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electroradioRobert Normandeau (Quebec City, Québec, 1955) • residence: Montréal, Québec • composer
After a BMus in Composition (Electroacoustics) from the Université Laval (Québec City, 1984) Robert Normandeau moved to Montréal and completed an MMus in Composition (1988) and the first PhDMus in Electroacoustic Composition (1992), under Marcelle Deschênes and Francis Dhomont. He is a founding member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC, 1987). From 1986 to 1993, he was an active member of the Association pour la création et la recherche électroacoustiques du Québec (ACREQ), where he produced the Clair de terre concert series at the Montréal Planetarium. In 1991, he co-founded Réseaux, an organization for the production of media arts events, notably the acousmatic concert series Rien à voir. After a certain interest in instrumental and mixed works, his current endeavours are focused on acousmatic music. More specifically, his compositions employ esthetical criteria whereby he creates a ‘cinema for the ear’ in which ‘meaning’ as well as ‘sound’ become the elements that elaborate his works. Along with concert music he now writes incidental music, especially for the theatre. He is Professor in electroacoustic music composition at Université de Montréal since 1999. He received two Opus Awards from the Conseil québécois de la musique in 1999: “Composer of the Year” and “Record of the Year-Contemporary Music” for Figures (IMED 9944) The Académie québécoise du théâtre (AQT) has given him a Masque Award in 2002: “Best Music for Theatre” for the play Malina. Robert Normandeau is an award winner of numerous international competitions, including Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria, 1993, Golden Nica in 1996), Bourges (France, 1986, 1988, 1993), Fribourg (Switzerland, 2002), Luigi-Russolo, Varese (Italy, 1989, 1990), Métamorphoses, Bruxelles (Belgium, 2002, 2004), Musica Nova, Prague (Czech Republic, 1994, 1995, 1998), Noroit-Léonce Petitot, Arras (France, 1991, 1994), Phonurgia-Nova, Arles (France, 1988, 1987), and Stockholm (Sweden, 1992). He received commissions from The Banff Centre for the Arts, CKUT-FM, Codes d’Accès/Musiques & Recherches, Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM), Groupe de musique expérimentale de Marseille (GMEM), Jacques Drouin, Événements du neuf, Claire Marchand, Arturo Parra, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Open Space Gallery, Société Radio-Canada, Réseaux, Sonorities Festival, Vancouver New Music, and Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM). He was composer in residence in Banff (Canada, 1989, 1992, 1993), Belfast (Northern Ireland, 1997), Bourges (France, 1988, 1999, 2005), Mons (Belgium, 1996), Paris (France, 1990, 1994), Ohain (Belgium, 1987), and Karlsruhe (Germany, 2004). [xi-04] electrocd.com Robert Normandeau: biography |
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