Yves Nadeau

YVES NADEAU - Guitarist/Composer

https://yvesnadeau.bandcamp.com/album/talbleaux

https://www.youtube.com/@YvesNadeauOfficial

Yves Nadeau got a bachelor’s degree in music interpretation from the Université of Montreal in 1991. He is on the professional music scene since 1986 alternately as astudio musician, arranger, composer, producer, and bandleader. He has worked on different projects with musicians like LARRY CORYELL, TERRY CLARKE, Alain Caron, Michel Donato, James Gelfand, Paul Brochu, Jean-Pierre Zanella, André Leroux, Frédéric Alarie, Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr, and François Cousineau. Yves has also been appearing at JAZZ FESTIVALS allacross Canada, in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Montreal, Rimouski, Quebec City… either as leader of his own group or asaccompanist for artists such as Oliver Jones, Carol Welsman, Paolo Ramos, Rémi Bolduc… to name but a few. On the popular music scene, he has played with world renown French and Canadian stars Shania Twain, Patricia Kaas, Natasha St-Pier, Michel Rivard, Nanette Workman, Isabelle Boulay, and Bruno Pelletier. Yveshas participated in a great number of recordings (radio, television, andalbums), and has traveled to many countries on international tours (France,the Netherlands, Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Kenya, Haiti, and the US).

In 2001, Yves founded his group Yves Nadeau Expression, a band of 8musicians. A grant from the CANADA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS made it possiblefor Yves to record the group’s first album, Tableaux, which has been availablesince June 2003.

Yves has played with CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’s “La Nouba” in Orlando, Florida fromDecember 2004 to january 2008.

In May 2009, he played with Larry Coryell the America's premiere of 'Sentenza Del Cuore' a concerto for two guitars and orchestra composed by the jazz guitar legend. Later, he had again the opportunity to share the stage with Coryell at The Montreal Jazz Festival with the Band Bombay Jazz and the great Indian Bansouri player Ronu Majumdar.