# Duo Caron

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**Duo Caron** is a [classical music](/source/Classical_music) group who transcribe and perform [orchestral](/source/Orchestra) works for various piano formations.

## History

Born in [Rimouski](/source/Rimouski), [Quebec](/source/Quebec),[1] sibling [pianists](/source/Pianist) Josee and Martin Caron[2] have lived in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) for several years. They started collaborating under the name Duo Caron in 1990.

In 1994, because of their transcriptions, the duo received an internship grant from [Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels Agency for Youth](/source/Quebec-Wallonia-Brussels_Agency_for_Youth) (AQWBJ),[3] for a promotional tour in Belgium, met with rave reviews.

In 2012, after the recording of [Mendelssohn](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn), Martin Caron left the group to focus exclusively on composition and teaching[citation needed].

Since 2020, the duo has consisted of Carmen Picard and Josee Caron. They released an album in 2023, met with positive reviews.[4]

## Premieres

[Alan Belkin](/source/Alan_Belkin)'s *Petite Suite* for two pianos, commissioned by the Duo Caron,[5][6] was premiered by Duo Caron in Montreal's [Claude-Champagne](/source/Claude_Champagne) Concert Hall.

In 1998, the Quebec International Duo-Piano Festival commissioned for Martin Caron a [George Gershwin](/source/George_Gershwin) transcription for two pianos, eight hands, "[Strike up the Band](/source/Strike_Up_the_Band_(musical))", premiered at the Gala Concert, *pour terminer l'événement de façon spectaculaire*,[7]

Released in 2009, the recording *British Music for Piano Four Hands*[8] includes two new arrangements by Martin Caron of [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney)'s works, which *L'Avantage* positively reviewed.[9]

Their recordings have been broadcast on [CBC](/source/CBC.ca), [SRC](/source/SRC.ca), "Radio Classique" CJPX,[10] CKUA Radio Network Edmonton,[11] and RTBF Radio "Musiq'3" Belgium.[12]

## Transcriptions by Josee Caron

### For Piano Duet

- [Gustav Holst](/source/Gustav_Holst) (1874-1934): [The Planets opus 32](/source/The_Planets), Suite for large Orchestra - I. [*Mars, the Bringer of War*](/source/The_Planets#1._Mars,_the_Bringer_of_War) - IV. [*Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity*](/source/The_Planets#4._Jupiter,_the_Bringer_of_Jollity)

## Transcriptions by Martin Caron

### For Two Pianos‚ Four Hands

- [Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy](/source/Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy) (1809–1847): [Symphony No 4 in A major *Italian*](/source/Symphony_No._4_(Mendelssohn))
- [Modest Mussorgsky](/source/Modest_Mussorgsky) (1839–1881): *[Night on Bald Mountain](/source/Night_on_Bald_Mountain)*‚ symphonic poem
- [Arnold Schoenberg](/source/Arnold_Schoenberg) (1874–1951): *[Verklärte Nacht](/source/Verkl%C3%A4rte_Nacht)* op. 4 for string sextet ("Transfigured Night")
- [Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss) (1864–1949): - *[Don Juan](/source/Don_Juan_(Strauss))* op, 20‚ symphonic poem - *[Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks](/source/Till_Eulenspiegel's_Merry_Pranks)*, symphonic poem - *[Metamorphosen](/source/Metamorphosen)*, study for 23 solo strings
- [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky) (1840–1893): [Symphony No. 4 in F minor‚ op. 36](/source/Symphony_No._4_(Tchaikovsky))
- [Richard Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner) (1813–1883): [Overture](/source/Overture) from the [opera](/source/Opera) *[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg](/source/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg)*

### For Piano Duet

- [Sir Edward Elgar](/source/Edward_Elgar) (1857–1934): [Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op. 47](/source/Introduction_and_Allegro_(Elgar))
- [Ralph Vaughan Williams](/source/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams) (1872–1958): Overture from the opera *[The Wasps](/source/The_Wasps_(Vaughan_Williams))*

### For Four Pianos‚ Eight Pianists

- [Sergei Rachmaninoff](/source/Sergei_Rachmaninoff) (1873–1943): *[Isle of the Dead](/source/Isle_of_the_Dead_(Rachmaninoff))* op. 29‚ symphonic poem
- [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky) (1840–1893): [Symphony No. 4 in F minor‚ op. 36](/source/Symphony_No._4_(Tchaikovsky))

### For Two Pianos‚ Four Pianists

- [George Gershwin](/source/George_Gershwin) (1898–1937): ["Strike up the Band"](/source/Strike_Up_the_Band_(musical))

