Biography

Pierre Vachon is a musicologist. First a translator, he obtained his doctorate in musicology (Ph.D.) from the University of Montreal in 2004. He has published various articles on romantic music, opera and the history of music. Contributor to the Biographical Dictionary of Canada, he signs the biographical notices on Romain-Octave Pelletier, Rodolphe Plamondon and Emma Albani on which he signs a biography. For fifteen years, he was a producer-host for the Cultural Channel of Radio-Canada. He was a lecturer at the universities of Sherbrooke (2012-2015), UQAM (2004-2005) and Montreal (2002-2005). He regularly hosts talks on music, including Place à l’Opéra at the Grande Bibliothèque de Montréal. Since 2002, he has been working at the Opéra de Montréal as a writer-speaker, then in 2006 became director of communications and then of social and educational action. He is credited with opera projects in mental health, intellectual disability, autism, deafness, blindness and homelessness. In 2009, he co-founded the Society for the Arts in Health Care.