Wilfred pelletier biography of albert

Canadian musician and arts administrator (1896–1982)

Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), CC, CMG (20 June 1896 – 9 April 1982) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator.

Wilfrid Pelletier was born three days before the federal election that brought the Liberal Party to power.

He studied piano, solfège, and harmony with Mme François Héraly He was just 12 when he began his musical career as a percussionist - his brother Albert.

Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier (sometimes spelled Wilfred), CC, CMG (20 June – 9 April ) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts.

He was just 12 when he began his musical career as a percussionist - his brother Albert had introduced him to percussion - in the St-Pierre.

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He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as the orchestra's first artistic director and conductor from 1935 to 1941. He had a long and fruitful partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City that began with his appointment as a rehearsal accompanist in 1917; ultimately working there as one of the company's conductors in mainly the French opera repertoire from 1929 to 1950.

From 1951 to 1966, he was the principal conductor of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. He was also a featured conductor for a number of RCA Victor recordings, including an acclaimed reading of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem featuring baritone Mack Harrell and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and chorus.

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