## Arrangements by Martin Caron

### For Piano Duet

- [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) (1942- ?): - *[A Leaf](/source/A_Leaf)* for piano solo - *Appaloosa-Meditation*‚ orchestral suite

## Discography

- 1992 - *Transcriptions for Two Pianos Four Hands* (*Société Nouvelle d'Enregistrement*,[13] SNE-582-CD)
- 1995 - *Tchaikovsky for Four Hands* ([ATMA Classique](/source/ATMA_Classique), ACD 2-2102)
- 2009 - *British Music for Piano Four Hands* (*XXI-21 Productions Inc.*,[14][15] XXI-CD 2 1603)
- 2012 - *Mendelssohn‚ Transcriptions for 4 hands* (*Société Métropolitaine du Disque Inc./Espace 21*,[14] SMD 225-1)
- 2023 - *Modern Four-Hand Suites* (*Société Métropolitaine du Disque Inc./Espace 21*,[14] SMD 312-1)

## Footnotes

### Citations

1. [*Music in Rimouski*](http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rimouski-que-emc/), entry in *[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)* / *The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada*

1. [Jean-Pierre Thiollet](/source/Jean-Pierre_Thiollet), [« *88 notes pour piano solo*, Solo de duo »](https://archive.org/details/88notespourpiano0000thio), Neva Editions, 2015, p.98. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0

1. [*AQWBJ Duo Caron*](http://cyberquebec.ca/duocaron/documents/duocaron_aqwbj.pdf) (French language). Retrieved March 8, 2024.

1. [« Review | *Duo Caron: Suites modernes pour quatre mains (Espace 21, 2023)* »](https://myscena.org/viktor-lazarov/cd-review-duo-caron-suites-modernes-pour-quatre-mains-espace-21-2023/) Review from *[The Music Scene](/source/The_Music_Scene_(magazine))*, April-May 2, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

1. Nina Veronica Schumann, [*Two-piano performance: its classification, history, and challenges, with a compilation of a detailed catalogue of works*, *In two volumes*](https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/8032/1/thesis_hum_2005_schumann_nv.pdf), Thesis - Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town, March 2005, (346 p.), p.147. Retrieved April 15, 2023.

1. Alan Belkin's [*Worklist*](/source/Alan_Belkin#Works)

1. [« *Festival international de Duo-Piano du Québec* »](http://voir.ca/musique/1998/08/05/festival-international-de-duo-piano-du-quebec-jamais-deux-sans-trois/) Article from *[Voir](/source/Voir)*, August 5, 1998. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

1. [« *British Music for Piano, Four Hands - Duo Caron* »](http://www.allmusic.com/album/british-music-for-piano-four-hands-w192326) entry in [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic).

1. [*« Josée et Martin Caron jouent McCartney »*](https://archive.today/20150428024008/http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/Culture/2009-10-13/article-3505495/Josee-et-Martin-Caron-jouent-McCartney/1) Review from *L'Avantage* online, October 13, 2009, Archived 2015-04-28 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today)

1. ["Radio-Classique Montréal 99,5 cjpx-fm - Radio-Classique Québec 92,7 cjsq-fm"](http://www.radioclassique.ca/cjpx/). *www.radioclassique.ca*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110706202214/http://www.radioclassique.ca/cjpx/) 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

1. ["Support CKUA Radio"](https://ckua.com/). *CKUA*. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

1. ["Musiq3 - La radio de la musique classique, des concerts, de l'opéra et du jazz - RTBF Actus"](https://www.rtbf.be/musiq3) (in French). *RTBF*. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

1. ["Société nouvelle d'enregistrement"](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/societe-nouvelle-denregistrement-emc). *thecanadianencyclopedia.ca*. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

1. ["Home - XXI-21.com"](http://www.xxi-21.com/). *www.xxi-21.com*. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

1. ["XXI-21 Productions Inc. Discography"](https://www.discogs.com/label/162436-XXI-21-Productions-Inc). *Discogs*. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

