Serge Arcuri
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
Web links
- Serge Arcuri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Arcuri, Serge |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Beauharnois |