It was during an internship with the National Youth Orchestra that Pierre-Vincent Plante first realized that he wanted a career as an orchestral musician. A grant recipient from the Canada Council for the Arts and Les Amis de l’art, he also won First Prize at the OSM Competition in 1974, and soon after was hired as a freelancer by the Orchestra. His fondest musical memory is not one of being on stage, but of being an audience member at Martha Argerich’s performance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. In addition to working as a professional musician, Mr. Plante studied instrument repair and has acquired the expertise to repair oboes and English horns.
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ENGLISH HORN - PRINCIPAL
Pierre-Vincent Plante
Model of instrument: Laubin and F. Lorée built in 1985
Hometown: Montreal
Academic institutions attended: Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris
First musical love: The oboe solo in Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky
Prizes and scholarships: Conseil des arts du Canada, Les Amis de l’art, OSM Competition winner
Favourite composers: J. S. Bach, Prokofiev
Favourite works: Romeo and Juliet, Prokofiev and St. Matthew Passion, J. S. Bach
Other interests: Aviation, cooking, travel
If you could play another instrument, you would choose …: Cello
If you hadn’t chosen to become a musician, you would be …: An airline pilot