Artistic Director of MCMA's MusikBarock Ensemble Concert Series, has earned an enviable reputation as virtuoso harpsichordist. A native of Manitoba, Mr. Lussier is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and holds advanced degrees from Montreal's McGill University. He has been awarded numerous Arts Council grants including a Canada Council grant to study harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert in Paris. A veteran of many CBC Radio 2 Broadcast recitals, Mr Lussier has played concerts extensively across the nation, from Vancouver to Nova Scotia, including solo appearances with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Alberta Baroque Ensemble and Tafelmusik. In 1997, Mr Lussier performed as a guest artist in Southern France, under the sponsorship of the Sophia Antipolis Foundation. Early in 2004, Lussier performed the entire Goldberg Variations for CBC Radio.