In May 2009, He played with LARRY CORYELL the America's premiere of 'Sentenza Del Cuore' a concerto for two guitars and orchestra composed by the jazz guitar legend. Later, he had again the opportunity to share the stage with Coryell at The Montreal Jazz Festival with the Band Bombay Jazz and the great Indian Bansouri player Ronu Majumdar.

Yves got a bachelor’s degree in musical interpretation from the Université de Montréal in 1991, and has been dividing his time between his projects as a professional musician.

He has been on the professional music scene since 1986 alternately as a studio musician, arranger, composer, producer, and bandleader. He has worked on different projects with musicians like Larry Coryell, TERRY CLARKE, Alain Caron, Michel Donato, James Gelfand, Paul Brochu, Jean-Pierre Zanella, André Leroux, Frédéric Alarie, Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr, and François Cousineau. Yves has also been appearing at JAZZ FESTIVALS all across Canada, in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Montreal, Rimouski, Quebec City… either as leader of his own group or as accompanist for artists such as Oliver Jones, Carol Welsman, Paolo Ramos, Rémi Bolduc… to name but a few. On the popular music scene, he has played with world renown French and Canadian stars Lawrence Gowen, Patricia Kaas, Natasha St-Pier, Michel Rivard, Nanette Workman, Isabelle Boulay, and Bruno Pelletier. Yves has participated in a great number of recordings (radio, television, and albums), and has traveled to many countries on international tours (France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Kenya, Haiti, and the US).

In 2001, he founded his group Yves Nadeau Expression, a band of 8 musicians. A grant from the CANADA COUNCIL OF THE ARTS made it possible for Yves to record the group’s first album, Tableaux, which has been available since June 2003.

Press about the music.

The music on guitarist Yves Nadeau's album in which the improvisation, spontaneity and the interaction between the musicians occupy a significant place is influenced and inspired by musical currents as various as Jazz, Folk, Rock, R&B, Quebequois Folklore and Afro-Cuban, featuring world renown musicians like bass player Alain Caron, drummer Paul Brochu and seven more musicians.

"Nadeau's virtuosity and thorough knowledge of his instrument are surprising and, combined with his great agility and solid technique, they have earned him a place among the most spectacular and sophisticated jazz guitarists of the time."

Luc Proulx, la Voix des Mille-Iles April 23, 2003

"Yves Nadeau is clearly one of the greatest exponents of contemporary electric guitar, no matter what the style. For this recording, he recruited some of the biggest names on the Montreal jazz scene, including Alain Caron and Paul Brochu (both formerly with UZEB) as well as Jean-Pierre Zanella. By offering each of them "custom-designed" spaces for musical expression that highlight their respective instrumental skills, Nadeau has drawn maximum efficiency from his crew of talented partners. The result: eleven warmly coloured multicultural tableaux, painted on a modern jazz canvas. Though he occasionally indulges in virtuoso fretboard fireworks likely to discourage at least one amateur axe-wielder out there, Nadeau maintains an overall level of musicality that bespeaks a mature player. There are even two tracks featuring a traditional fiddler, which makes for a fascinating mix of jazz and Quebecois folk music. This album is further proof that the Quebec jazz scene is alive and quite well, thank you very much."

Guillaume Bourque, Archambeault.ca 18 juillet 2003