Hélène Plouffe (Violin, Viola, Viola d’amore)

Born: 1965- Canada

The Canadian violinist and violist, Hélène Plouffe, started both violin and piano at the age of 5, joined her first symphony orchestra at the age of 10, and entered and won her first competition at the age of 12. Having studied under such notable teachers as Luis Grinhauz and Mauricio Fuks, she went on to McGill University and completed her degree in performance, receiving several scholarships for the highest grades achieved. She was the first student at McGill to major in the study of Baroque violin.

Hélène Plouffe went on to perform with the Studio de musique de Montréal, Les Idées heureuses (Director: Geneviève Soly), and Ensemble Arion, to name a few. Sponsored by both provincial and federal governements, she won an honorable mention as a soloist and third prize in chamber music at the Festival Musica Antiqua in Bruges, Belgium, in summer of 1993.

Hélène Plouffe has a passion for early music and performs it in all possible guises: as soloist, chamber player, in string quartet, and in orchestra. In order to touch upon as vast a repertory as possible on period instruments, she is equally fluent on the baroque violin, the Baroque viola, and the viola d’amore. Hélène Plouffe is an instructor of Baroque violin and viola at McGill University, is a founding member of the Boréades ensemble and of the Franz Joseph String Quartet, and is concertmaster of La Nouvele Sinfonie, the Theatre of Early Music, and the Académie Baroque de Montréal.

Sources:
Analekta Website; Les Boréades de Montréal Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (September 2010)

Hélène Plouffe: Short Biography | Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

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Works

Matthew Larkin

Violin, Viola d'amore

Member of Baroque Orchestra:
[V21-04] (2021, Video): BWV 245

Eric J. Milnes

Violin

Member of Montréal Baroque:
Cantatas Vol. 1: BWV 7, BWV 30, BWV 167
Cantatas Vol. 2: BWV 130, BWV 19, BWV 149
Cantatas Vol. 3: BWV 147, BWV 82, BWV 1
Cantatas Vol. 5: BWV 72, BWV 81, BWV 155, BWV 156
Cantatas Vol. 6: BWV 68, BWV 173, BWV 174, BWV 184
Cantatas Vol. 7 (2014): BWV 4, BWV 9, BWV 181
Cantatas Vol. 8 (2016): BWV 76, BWV 79, BWV 80
CV-1 (2014, Video): BWV 4, BWV 9, BWV 18, BWV 181
Member of L'Harmonie des saisons:
[CV-3] (2023, Video): BWV 27, BWV 155, BWV 194 [viola]

Daniel Taylor

Violin

Member of Theatre of Early Music:
C-3 (2001): BWV 131, BWV 152
C-2 (2001): BWV 53
C-4 (2002): BWV 200

Daniel Taylor

Viola d’amore

C-3 (2001): BWV 152

Alexander Weimann

Violin

Member Académie Baroque de Montréal:
C-1 (2001): Selections from BWV 84, BWV 182

Recordings of Bach’s Instrumental Works

Conductor

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Works

Jaap ter Linden

Violin

Concertos BWV 1044, BWV 1050, BWV 1061, Orchestral Suite BWV 1066 [as a member of Ensemble Arion]

Links to other Sites

Plouffe, Hélène - Artist Profile (Analekta)
Hélène Plouffe (Les Boréades de Montréal)