Maryse Legault

CLARINET

Celebrated for her “transcendent playing” (Wall Street Journal, 2024), Maryse Legault received her master’s degree in historical clarinet performance at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag in 2017, as part of the studio of Eric Hoeprich. As a PhD candidate in musicology at McGill University, Legault researches the interaction between performance and philosophy in the 19th century. She has presented her research as a guest lecturer at the British Columbia University, at Oxford University, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in France, and at the Hochschule der Künste Bern in Switzerland.

Legault performs regularly with numerous ensembles, including Teatro Nuovo, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Arion Orchestre Baroque, and has joined European ensembles such as MusicAeterna and Les Siècles. Legault was awarded the Joseph-Armand-Bombardier research fellowship from the SSHRC, and was the recipient of a prize from the Sylva-Gelber Music Foundation. In 2023, she was one of Early Music America’s selection of Emerging Artists. In June of the same year, Legault’s critically acclaimed debut solo album, Around Baermann, was released on Leaf Music.