Mariève Bock studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal with Denis Brott, where she received the Prix avec Grande Distinction à l’unanimité in 2002. She then pursued her studies at Rice University shepherd school of Music in Houston (Texas) with professor Norman Fischer and obtained the Master of Music Degree (2005). Mariève worked with members of the Juilliard, Concord, Emerson and Cleveland string Quartets during summer sessions of the Tanglewood Music Center and California’s Music academy of the West. She recently played in masterclass for Lynn Harrell, Yoyo Ma and Pieter Wispelwey. She premiered several Canadian works for string quartet with Espace Music Society in Ottawa and won top prizes at the Canadian Music Competition, the Festival Concours and CBC’s Jeunes Artistes. Recently, she performed with visual artists and with the Mark Morris Dance Group — New York. She also appeared as a soloist with the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal and her performance was broadcasted by Radio-Canada. Last August, she had the chance to play in Japan with the Hiroshima symphony orchestra to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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