Philippe Leroux

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Philippe Leroux (born 24 September 1959) is a French composer living in Montreal, Quebec, who has been identified as "one of the most important composers in contemporary music." [1]

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Biography

Leroux was born in Boulogne-Billancourt. He studied composition starting in 1978 with Ivo Malec, Claude Ballif, Pierre Schaeffer, and Guy Rebeil at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where he obtained three first prizes. [2] He studied at both the Groupe de Recherches Musicales and at IRCAM during this period. [3] He was selected for a residency at the French Academy in Rome from 1993 to 1995. [2]

From 2001 to 2006 he was a composition teacher at IRCAM, in the Cursus d’Informatique Musicale programme. Since 2011 he has been an associate professor in composition at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University.

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ "IRCAM ULYSSES ManiFeste-2016, the Academy – in the Spotlight: Philippe Leroux". community.ulysses-network.eu. Retrieved 2017-04-28.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Composer Philippe Leroux official Website, biography". www.lerouxcomposition.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ↑ Goldman, Jonathan (2015). Trezise, Simon (ed.). "Cultural and generational querelles in the musical domain: music from the Second World War". The Cambridge Companion to French Music: 180–195. doi:10.1017/CCO9780511843242.011. ISBN   9780511843242.
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