Marc Destrubé
period violin
Young Romantics
A native of Canada,
Marc Destrubé is equally
at home as a soloist,
chamber musician,
concertmaster or
director/conductor of
orchestras and divides
his time between
performances of the
standard repertoire,
particularly music of
the 20th century, on
modern instruments,
and performing baroque
and classical music on
period instruments.
He has appeared as
soloist and guest director
with symphony orchestras
in Victoria, Windsor and
Halifax (Canada) as well
as with the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra
and Portland Baroque
Orchestra and he led
the Belgian ensemble
Anima Eterna in acclaimed
recordings of the complete
Mozart Piano Concerti
with Jos van Immerseel.
A founding member of the
Tafelmusik Orchestra, he
has appeared with many
of the leading periodinstrument
orchestras
in North America and
Europe including guest
concertmaster of the
Academy of Ancient Music
and of the Hanover Band.
He is first violinist with
the Axelrod String Quartet
(quartet-in-residence at
the Smithsonian Institution)
and also plays and records
regularly with L’Archibudelli
(Vera Beths, Jurgen
Küssmaul, Anner Bijlsma).
As a concertmaster
he has played under
Sir Simon Rattle, Kent
Nagano, Helmuth Rilling,
Christopher Hogwood,
Philippe Herreweghe,
Gustav Leonhardt and
Frans Brüggen. He is coconcertmaster
of Brüggen’s
Orchestra of the 18th
Century with whom he has
toured the major concert
halls and festivals of
Europe, North America,
Japan and Australia.
He was concertmaster
of the CBC Radio
Orchestra in Vancouver
from 1996 to 2002, and
is concertmaster of the
Oregon Bach Festival
Orchestra conducted
by Helmuth Rilling.
He has been director of
the Pacific Baroque
Orchestra (Vancouver)
since it’s founding in 1991
and has been responsible
for commissioning works
for the orchestra from a
number of Canadian
composers, as well as
instigating other innovative
projects such as a program
of French baroque and
First Nations dance and
music. He has also
directed several Modern
Baroque Opera
productions, including the
premiere of Peter Hannan’s
120 Songs for the Marquis
de Sade. He is also a
member of the Turning
Point Ensemble.
A highly-respected
teacher, he has been on
the faculty of the University
of British Columbia School
of Music as well as giving
annual classes at
international academies
in Mateus (Portugal) and
Vancouver. He has also
been an invited teacher
at the Paris, Moscow and
Utrecht Conservatoires
and at the Macphail School
(Minneapolis) and has
presented children’s
concerts at the Cité de
la Musique (Paris).
His recording of Haydn
Violin Concertos on the
ATMA label has been
praised by the Strad
Magazine (London)
for the “stylish solo
playing..., individual yet
unselfconscious” and
by Whole Note Magazine
(Toronto) for its “bold and
daring solo playing”.
He has also recorded
for Sony, EMI, Teldec,
Channel Classics, Hänssler,
Globe and CBC Records
as well as being broadcast
regularly on the CBC.