Canadian harpsichordist Susan Toman was a prize winner at the 2007 Brugge International Harpsichord Competition. She has been featured at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, the London Early Music Festival, and is the harpsichordist with Montreal-based ensembles Tarantella and Dionysos, the latter of which won second prize at the 2007 Montreal Baroque Competition. One of her specialities is French music of the early eighteenth- century.
Ms. Toman holds a Doctorate from McGill University and a Masters from the University of Michigan, her main teachers including Edward Parmentier, Luc Beausejour, and Hank Knox. She gives regular lecture recitals and workshops to university and high-school age students, focusing on elements of historical performance practice and early keyboard techniques. She is currently on faculty at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan).
Ms. Toman is the recipient of several grants, including one from the Canada Council. Her most recent project was a recording of Rameau’s Nouvelles suites de clavecin, released by Centaur Records in September 2008.
copyright 2009, Susan Toman
