Sandra Murray

Originally from Chicoutimi, pianist Sandra Murray has an extensive musical background which led her to study with Julian Martin at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore after her studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Chicoutimi under the aegis of Carlos Feliciati. Also holding a master's degree in vocal accompaniment from McGill University, she completed an advanced course in chamber music at the Jerusalem Music Center with cellist YoYo Ma, pianists Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman as well as violinist Isaac Stern.

She has played numerous recitals with illustrious musicians on the international scene including Stéphane Tétreault, Radovan Vlatković, James Sommerville, Pavel Gomziakov, Yossif Ivanov and Stefan Schilli. She regularly collaborates with several renowned musicians from Quebec such as Andrew Wan, Louis-Philippe Marsolais, Marie-Andrée Benny, Marianne Dugal and Jean-François Normand. Her collaborations have led her to perform in Scotland, Israel, Switzerland, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Sandra Murray is a founding member of the Orford Six Pianos ensemble with whom she recorded two albums. She has performed at most of the country's major festivals: Festival International de Lanaudière, Music and Beyonds in Ottawa, Festival of the Sound in Parrysound (Ontario), Festival Orford Musique, Festival de Lachine, Montréal Nouvelle Musique, Festival du Domaine Forget, Festival des Hautes-Laurentides and Virée classique de l'OSM. Orford Six Pianos has also been a soloist with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec.

With pianist Claire Ouellet, she forms the Ouellet-Murray duo. The duo toured the east of the country for Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, was guest soloist with several orchestras and has completed two recordings, including one dedicated to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring which received praise from the French magazine “Diapason”.

For several years, Sandra has been a pianist at the Domaine Forget summer academy and at the Orford Musique academy where she collaborates with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Laurence Lesser, Michel Strauss, Brian Manker, Andrew Wan, Joël Quarrington, Richard Aaron and Lluis Claret.

She has been heard on numerous occasions on Radio-Canada/CBC and has performed with several orchestras. She is regularly invited as an accompanist in numerous national and international competitions.

Sandra has been a teacher-accompanist at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal since 1998.