Angèle Dubeau on the Importance of Music

Virtuoso Angèle Dubeau dazzles with Georg Philipp Telemann’s Fantasy #7 for Violin. She tells us that she lives by what Telemann proposed over 400 years ago, namely that music is for everyone, not just the prerogative of the elite. She’s proud that through her experience as a TV music host, the barriers between her music and her public disappeared to the extent that teenagers would stop her on the street and tell her she was “really cool.” She reveals details of her career path and mantra to make music accessible – from forming an all-women ensemble, to devoting an album to video game music for the younger generation, to staging an annual music festival to showcase emerging talent and engage the community.