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Multi-percussionist based in Montreal, David Therrien Brongo has a career as a performer, educator and researcher. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Fourth Prize (Guy Soucie Prize) at the prestigious Concours Prix d'Europe 2021. He is principal percussionist of Ensemble Paramirabo and principal timpanist-percussionist of Orchestre de l'Agora and of Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean as well as co-artistic director of Duo AIRS. David Brongo regularly performs with the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Sixtrum and the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM +). Active on the international scene, David has performed in England, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, France and across Canada. Holding degrees from the University of Montreal and the Superior School of Music of Catalonia in Barcelona, he is now pursuing his doctoral studies at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. His researches are funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). David Therrien Brongo is an artist endorser of Dream Cymbals and Gongs.
Upcoming eventsFebruary 3rd to 5th, 2023
Orchestre de l'Agora - L'enfant et les sortilèges Théâtre Paradoxe Montreal, Quebec Works by Maurice Ravel February 10th, 2023 | 7:30 MPM McGill Wind Orchestra Pollack Hall, McGill University Montreal, Quebec Percussion Concerto by Jennifer Higdon |
NewsFebruary 1st, 2023
David Therrien Brongo won the position of Principal Timpani and Percussion with the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean at an audition held on January 25, 2023. ---> More informations October 19, 2022 David Therrien Brongo has been invited to give a lecture-recital as part of the Percussion Sessions of the TROMP Percussion Festival in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. He will present works by Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Patrick Giguère, Nicolas Gilbert and Michel Longtin. --> Information August 29th, 2022 Invited by the McGill Wind Orchestra, David Therrien Brongo will perform Jennifer Higdon's Percussion Concerto on February 10th, 2023 in Montreal. June 6th, 2022 David Therrien Brongo is joining the PARMA Recordings/Ravello Records family for the release of hi debut solo album in Spring 2023. The project will feature pieces for solo multi-percussion by composers such as Claude Vivier, Fausto Romitelli, Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux, Kaija Saariaho and a new work by Patrick Giguère. January 4th, 2022 David Therrien Brongo was named Personality of the Year in the field of culture by the newspaper L'Action. --> Information December 1st, 2021 In June 2022, David Therrien Brongo will be teaching percussion at the Domaine Forget International Academy of Music and Dance. --> Information and registration |
Piece: Golfi d'ombra (1993)
Composer : Fausto Romitelli
Montreal, October 9th 2019
Composer : Fausto Romitelli
Montreal, October 9th 2019
An absolutely demented drumming.
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