My name is Nicolas Lessard, and I am a double bass and electric bass player based in Montreal.
I devote most of my time to small ensembles, covering contemporary music (ECM+, SMCQ) cross-over and arabic music (Oktoecho) but most intensely baroque music (Arion, Caprice, les Idees Heureuses, les Boreades, and others)
I am involved on electric bass in a kids show called Gros Paul, with music by Michel Gonneville and presesented by le Moulin a musique
I also am a member of Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra since 1997.
I played the violin for ten years from age 7, not very seriously but with a lot of fun before deciding to study double bass. I switched to fifhs tuning in 2000.
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My teachers were Jean-Francois Martel, Zbigniew Borowicz, Marc Denis and Joel Quarrington. I must sat I fell I did learn a lot from both Tafelmusik’s artistic director Jeanne Lamon and bassist Allison Mackaye, who were very encouraging and inspirational.
http://www.ecm.qc.ca/
www.smcq.qc.ca/
http://www.oktoecho.com/
http://arionbaroque.com/
http://www.ensemblecaprice.com/
http://lesideesheureuses.squarespace.com/
http://www.boreades.com/
http://joelquarrington.com/
Nick Lessard english blog 