François Tousignant
François Tousignant (born April 26, 1955 in Montreal ; † March 26, 2019 ) was a Canadian composer and music critic.
Tousignant studied at the University of Ottawa with Luis de Pablo , at the École normal de musique in Paris with Max Deutsch and at the University of Montreal with Serge Garant . In 1982 his composition Durée won second prize at the Sir Ernest MacMillan Award / Fellowship of the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC).
In 1984 he composed a mass that was performed on the occasion of a visit by Pope John Paul II to Ottawa. In 1984/85 he was musical director of a series of concerts for contemporary music in the Maison du Citoyen in Hull / Québec. With a scholarship from the University of Ottawa, he studied at IRCAM from 1986 to 1987 .
After Tousignant had had a teaching position at the University of Ottawa from 1986 to 1988, he became a professor at the University of Montreal in 1988 . In addition to his compositions, in which he mainly worked with serial technology , Tousignant was also known as a music critic for the magazine Le Devoir .
Works
- La Chevelure ... for three sopranos and electric piano, 1978
- Durée , 1982
- Fair , 1984
- Portrait , musical theater, 1984
- Concerto for piano and orchestra, 1985
- Diptyque for orchestra, 1988
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès de François Tousignant. In: Le Devoir . Retrieved January 21, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tousignant, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2019 |