Our Mission.
An orchestra is a medium. It is there to bring you on a journey. An orchestra’s strength comes from its ability to express musical ideas. Orchestre Fidelio is here to provide inspiring, compelling, expressive performances of Western music. The name is taken from Beethoven’s ethically inspired opera and represents a necessary artistic commitment. Through this commitment, this Montreal based ensemble hopes to enlighten and inspire its community.
BEN KEPES | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Ben Kepes is a conductor, pianist, composer and teacher based in Montréal. Ben founded Orchestre Fidelio in January 2020, shortly before the covid-19 pandemic. Orchestre Fidelio gave its inaugural concert on March 4th 2023 at the Chapelle Bonsecours in Old Montréal, and will present its third on March 15th 2025 at the same venue.
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Since August 2024, Ben is the music director of Union Musicale d’Iberville. From 2017-2022 Ben was the music director of Ensemble Hochelaga. Ben has served as assistant conductor under Maestri Jonathan Dagenais & Orchestre a Vents Non Identifié and Boris Brott & National Academy Orchestra of Canada. Through the Wagner Society of Venezuela, Ben conducted the Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela in 2015. Ben served on the faculty of Marianopolis College from 2022-2024, and privately teaches piano and conducting.
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Since 2013 Ben has studied with Munich based conductor Konrad von Abel, whose musical approach has exerted a profound influence on Ben’s development and artistic vision.
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Ben holds a MMus in orchestral conducting under the supervision of Alexis Hauser and Alain Cazes, and a BMus in composition from McGill’s Schulich School of Music. Ben’s conducting mentors also include Carl-August Bünte, Eduardo Chibás and Markand Thakar.
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