Luis Grinhauz-violin
Van Armenian-violin
Andrew Beer-violin/viola
Lambert Chen-viola
Marieve Boch-cello
Berta Rosenohl-piano
Karen Kevra-flute

Hailed as Canada's foremost chamber music ensemble, MUSICA CAMERATA MONTRÉAL will celebrate its 43rd anniversary this season, making it one of the most established chamber music ensembles in Canada.

Since its debut in 1970, Musica Camerata Montréal offers programs of rare originality, and has devoted much of its energy to promoting the music of Canadian composers.

Musica Camerata continuously seeks new repertoire and has given the Canadian premieres of many unknown musical works. Musica Camerata's repertoire includes more than 300 works from the 18th to the 21st centuries. They have always enjoyed tremendous public and critical acclaim for the high quality of their performances and numerous recordings.

Over the last three decades, the musicians of Musica Camerata have developed a unique rapport with the public through the sheer pleasure of making music. On tour, Musica Camerata has given many concerts in Canada, the United States, Costa Rica and Argentina.

LEO GRINHAUZ, cello
Over the past thirty years, Leo Grinhauz has performed throughout the Americas as a soloist, recitalist and ensemblist including the international festivals at Marlboro, Ottawa, and Lanaudiere. Heard frequently over the airwaves of the CBC, Leo's discography includes several recorded for that company. One of them is Musique Des Ameriques, a disc for cello and piano, and includes Leo's mother, Berta Rosenohl. Leo has been cultivating a diverse musical career in the New York metropolitan area. As a cellist on Broadway, Leo's last shows include Jane Eyre, and The Producers. Currently, Leo enjoys touring and recording with The Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra as their principal cellist.

VAN ARMENIAN, violin
Having served as concertmaster of two of the top orchestras of its category, the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Japan (under Charles Dutoit) and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado, Van Armenian is currently a principal substitute with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and a member of Musica Camerata de Montréal. Born in Alberta, to Armenian parents, Van completed his "premier prix" at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, with highest honours. Van has taken part in several international music festivals, including the Orford Arts Centre, SHIRA (Israel) and the Sarasota Music Festival (Florida). Solo appearances include performances with the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado. He has served as guest concertmaster with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, the New England Conservatory Orchestra and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Van has performed in Europe, Japan, the Caribbean, Canada, and the U.S.as a recitalist.

ANDREW BEER, violin
Violinist Andrew Beer has been described as a “virtuoso soloist” by the San Francisco Classical Voice, as possessing a “glorious string tone” and by Strad Magazine, as a performer displaying “accuracy and subtle charisma”.  He has performed extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia, and his performances have been broadcast on NHK Japan, Vietnamese television, CBC Radio-Canada, Minnesota Public Radio and WQXR New York. As a soloist, he has performed with leading orchestras in Vancouver, Montreal, New York, and Boston.  As a chamber musician, he has performed at the Banff, Orford, Domaine Forget, Tanglewood, Aspen, and Music@Menlo, and has appeared in concert with Midori and members of the Emerson String Quartet. Mr. Beer holds a BA magna cum laude from Stony Brook University, as well as an MM and GD from the New England Conservatory of Music. He served as a performing and teaching fellow at Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School from 2007-2008, and since September 2008 he has held the post of 2nd assistant principal, 2nd violins in the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He performs on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, made in 1845.

LAMBERT CHEN ,viola
Critically acclaimed violist LAMBERT CHEN is a member of the viola section of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. As chamber musician, he is currently the violist of the Musica Camerata of Montreal, and has participated as guest artist of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, the Orford Arts Center, and Music and Beyond. He has appeared as soloist with ensembles such as I Musici de Montreal, Symphony Pro Musica, the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, and the Contemporary Music Ensemble of McGill.  Mr. Chen has received prizes and honours from the Primrose International Viola Competition, the OSM Standard Life Competition, the New England Conservatory Competition and the Sylva Gelber Foundation. Lambert holds degrees from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the New England Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with distinction in performance and academic honors. He has also completed a doctoral program at the Schulich School of McGill University, and pursued additional studies in Salzburg and Paris. 

MARIEVE BOCK, cello
Marieve Bock studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal with Denis Brott, where she received the Prix avec Grande Distinction à l’unanimité in 2002. She then pursued her studies at Rice University Shepherd School of Music in Houston (Texas) with professor Norman Fischer and obtained the Master of Music Degree (2005). Marieve worked with members of the Juilliard, Concord, Emerson and Cleveland String Quartets during summer sessions of the Tanglewood Music Center and California’s Music Academy of the West. She recently played in masterclass for Lynn Harrell, Yoyo Ma and Pieter Wispelwey. She premiered several Canadian works for string quartet with Espace Music Society in Ottawa and won top prizes at the Canadian Music Competition, the Festival Concours and CBC’s Jeunes Artistes. Recently, she performed with visual artists and with the Mark Morris Dance Group-New York. Last August, she had the chance to play in Japan with the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.

BERTA ROSENOHL, piano
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, BERTA ROSENOHL received, a prestigious grant from Mozarteum, an Argentinian organization dedicated to the propagation of music in 1968. This grant allowed her to study music at Indiana University, where she studied piano with Alfonso Montecino and chamber music with Janos Starker and William Primrose. Berta has lived in Montreal since 1970 and has invested much in the city's musical activities. As a soloist, she has often played with the McGill Chamber Orchestra, Pro Arte, and l'Orchestre de chambre de l'Université de Sherbrooke. She has recorded several CDs and she can be heard on both the CBC and Radio-Canada networks. Berta is one of Musica Camerata's co-founders. She has  toured extensively in Europe, the Americas, and Israel. Berta can be heard on the Musica Camerata CD released on the CBC Records label, "Le Grand Tango", as well as "Salon Viennois".

KAREN KEVRA, flute
Karen Kevra has been hailed as "having a musical focus and depth seen in few flutists anywhere." Her debut recording "Works for Flute and Piano of Louis Moyse", earned a 2003 Grammy nomination. "Romantic Music for Flute and Piano" her latest CD was praised by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for "sublimely satisfying flute-playing" and by superstar flutist Sir James Galway who wrote "There were many outstanding special moments which truly touched me." Kevra has performed in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and has shared the stage with Jaime Laredo, the Paris Piano Trio, Borromeo String Quartet, and Trey Anastasio of Phish. An active chamber musician and in demand as a soloist, of her 2011 West Coast tour, The San Francisco Voice called her "...a most excellent soloist….elegantly beautiful." The young rising star composer Mohammed Fairouz has been commissioned to write a chamber work based on Arab dance themes for Ms. Kevra in 2012. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Montpelier's Capital City Concerts and just completed her first season as Artistic Director of Summer Music from Greensboro, based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. When she's not playing the flute, you can find her at home preparing Middle Eastern feasts, digging in the garden, and listening to her beloved Red Sox on the radio.