The Telemann Ensemble is an instrumental and choral group specializing in baroque and classical music. Composed of choristers and musicians who play on period instruments, the Telemann Ensemble was founded in 1992 by Rafik Matta who is also its Artistic Director.

Since its foundation, the Telemann Ensemble has sought the revival of lesser-known works of the baroque repertoire, among which Jean Gilles’s Requiem, a premiere in Montreal presented in February 1993, in addition to performing works of the wider repertoire, like the sacred cantatas of Bach and Buxtehude, Bach's Orchestral Suites and Brandenburg concertos, Telemann's Tafelmusik, italian baroque and renaissance music and the instrumental and vocal works of many other composers of that period.

Already praised by the South-Shore music lovers, the Telemann Ensemble has been performing regularly in the last few years on the island of Montreal before enthusiastic audiences. In 2002, the year of its 10th anniversary, the group performed Handel's Messiah in its original complete form (Messiah had previously been performed in 1997 in Saint-Lambert). In December 2003, yet another complete performance, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, was given a rave review.

The will to perform rare or original works was constantly reasserted, namely with one of the concerts given in 2004 titled : les grands motets des maîtres français. Two of the four works of that concert were performed for the first time in North America.

In 2005, the classical period was at the forefront of the Telemann Ensemble’s season with a performance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 34 and his famous Requiem, played on authentic intruments, another Montreal premiere. Among the concerts given that year, one must underline the participation of the eminent pianofortist Tom Beghin and CPE Bach’s E minor concerto.

In November 2008, the Telemann Ensemble has launched a CD that comprised two of the works performed in October 2006 at McGill University’s Pollack Hall. The title of the CD is '' Bach & Purcell '' and includes Bach’s Motet Jesu Meine Freude and Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.