Canadian fiddler/violinist from Québec. Died June 18, 2015 at age 72.
Originally from the Saguenay region of Quebec, Dominique Tremblay was sought after as an accompanist ....he worked and recorded with, among others, , fellow violinist , , and
Tremblay's music bridges traditional music with classical and folk. His steel violin brought a progressive new sound to the Quebec mainstream, a sound steeped in the rhythm of tradition.
He studied at the Montreal Conservatory and worked as a violinist and violist with the . He left soon afterward to pursue and develop his own music. It was there that the idea of ​​creating a stainless steel violin was born, a violin he would strive to perfect throughout his career, and which became his trademark.