Instrument: cello
Chloé Dominguez completed her Doctorate in Music Performance at McGill University in 2009, studying with Matt Haimovitz. While at McGill, she won the largest privately funded music scholarship in Canada, the Schulich School of Music’s Golden Violin Award. She also received a grant for the excellence of her doctoral thesis from the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture. Chloé also earned an Artist Diploma at McGill in 2003, as well as a diploma from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal the year before that.
Highly involved in new music, Chloé is the solo cellist of the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, directed by Véronique Lacroix, and frequently appears in concerts with the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ), under the direction of Walter Boudreau.
Chloé has premiered several works, notably three pieces for cello and electronics by composer Sean Ferguson: cello concerto Ex Asperis (2008), Duo pour un violoncelle et un danseur (2008), and Miroirs (2007). In addition, as a frequent guest soloist with the finest contemporary music ensembles in Montreal, she never hesitates to go off the beaten path in her artistic exploration. She has worked extensively with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT), notably as part of the Digital Orchestra project, for which her research team received the Director’s Interdisciplinary Excellence Prize.
Active as a chamber musician, Chloé Dominguez is a member of Trio Lajoie, Trio Morpheus, the Mosaique ensemble, and the UCCELLO cello ensemble, formed by Matt Haimovitz. She is also acknowledged for her qualities as a teacher, and she has students at the Schulich School of Music, Bishop’s University, Université de Sherbrooke, and the Cegep de Sherbrooke. In 2007, she won first prize at the Festival de musique du Royaume, as well as Radio-Canada’s Young Artists Award.
Chloé Dominguez plays the 1824 Nicholas Gagliano McConnell cello, on loan to her from the Canada Arts Council.