Serge Arcuri

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Serge Arcuri (born June 10, 1954 in Beauharnois ) is a Canadian composer.

Life

Arcuri studied music analysis (first prize 1979) and composition (first prize 1981) at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Gilles Tremblay , then (1984/85) electroacoustics at the University of Montreal with Yves Daoust and Marcelle Deschênes .

In 1981 he received the Sir Ernest MacMillan Award from the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) for his orchestral work Agrégats . In 1984 he won prizes in two categories for the piece Résurgence in the competition for young composers of the CBC National Radio . In the following years he received composition commissions a. a. by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (Prologue, 1985) and the Fédération des orchestres de jeunes du Québec ( Brumes and Amers , 1986).

From 1985 to 1988 Arcuri was President of the Association pour la création et la recherche électroacoustiques du Québec , and he is also a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community and the Canadian League of Composers .

Works

  • Agrégats for orchestra, 1979
  • Resonance for harp 1982
  • Resurgence for tape, 1982, (choreographed performance with Manon Levac 1982)
  • Chronaxie ou 'ce désert acharnement de couleurs for solo percussion and tape, 1984 (recorded on LP and CD by Beverley Johnston )
  • Prelude aux méandres for tape, 1985
  • Prologue for small instrumental ensemble and tape, 1985
  • Brume , 1986
  • Amers for orchestra, 1986
  • Lueurs for horn, percussion and tape, 1987
  • Murmure for tape, 1989
  • Bandoneon for accordion and tape, 1990 (premiere with Joseph Petric )
  • Soliloque for violin, 1991
  • Errances for oboe d'amore, harp and tape, 1992
  • Arborescences for marimba, vibraphone, percussion and double string orchestra, 1992
  • Fresques for English horn, two percussion sets and two DX 7 , 1992
  • Récifs for tape, 1993
  • Sitio for harpsichord, 1993
  • Infinite spaces for organ, 1994
  • Music for the film List Noire , 1995
  • La porte des sables for oboe, english horn, percussion and tape, 1995
  • Fragments for piano, 1997
  • Épisodes for string orchestra, 2001 (premiered by the Orchester baroque de Montreal under Joel Thifault )
  • Les furieuses enluminures for piano, string quartet, flute and clarinet, 2001
  • Migrations for flute and tape, 2003 (premiere with Josée Poirier )
  • Bonnes Nouvelles , children's theater by Marie-Hélène da Silva in collaboration with Michael Oesterle , 2004
  • Ancient Temples for solo percussion, 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Arcuri, Serge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Beauharnois