Rejean Poirier  (poirierr@ERE.UMONTREAL.CA)
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Rejean Poirier's musical studies were completed at the Montreal and Toulouse
conservatories with renowned masters such as Bernard Lagace, Kenneth Gilbert
and Xavier Darasse. He was awarded First Prizes in organ and chamber music
and won, at the end of his studies, First Prize at the J.S. Bach
International Competition in Bruges.
 
Upon returning to Montreal in 1974, he founded, together with Christopher
Jackson and Helene Dugal, the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal, and
acted as its joint Artistic Director for nearly fifteen years.
 
Full Professor at the Faculty of Music of the Universite de Montreal, Rejean
Poirier continues an international concert career as an organist and
harpsichordist. Last October, he was appointed organist at St. Denis Church
in Montreal. Among his recordings are harpsichord works of Duphly and
Balbastre (on the Damzell label, soon to be reissued), the world premiere
recording of the Livre d'orgue de Montreal (on the Ariane label), a complete
recording of J.S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier (to be issued on the Arioso
label) and a recording entitled Clavecins a temperaments (on the UMMUS
label).