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Hélène Plouffe
Performer (violin, viola)

Born in 1965, Hélène Plouffe started both violin and piano at the age of 5, joined her first symphony orchestra at the age of 10, and entered and won her first competition at the age of 12.

Having studied under such notable teachers as Luis Grinhauz and Mauricio Fuks, she went on to McGill University and completed her degree in performance, receiving several scholarships for the highest grades achieved. Hélène was the first student at McGill to major in the study of baroque violin. She went on to perform with the Studio de musique de Montréal, Les Idées Heureuses, and l’ensemble Arion, to name a few. Sponsored by both provincial and federal governements, she won an honorable mention as a soloist and third prize in chamber music at the Festival Musica Antiqua in Bruges, Belgium, in summer of 1993.