### References

- [*Transcriptions - Josée et Martin Caron, pianos*](https://archive.schoenberg.at/av/tontraeger.php?id_tontraeger=696&action=view&sortieren=jahr&vonBis=0-9998) from [Arnold Schönberg Center](/source/Arnold_Sch%C3%B6nberg_Center)
- [[https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638%2C283&queryString=transcriptions+pianos+caron&clusterResults=true#/oclc/277155499](https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/search?databaseList=638%2C283&queryString=transcriptions+pianos+caron&clusterResults=true#/oclc/277155499)|*Transcriptions : pour deux pianos quatre mains = for two pianos four hands.*] entry in [McGill University Library](/source/McGill_University_Library).
- [*Transcriptions pour deux pianos, quatre mains*](https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p::usmarcdef_0001257979) entry in BAnQ Catalogue*[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)*.
- [*Transcriptions : pour deux pianos quatre mains = for two pianos four hands*](https://bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1031913803) entry in LAC's Library Catalogue [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada).
- [*Tchaïkovsky 4 mains = Tchaïkovsky 4 hands*](https://usmai-ub.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USMAI_UB/dvl26m/WorldCat81758711) entry in [University of Maryland Libraries](/source/University_of_Maryland_Libraries).
- [*Tchaïkovsky 4 mains = Tchaïkovsky 4 hands*](https://www.library.ualberta.ca/permalink/opac/4925968/WEBSERVER) entry in [University of Alberta Library](/source/University_of_Alberta_Library).
- [[https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/424415534](https://search.worldcat.org/en/title/424415534)*Tchaïkovsky 4 mains= hands*] entry in [WorldCat](/source/WorldCat), Retrieved March 15, 2012.
- [*Tchaïkovski, 4 mains = 4 hands*](https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p::usmarcdef_0000495059) entry in BAnQ Catalogue*[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)*.
- [[https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=au%3D%22Duo%20Caron.%22&databaseList=283,638#/oclc/49146898](https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=au%3D%22Duo%20Caron.%22&databaseList=283,638#/oclc/49146898)|*Tchaïkovski, 4 mains 4 hands*] entry in [McGill University Library](/source/McGill_University_Library).
- [*British music for piano four hands*](https://usmai-ub.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USMAI_UB/dvl26m/WorldCat460177458) entry in [University of Maryland Libraries](/source/University_of_Maryland_Libraries).
- [*British Music for Piano 4 Hands*](https://music.apple.com/us/album/british-music-for-piano-4-hands/497380961) entry in [Apple Music](/source/Apple_Music). Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- [*British music for piano four hands*](https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p::usmarcdef_0003707312) entry in BAnQ Catalogue *[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)*.
- [[https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7463876?counter=1](https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7463876?counter=1)|*British music for piano four hands*] entry in [Columbia University Libraries (CLIO)](/source/Columbia_University_Libraries).
- [*British music for piano four hands / McCartney, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Elgar.*](https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948024013503681) entry in [University of Pennsylvania (PennLibrairies)](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania).
- [*Mendelssohn - Transcriptions pour 4 mains = Transcriptions for 4 hands*](https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p%3A%3Ausmarcdef_0004469900&queryId=N-EXPLORE-92ec75c8-5cbc-4448-90d9-3da2d1da5fa9&posInSet=5) entry in BAnQ Catalogue *[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)*.
- [*Mendelssohn Transcriptions pour 4 mains Transcriptions for 4 hands*](https://usmai-ub.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USMAI_UB/dvl26m/WorldCat937862079) entry in [University of Maryland Libraries](/source/University_of_Maryland_Libraries).
- [*Felix Mendelssohn: Transcriptions pour 4 Mains.*](https://www.allmusic.com/album/felix-mendelssohn-transcriptions-pour-4-mains-mw0002497163/releases) entry in [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic).
- [*Suites modernes pour quatre mains - Modern Four-Hand Suites*](https://usmai-ub.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01USMAI_UB/dvl26m/WorldCat1443489110) entry in [University of Maryland Libraries](/source/University_of_Maryland_Libraries).
- [*Suites modernes pour quatre mains - Modern Four-Hand Suites*](https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p%3A%3Ausmarcdef_0007183603&queryId=a6a4ae9f-c278-48d7-84fa-fd211445b566&posInSet=1) entry in BAnQ Catalogue *[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)*.
- [*Suites modernes pour quatre mains - Modern Four-Hand Suites*](https://bac-lac.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1443489110) entry in LAC's Library Catalogue [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada).

## External links

- [*L'Art du duo de piano*](http://scena.org/pdf-files/sm16-8_lr.pdf) from [The Music Scene](/source/The_Music_Scene_(magazine)) by Julie Berardino (French Language), Vol. 16 no 8, p. 26. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- [Our artists through the years (French language)](https://archive.today/20130628051956/http://www.jmcanada.ca/fr/main_nav/qui-jeunesses-musicales-canada/un-peu-d-histoire/artistes-au-fil-du-temps/) Article from [Jeunesses Musicale Canada](/source/Jeunesses_Musicale_Canada) Archived 2013-06-28 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today). Retrieved September 5, 2024.

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