is a member of three important new music ensembles in Montreal, Bradyworks, Ensemble Kore, and SMCQ. In addition, Pemi has premiered works for viola by Scott Godin, Andre Ristic, Rose Bolton, Emily Hall, and Nicolas Gilbert, Michael Oesterle, and Tim Brady. He gave the Canadian premiere of "Prologue", for viola and electronic resonator, by French composer Gerard Grisey. Francois Tousignant, of Montreal's Le Devoir, wrote of the performance, "...Voila une maniere differente d'user de la 'monodie' d'autant plus convainquante que l'interprete, totalement engage, en fait resortir tout l'art inspire et inspirant". In the sphere of historical performance, Pemi is a member of Ensemble Caprice, with whom he has recorded four discs for Analekta, winning a Juno in the process. He also appears regularly with Les Idees Heureuses, and Ensemble Arion, and Daniel Taylor's Theatre of Early Music. Recent highlights include master classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana and the University of Toronto, concerts at Miller Theatre in NYC and the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and a new recording for Analekta with Ensemble Caprice (Salsa Baroque). Upcoming concerts include solo recitals in Montreal, Toronto, Kingston, and Kitchener-Waterloo, featuring a new work for viola by Michael Oesterle, Garrowby Hill, and new recordings of works by Vivaldi as well as Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with Caprice. Pemi plays on a viola built in 1789 in Paris by the French luthier and Jacobin revolutionary, Leopold Renaudin.

A versatile soloist and chamber musician, and a specialist in both new and early music, Pemi Paull is a true 21st century artist. He is the founder and artistic director of Warhol Dervish, an original and unorthodox chamber music collective based in Montreal. He appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec in the premiere of "Debacle", by Denis Dion, as well as the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and was the recipient of the 2002 CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award for Chamber Music. Pemi has been invited as a regular participant at Prussia Cove Chamber Music Festival in Cornwall, England, and Domaine Forget International Chamber Music Festival.

Pemi's activities have brought him to the forefront of Montreal's contemporary music world. He is a member of three important new music ensembles in Montreal, Bradyworks, Ensemble Kore, and SMCQ. In addition, Pemi has premiered works for viola by Scott Godin, Andre Ristic, Rose Bolton, Emily Hall, and Nicolas Gilbert, Michael Oesterle, and Tim Brady. He gave the Canadian premiere of "Prologue", for viola and electronic resonator, by French composer Gerard Grisey. Francois Tousignant, of Montreal's Le Devoir, wrote of the performance, "...Voila une maniere differente d'user de la 'monodie' d'autant plus convainquante que l'interprete, totalement engage, en fait resortir tout l'art inspire et inspirant".

In the sphere of historical performance, Pemi is a member of Ensemble Caprice, with whom he has recorded four discs for Analekta, winning a Juno in the process. He also appears regularly with Les Idees Heureuses, and Ensemble Arion, and Daniel Taylor's Theatre of Early Music.

Recent highlights include master classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana and the University of Toronto, concerts at Miller Theatre in NYC and the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and a new recording for Analekta with Ensemble Caprice (Salsa Baroque).

Upcoming concerts include solo recitals in Montreal, Toronto, Kingston, and Kitchener-Waterloo, featuring a new work for viola by Michael Oesterle, Garrowby Hill, and new recordings of works by Vivaldi as well as Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with Caprice.

Pemi plays on a viola built in 1789 in Paris by the French luthier and Jacobin revolutionary, Leopold Renaudin.