Sebastian Sallans Violin

As accomplished concert  soloist, Violinist Sebastian Sallans is known to audiences for a profoundly passionate engagement with the music that that makes every listener feel like a participant in the music.  As a recital soloist he has appeared in venues across the GTA, the Quinte Region, and in Salzburg, Austria. Sebastian brings that intensity to his ensemble work.  He is regularly engaged as concert master, associate concertmaster principal second and section-player by the Niagara Symphony, Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, the North Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique régional Abitibi-Témiscamingue , the Peterborough Symphony, and other orchestras across the GTA, Ontario and Quebec. Versatile and innovative, Sallans is a founding member of The Madoc Quartet, Driveshaft Piano Trio, the 6ix Quartet and jazz hybrid, Das Trio. Collaborators include Canadian composers Patricia Moorehead, Andy Slade and Jacques Marchand. A scholarship student graduating from the University of Toronto's Violin Performance Bachelor of Music program, Sebastian studied under Mark Skazinetsky (TSO), Jonathan Crow (TSO) Karoli Sziladi (NACO), Michael Frischenschlager (Salzburg Mozarteum), Andrew Wan (OSM) and Victor Dernovski (l'Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse).  He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, and remaining committed to excellence in his playing and continues to pursue advanced instruction. Sebastian is also an accomplished old time fiddler, learning his tunes as a child at the knee of his grandfather, Bill Sallans. He soon caught the attention of Ottawa Valley legend, Bruce Wilson who delighted in Sebastian’s intensely passionate expression, his ability to pick up tunes at once by ear as well as read scored notes. Artistic Director of the Quinte Society for Chamber Music, Sebastian promotes classical music culture across rural Ontario delighting his fiddle music fans every time he ends a waltz jig and reel set with a Bach Sonata or a Paganini Etude.