Martin Dubé was born in Montmagny and studied piano with Michel Franck and Robert Weisz at Laval University before completing a Master’s degree in chamber music with Marina Mdivani at McGill University. He then became a fellow of the Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying vocal coaching and piano accompaniment with the distinguished teacher Warren Jones.
He collaborated with the American mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux to perform a recital at the Caramoor International Music Festival, New York, and also in Juneau, Fairbanks, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and San Remo in Italy. He made a recording, “An evening of Arias and Songs”, dedicated to the works of Rossini with Ms. Genaux at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Hall. Martin Dubé has performed in many recital halls including Alice Tully Hall, Steinway Hall, Weill Hall, and Merkin Hall of New York, and in many cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia, Santa Barbara, Huntsville (Chamber Music Guild), Damascus, Toronto, Montréal, and Québec. With the soprano Hélène Guilmette, he has performed in recitals at the Istanbul Music Festival in Turkey, and at the Bastille Amphitheatre of the Opéra National de Paris, the Capitole de Toulouse and in Tours in France. This collaboration gave birth to a recording in 2015 under the Analekta label. The album, “L’heure Rose”, is dedicated to French melodies of female composers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
From 1997 to 2000, Martin Dubé was an associate vocal coach at the Juilliard School in New York, and since the summer of 1997, at the prestigious Chautauqua Institution (Chautauqua Opera Company and Conservatory) in the United States, where he teaches alongside the renowned voice teacher Marlena Malas. For the 2005-2006 season, Monsieur Dubé worked at the famous Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and was also a rehearsal pianist for the productions by Opera Philadelphia. He was a vocal coach for the Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique for more than 20 years and is one of the official accompanists for the Concours musical international de Montréal for voice presented by the JM Canada Foundation.
Monsieur Dubé has accompanied masterclasses given by several renowned artists including Elly Ameling, Sherill Milnes, Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz, Marlena Malas, Licia Albanese, Leontyne Price, Benita Valente, Renata Scotto, Dawn Upshaw and Michael Eliasen, to name but a few.
In February 1999, he was the rehearsal pianist and harpsichordist for the production of Così fan Tutte by San Diego Opera. His performances have been broadcast on WQXR-FM, New York Public Radio, and many times by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
During his studies, Martin Dubé received scholarship awards from the Fondation Desjardins, the Richelieu Clubs, the Fonds FCAR, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, and the Music Academy of the West in California.
Monsieur Dubé is currently one of the most sought-after accompanists and coaches by professional singers in the province of Quebec. He also teaches at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec. In September 2022, the Société d’Art Lyrique de Québec (SALQ) will be launched, with Monsieur Dubé as co-founder and artistic director.