Gilles Tremblay (composer)

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Gilles Tremblay

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

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personal data
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