Myriade Quartet

Supremely talented

– The Intelligencer

The Myriade Quartet formed at the McGill University Schulich School of Music and is based in Montreal.

ABOUT US

The Myriade Quartet have recently been selected to participate in the Trondheim International String Quartet competition and the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. As artists in residence at the Prince Edward County music festival, the quartet provided lecture-recitals with engagements that followed in 2022 which included collaborations with Charles Richard-Hamelin, Scott St-John, Angela Park, and Sharon Wei of the New Orford String Quartet.

This season’s highlights include the Chapelle du Bon-Pasteur serie, recitals at Kin Musique, Le Baptême series, a residency as part of the 2023 Unionville Music Academy Competition, the quartet fellowship at the Colorado Music Festival as well as having been selected as a senior string quartet for the McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA).

The Myriade Quartet was founded in 2021 at the McGill University Schulich School of Music and worked under the tutelage of professor André J. Roy while also having been mentored by the Danish String Quartet, the Jerusalem String Quartet, Mathieu Herzog, Mark Steinberg, Peter Oundjian, Philip Setzer, Ralph de Souza, Petr Prause, Jeffrey Myers, Richard O’Neill and Ani Kavafian.

Julia Mirzoev

Violinist Julia Mirzoev is a sought-after chamber musician and soloist in Canada and abroad. Noted for her vivid interpretations, Julia has won the commissioned work prizes at the Klein International Competition in San Francisco and the Michael Hill International Competition in New Zealand. Julia has recently performed with the Happenstancers, the Promusica Festival, at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival and at Ottawa Chamberfest. Julia and her violinist/guitarist fiancé Russell Iceberg were recently selected for the next Pan Canadian tour, as part of their genre-crossover Duo Chromatika. An alumni of the Rebanks fellowship program, Julia is grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for the loan of the Janarius Gagliano “Palmason” violin.

Russell Iceberg

Violinist, violist and guitarist Russell Iceberg is a versatile soloist and chamber musician, active across Canada and the United States. Recently appointed assistant principal 2nd violin of the National ballet of Canada, Russell’s awards include grand prizes at the Golden Violin Competition, the Peter Mendell award, and top prizes at the Prix d’Éurope, and Allentown Symphony Orchestra’s Schadt String Competition. As a member of his genre-bending group Duo Chromatika, Russell and his fiancé Julia will be embarking on a triple national tour with Jeunesses Musicales, Prairie Debut, and Debut Atlantic throughout the next few seasons.

Sebastian Gonzalez Mora

Winner of the Pirastro Prize for an Outstanding Young Talent at the Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition (2021) in the Czech Republic, violist Sebastian Gonzalez Mora is also a first-prize winner of both the Chœur de la Montagne Competition (2018, 2021) and the MDA-Québec Competition (2018). A member of the viola section of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 2025, Sebastian is frequently heard as a soloist and chamber musician at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, as well as with Allegra Chamber Music Society and Musica Camerata Montréal. In winter 2026, Sebastian makes his South American debut as a soloist with Colombia’s National Symphony Orchestra. Sebastian plays on a Louis Gillet bow, courtesy of Canimex.

Braden McConnell

Montreal-based cellist Braden McConnell is currently pursuing his doctoral degree with Brian Manker at the Mcgill Schulich school of music. His mentors include Amir Eldan at the Oberlin Conservatory, Susan Moses at the Indiana University String Academy, and Richard Aaron at the University of Michigan. A National Merit Scholar, Braden received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, triple-majoring in Cello, Mathematics, and Economics and a Master of Music from McGill University. Recent engagements have included The Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition as a member of the Myriade Quartet, as well as performances on the Syrinx, Pro Musica, and Îles du Bic concert series.