Michèle Lekas

Biography

Ms. Lekas received her Bachelors and Masters Degree from the Quebec Conservatory of Music in her native Canada, and later studied in the United States with Jaime Laredo, David Cerone and Sally Thomas. She has played in masterclasses for Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szeryng, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and Joseph Silverstein. Ms. Lekas was a member of the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, the chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy (Quebec), and the Camerata Lysy Gstaad (Switzerland). She was also Associate Concertmaster of the New American Chamber Orchestra (based in Spain) and toured with the orchestra in Europe for a year, prior to moving to the United States. Ms. Lekas is currently concertmaster of the Northwest Indiana Symphony, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, and the New Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a substitute musician with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She often appears as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Ms. Lekas has recorded for CLAVES with the New American Chamber Orchestra, for Warner Brothers and NAXOS with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and with Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her classical repertoire, Ms. Lekas works in recording studios, and often performs for Broadway in Chicago productions.