Joining Les Barocudas’s trio, Marie-Nadeau Tremblay (violin), Tristan Best (viola da gamba), and Nathan Mondry (organ), are Vincent Lauzer, recorder; Antoine Malette-Chénier, baroque harp; Hank Knox, harpsichord; and Matthias Soly-Letarte, percussion.
Marie Nadeau-Tremblay founded Les Barocudas while at McGill University. Eager to combine wit and creativity with their high-calibre performance skills, the ensemble brings a signature freshness to Baroque repertoire, which they present to sold-out concerts halls as well as online in the form of music videos.
Since graduating in 2019 with a master’s degree in early music, Marie Nadeau-Tremblay has established herself on the Canadian scene as an emerging young baroque violinist. In 2019, she landed an unprecedented four awards, including First Prize, at the Mathieu-Duguay Early Music Competition. Named Radio-Canada’s 2021–2022 classical “Revelation” and winner of the 2022 “Discovery of the Year” Opus Prize, Nadeau-Tremblay also received the Choquette-Symcox Award from Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation in 2022. Her album La Peste (2020) earned JUNO and Opus award nominations, and her highly acclaimed solo album Préludes et solitudes (2021), won a 2023 Opus Prize for “Album of the Year.”