Michel Perrault

Michel Brunet Perrault (born July 20, 1925 in Montreal ) is a Canadian composer, conductor, timpanist and music teacher.

Perrault first studied music theory and timpani with Louis Decair at the McGill Conservatory , then from 1941 to 1943 oboe at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec with Réal Gagnier . From 1943 to 1946 he also took private lessons in harmony with Gabriel Cusson . At the École normal de musique in Paris he studied with Nadia Boulanger , Arthur Honegger and Georges Dandelot from 1946–47 and, after returning to Canada, with Conrad Letendre .

From 1949 to 1965 he was the percussionist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , from 1957 to 1960 its deputy conductor. From 1958 to 1962 he was musical director of Les Grand Ballets Canadiens . From 1949 to 1968 he worked for the CBC as a composer and conductor. As a percussionist, he played the world premiere of Alexander Brott's Critics' Corner with the McGill String Quartet in 1950 . In 1970 he was one of the founders of the Institut de sciences musicales Conrad Letendre (later Institut de recherche Pantonal Inc ).

Most of Perrault's compositions, including ballets and drama, orchestral and chamber music, instrumental concerts and vocal music, were composed by 1968. From the late 1970s he worked with the Gerald Danovitch Saxophone Quartet , for which new original compositions such as the Esquisses québécoises and arrangements were created . In Montreal, Perrault founded the music publisher Les Publications Bonart .

Web link

• Homepage of Michel Perrault

source

• The Canadian Encyclopedia - Michel Perrault