Mr. Sylvestre has given many recitals on both national and international stages. He has appeared at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier and Salle Pierre-Mercure in Montreal, the Glenn Gould Studio and the Georges Weston Hall in Toronto, the Fundação de Educação Artística in Belo Horizonte, Brasil, and the National Art Centre of Ottawa. In 2009, he gave concerts in Santa Barbara, Berlin, as well as Toronto where he perfomed a private recital for the Honorable Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada.

He has performed as a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra, Longueuil, Trois-Rivières, and the Royal Conservatory of Toronto Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors such as Richard Bradshaw, Simon Streatfield, Rolf Bertsch, Marc David and Stéfane Laforest. Mr. Sylvestre performed his own Wagnerian compositions of 23 paraphrases as well as Wagner\Gould transcriptions in conjunction with the Wagner Ring Cycle productions.  In summers 2007-2008, he gave recitals at the Orford Arts Centre as well as at the International Chamber Music Festival of Ottawa. He was then invited for a second time by Eric Friesen to his live CBC show “Studio Sparks”. In spring 2008, M. Sylvestre performed a tour of 20 concerts throughout Quebec, New-Brunswick and Nova-Scotia organized by “Les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada”. Jean-Philippe has taken part in several radio and television broadcasts, including Bravo TV, CBC and SRC.

M.Sylvestre won first prize at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, as well as the People’s Choice Award at the same competition. The following year, at the CBC Young Performer Competition, he won second prize, the National Arts Centre People’s Choice Award, the prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary work and a scholarship to attend the International Holland Music Sessions. In 2007, he won the ‘’John Newmark’’ award at the Prix d’Europe competition in Montreal. Jean-Philippe has also won first prizes at the Canadian Music Competitions and many concerto competitions, such as the Orchestre Symphonique de la Montérégie, the Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières and the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Concerto Competition. Recently, Mr. Sylvestre won first prize at the Concours des Journées de la Musique Française, organized by Théâtre Lyrichorégra 20, in Montreal. His international prizes include the Concertino Praga Competition in 1997

Born in Ste-Julie, Québec, M.Sylvestre started his musical studies at the age of four. He is a graduate of the École de musique Vincent-d’Indy and the University of Montreal where he obtained a bachelor degree with Marc Durand. In 2005, he obtained an Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould Professional School of The Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto under the tutelage of John Perry. After having studied many years in Italy at the International Accademia Pianistica ‘’Incontri col Maestro’’ and in Germany under the direction of Louis Lortie, he now lives in Berlin.  Following intensive coachings with Jacques Rouvier, Gerhard Oppitz and Jerome Lowenthal, M.Sylvestre possesses a vast musical expertise. He has also played in master class for artist such as Leon Fleisher, Mikhail Voskresensky, Jan Marisse Huizing, Marie-Françoise Bucquet and Menahem Pressler.

Jean-Philippe Sylvestre is a Fellowship Recipient of the 2009 Music Academy of the West. He is also a 2006 RBC Youth Excellence Scholarship Recipient for The Banff Centre Music Festival as well as a Fellowship Recipient of the 2004 Aspen Music Festival and School. M.Sylvestre has won several of scholarships from the Canada Council for the Arts and from the Québec Council for the Arts.

Jazz

Jean-Philippe Sylvestre is an excellent jazzman. Passionate for this music, he performs and composes jazz music regularly. In 2008 he performed a live improvisation of ‘’All the things you are’’ at the CBC show ‘’Studio Sparks’’ hosted by Eric Friesen. On some occasions, Jean-Philippe meets Oliver Jones, disciple of Oscar Peterson, with whom he refined his interpretation.