Gilles Tremblay (composer)
Gilles Léonce Tremblay , OQ (born September 6, 1932 in Arvida ; † July 27, 2017 ) was a Canadian composer and music teacher .
Tremblay took private lessons with Jocelyne Binet , Isabelle Delorme , Jean Papineau-Couture and Edmond Trudel and studied from 1949 to 1954 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec with Claude Champagne and Germaine Malépart . He also attended summer courses at the Marlboro School of Music in Vermont in the early 1950s and studied music history with Jean Vallerand at the University of Montreal in 1953 .
From 1954 to 1957 Tremblay studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Yvonne Loriod and Olivier Messiaen , at the same time he learned to play Ondes Martenot with its inventor Maurice Martenot and deepened his knowledge of electroacoustic instruments at the Darmstadt summer courses under Karlheinz Stockhausen .
1957–58 he studied counterpoint with Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger . In the following years he took part in the recordings of the Groupe de recherches musicales under Pierre Schaeffer at the ORTF . In 1960 he again attended courses in Darmstadt with Pierre Boulez and Henri Pousseur .
Since 1961 he has taught at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec. In the 1960s he wrote manuscripts and music for various series of the CBC ( aroles de poètes , L'Homme américain , festivals ). He received the Prix de musique Calixa-Lavallée for the music of the Québec Pavilion at Expo 67 .
In the following years he was a member of the juries of various international music competitions, went on concert tours and was a board member of the Québec Composers' Association for twenty years. In 1991 he was appointed officer of the Ordre national du Québec .
Works
- Deux pièces pour piano: 'Phases', 'Réseaux'. , 1956-58
- Exercise I , 1959
- Exercise II , 1960
- Cantique de durées for seven instrumental groups, 1960
- Mobile for violin and piano, 1962
- Kékoba for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, percussion and Ondes Martenot, 1965
- Champs I for two pianos and percussion, 1965, 1969
- Center-élan , 1967
- Sonorisation du Pavillon du Québec , 1967
- Souffles (Champs II) for two flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn, two trumpets, two trombones, percussion, double bass and piano, 1968
- Vers (Champs III) for two flutes, clarinet, trumpet, horn, three violins, double bass and percussion, 1969
- Dimension Soleils , soundtrack, 1970
- ".. le sifflement des vents porteurs de l'amour ..." for flute, percussion and microphones, 1971
- Solstices (ou Les jours et les saisons tournent) for one to four soloist groups, 1971
- Jeux de solstices for orchestra, 1974
- Oralléluiants for soprano, flute, bass clarinet, horn, three double basses, percussion and microphones, 1975
- Fleuves for orchestra, piano and percussion, 1976
- Traçantes for piano, 1976
- Vers le soleil for orchestra, 1978
- Compostelle I for eighteen instruments, 1978
- Le Signe du lion , 1981
- DZEI (Voies de feu) for soprano, flute, bass clarinet, piano and percussion, 1981
- Envoi for piano and fifteen instruments, 1983
- Envol for flute, 1984
- Triojubilus' À Raphaël , for flute, harp and cowbells, 1985
- Les Vêpres de la Vierge for mixed choir, soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1986
- Un 9 for two trumpets and percussion, 1987
- Katadrone (Contrecri) for orchestra, 1988
- Cèdres en voiles for voice, 1989
- Musique du feu for piano and orchestra, 1991
Web links
- Gilles Tremblay ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
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SURNAME | Tremblay, Gilles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tremblay, Gilles Léonce (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer and music teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Arvida |
DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 2017 |