Alain Gagnon
Alain Gagnon (born May 22, 1938 in Trois-Pistoles / Québec ; † March 26, 2017 in the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec ) was a Canadian composer and music teacher.
Gagnon learned to play the piano by himself before he was a piano student of Father Philippe-Antoine Lavoie at Rimouski Seminary from 1951 to 1958 . From 1960 he took organ lessons with Henri Gagnon at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec and composition lessons with Roger Matton at the University of Laval .
In 1964 and 1965 he studied with Jocelyne Binet . In 1965 he received a Prix d'Europe , a grant from the Canada Council and a grant from the Ministry of Education of Québec and went to Paris , where he studied with Henri Dutilleux at the École normal de Musique and with Olivier Alain at the École César-Franck . In 1966 short study stays at the Institut de Sonologie in Utrecht and with André-François Marescotti at the Geneva Conservatory followed . From 1967 he taught music theory, analysis and composition at Laval University.
Works
- String Quartet , 1964
- 5 preludes for piano, 1964
- Sonata for piano, 1964
- Le Citharède for medium voice and piano, 1964
- Illusions d'antan for medium voice and piano, 1965,
- Esquisse for orchestra, 1965
- Aquarelles for piano, 1965
- Mirages for piano, 1966
- String Quartet , 1966
- Sonata for piano, 1966
- Rumeurs et visions for three sopranos and choir, 1966
- Sonata for piano, 1967
- Les Grottes de Castellana for piano, 1967
- Prelude for guitar, 1968
- Que je t'accueille for medium voice and piano, 1968
- Prelude for orchestra, 1969
- String Quartet , 1970
- Septet , 1973
- Les Oies sauvages for soprano and seven instruments, 1973
- Largo for three guitars, 1974
- Interlude for three guitars, 1975
- Bagatelles for piano, 1978
- Eaux-fortes for piano, 1979
- Trio for flute, violin and cello, 1979
- Pastourelle for organ, 1980
- Jeux dans l'espace for piano, 1981
- Incandescence for piano, 1982
- Fantaisie lyrique for alto saxophone and piano, 1982
- Suite chorégraphique for orchestra, 1983
- Ode à l'aurore for organ, 1983
- Aux sources du soleil for orchestra, 1985
- L'Enfant roi for soprano and orchestra, 1988
- Souvenirs d'Iguazu for alto saxophone and piano, 1988
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Avis de décès , accessed on May 23, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gagnon, Alain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trois-Pistoles , Quebec |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2017 |
| Place of death | Hôtel-Dieu de Quebec |