Vincent Ranallo, baryton

olitain, the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, the SMCQ, KORÈ ensemble, Chants Libres, Aventa ensemble (Victoria, B.C.) and Les Voix Humaines. He takes part in festivals such as Athelas New Music Festival (Copenhagen), New music concerts (Toronto), Hear Heart Music (New York), GounddSwell (Winnipeg), Orford Arts Center, Codes d’Accès, Métropolis bleu, Musimars, Montreal Nouvelles Musiques and Montréal Baroque. On the occasion of the North American première of Don Quichotte chez la duchesse by Boismortier, Mr. Ranallo played Sancho Panca with La Nouvèle Sinfonie under the direction of Hervé Niquet. This production was awarded an OPUS prize by the Conseil québécois de la musique. Numerous Québec and European composers have been inspired by his voice, his creative personality and his evolving musicianship. He has participated in numerous Montréal opera and chamber music creations and premieres, among which José Evangelista's Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, Iannis Xenakis' Pour Maurice and Kassandra. His interpretation of Tremblay’s À quelle heure commence le temps in a recent Canadian and European tour with the Aventa ensemble has won him public and critical acclaim. A graduate from the Conservatoire de musique du Québec, where he studied with Marie Daveluy and Gilles Tremblay, this baritone was awarded a Ph.D in voice performance from the Université de Montréal, having studied under the supervision of Rosemarie Landry and Mark Pedrotti. Ranallo’s thesis focused on aural creativity in the works of composer Gilles Tremblay. He wrote articles on the subject published in CIRCUIT and the Cahiers de la SQRM.