Richard Grégoire
Richard Grégoire (born May 18, 1944 in Montreal ) is a Canadian composer.
Grégoire studied composition with Serge Garant at the University of Montreal . With a grant from the Pro Musica Society and the Québec government, he stayed in Paris from 1969-70. He studied with the Groupe de recherches musicales , worked under Pierre Schaeffer and was a composition student of Gilbert Amy . In 1969 he worked on the preparation of an electroacoustic composition for the Avignon Festival .
After returning to Canada, Grégoire taught at the University of Montreal until 1976. He has also arranged pieces for pop musicians such as Edith Butler , Jim and Bertrand , Pauline Julien , Diane Juster , Jacques Michel , and Fabienne Thibeault . For the music for the TV drama Deuxième Coup de feu , he received the 1978 Canadian Music Council award for the best original composition for a television production. Since the late 1970s, Grégoire was mainly active as a film composer.
Works
- Cantata for soprano, twelve voices, electric organ, guitar and percussion, 1969 (WP)
- Trajet for one or more saxophones, 1974 (WP)
- Film scores too
- Éclair au chocolat , 1979
- Pouvoir intimate ( Yves Simoneau ), 1985
- Perfectly Normal (Yves Simoneau) 1990
- Exit ( Robert Ménard ), 1986
- T'es belle Jeanne (Robert Ménard), 1988
- Cruising Bar (Robert Ménard), 1989
- Les Bottes ( Michel Poulette ), 1988
- La Ligne de chaleur ( Hubert-Yves Rose ), 1987
- Blue la magnifique ( Pierre Migneault ), 1990
- Bonjour M. Gauvin ( Jean-Claude Labrecque ), 1990
- Les Filles de Caleb ( CBC TV series ), 1990
- Léolo ( Jean-Claude Lauzon ), 1992
- Being at Home with Claude ( Jean Beaudin ), 1992
- C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues ( Charles Binamé ), 1994
- L'Enfant d'eau (Robert Ménard), 1995
- Le Coeur au poing (Charles Binamé), 1998
- Souvenirs intimate (Jean Beaudin), 1999
- Bonanno: A Godfather's Story ( Michel Poulette ), 1999
- Ignition (Yves Simoneau), 2001
- Napoleon , 2002
Web links
- Richard Grégoire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grégoire, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |