A pianist with a broad and eclectic repertoire that ranges from the Classical period to the twentieth century and from art song literature to the Romantic concerto, Canadian pianist Stéphane Lemelin has received particular praise for his interpretations of Schubert, Schumann, Fauré and Ravel. He tours regularly in Canada and has given numerous performances in the United States, Europe and Asia.

A frequent participant in summer festivals including the Lanaudière International Festival, Parry Sound, Domaine Forget, Ottawa, and Vancouver Chamber Music Festivals, he has collaborated with artists such as Donna Brown, Boris Berman, James Campbell, Jacques Israelievitch, Peter Schreier, Marc Grauwels, Martin Ostertag, Wolfgang Meier, and the Arthuir-Leblanc, St Lawrence, Muir and Vlach String Quartets. He has appeared as soloist with most of Canada's major orchestras including the Montreal Symphony under Charles Dutoit. Recital engagements have included London's Wigmore Hall, the Phillips Collection in Washington, the Ladies Morning Musical Club in Montreal and the Vancouver Recital Society. Since the fall of 2003, he is a member of Trio Hochelaga, with violinist Anne Robert and cellist Benoit Loiselle. He is also the artistic director of the Prince Edward County Music Festival, a yearly chamber music festival.

Stéphane Lemelin has made several compact disk recordings as a soloist and chamber musician. His first CD, released by Scandinavian Records in 1992, contains works by Schumann and Schubert "recorded to exquisite effect" (The Washington Post). His recording of the complete Nocturnes of Gabriel Fauré for CBC Records has also received enthusiastic reviews. Mr. Lemelin's recording of works by piano and orchestra by Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Roussel with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra under Mario Bernardi was nominated for a Juno award in 1999. Other releases include: Poulenc's L'Histoire de Babar and Debussy's La Boîte à joujoux (Atma), two disks with soprano Donna Brown, one of German lieder and one of early songs by Debussy (Atma), and a recording of fantasies for violin and piano with violinist Jacques Israeliévitch (Fleur de Son Classics). Recently, Mr. Lemelin embarked on a large-scale recording project of works by little-known French composers of the turn of the twentieth century. Recordings devoted to the piano works of Gustave Samazeuilh and Guy Ropartz have already appeared, to critical acclaim, followed by a Trio Hochelaga release of trios by Pierné and Fauré. In 2006, the first of three recordings devoted to the chamber music of Théodore Dubois will be released (with Trio Hochelaga), a recording of George Migot's piano works including his monumental cycle, Le Zodiaque, as well as a recording of piano quintets by Pierné and Vierne with the Arthur-Leblanc Quartet . All these recordings are on the Atma Classique label. Mr. Lemelin's concerts and recordings are frequently heard on CBC radio, NPR affiliate stations in the United States and around the world.

Stéphane Lemelin was born in Mont-Joli, Quebec, in 1960. After studying with Yvonne Hubert in Montreal, he worked with Karl-Ulrich Schnabel in New York, Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory, and Boris Berman and Claude Frank at Yale University where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

A laureate of the Casadesus International Competition in Cleveland, he is the recipient of several national and international awards, including grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canada Council, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Austrian Government. From 1990 to 2001, Mr. Lemelin taught at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. In 2001, he became Professor of Music at the University of Ottawa.