Gilles Tremblay

Gilles Tremblay (born September 6, 1932) is a Canadian composer. He studied at the Conservatories of Montreal and Paris (1954–61), where his teachers including Olivier Messiaen (analysis), Yvonne Loriod (piano), and Maurice Martenot (ondes Martenot). He also attended Stockhausen's summer courses at Darmstadt, where he became interested in electro-acoustic techniques. Since 1962 he has taught composition at the Montreal Conservatory.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Compositions (selective list)

*"Champs I", for piano and 2 percussionists (1965)
*"Cantique de durées", for seven groups of instruments (1960)
*"Sonorisation du Pavillion du Québec", 24-channel electronic music (1967)
*"Souffles (Champs II)", for 2 flutes, oboe, clarinet, horn, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, 2 percussionists, and contrabass (1968)
*"Vers (Champs III)", for 2 flutes, clarinet, trumpet, horn, 3 percussionists, 3 violins, and contrabass (1969)
*"Jeux de solstices", for orchestra (1974)
*"Oralléluiants", for soprano, bass clarinet, horn, 2 percussionists, and 3 contrabasses (1975)
*"Fleuves", for piano, percussion, and orchestra (1976)
*"Vers le soleil", for orchestra (1978)
*"Le Signe du lion", for horn and tam-tam (1981)
*"Triojubilus "À Raphaël", for flute, harp, and cowbells (1985)
*"Musique du feu", for piano and orchestra (1991)
*"L’arbre de Borobudur", for horn, 2 harps, double bass, ondes Martenot, 2 percussionists, and gamelan ensemble (1994)
*"L’espace du coeur (Miron-Machaut)", for mixed voices and percussion (1997)
*"Les pierres crieront", for cello and large orchestra (1998)
*"A quelle heure commence le temps?", for baritone, percussion, piano, and orchestra (1999)
*"L’appel de Kondiaronk: symphonie portuaire", environmental work for battle sirens and 2 locomotives (2000)
*String Quartet "‘Croissant’" (2001)
*"En partage" (Concerto), for viola and orchestra (2002)

Writings

* 1968. "Note pour "Cantique de durées"." "Revue d'esthetique" 21, nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 51–58.

ources

*Mather, Bruce. 2001. "Gilles Tremblay". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
*Villeneuve, André. 2001. "Souffles (Champs II", the Mobile, and the Musical Language of Gilles Tremblay." "Ex tempore" 10, no. 2 (Spring-Summer): 58–147.

External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003466 Gilles Tremblay] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://composers21.com/compdocs/tremblag.htm The Living Composers Project]