Michel Gonneville

Michel Gonneville (born 31 July 1950) is a Canadian composer.

Career

He completed his B.Mus. at the Conservatoire Vincent-d'Indy in Sherbrook in 1972, where he won the premier prix in analysis and composition. He completed a D.Mus. at the University of Montreal in 1997. From 1975 to 1978 he won grants to study in Europe, where he took Stockhausen's composition courses and participated in the electronic music studio of Hans Ulrich Humpert.

Returning to Canada in 1978, he became a teacher at the Rimouski Conservatoire, and then the University of Ottawa. His work "Chute-parachute" "was a recommended work at the International Rostrum of Composers and has become one of [his] most frequently played compositions."[1] In 1994, he won the Serge Garant prize, which is awarded by the mile Nelligan Foundation.[1]

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References
  1. Rhéaume, Claire. "Michel Gonneville". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.

Further reading
  • Gingras, Claude. "Gonneville et Longtin; deux créations à la SMCQ," Montreal La Presse, 17 Feb 1979
  • Petrowski, Nathalie. "Deux jeunes compositeurs à la SMCQ," Montreal Le Devoir, 19 Feb 1979
  • "Michel Gonneville et les architectures musicales," Canadian Composer, 142, Jun 1979
  • Laurier, Andrée. "Blueprints for new music," Canadian Composer, 219, Apr 1987
  • Olivier, Dominique. Whale music launches busy season for Michel Gonneville, Words & Music, Nov/Dec 1998
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