Gilles Gobeil

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Gilles Gobeil is an electroacoustic music composer born September 27, 1954 in Sorel, Canada, and currently living in Montréal, Canada.

Contents 1 Recordings 2 List of Works 3 External links 4 References

Musical studies at the Université de Montréal (Mmus in Composition).

Laureate on the international scene: Métamorphoses Biennal Acousmatic Composition Competition (Belgium, 2002, 2000); CIMESP (International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo, Brazil, 2001, 1999, 97); Ciber@rt (Valencia, Spain, 1999); Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France, 1999, 89, 88); Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1997, 94); Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria, 1995); Luigi Russolo International Competition, Varese (Italy, 1989, 88, 87); Newcomp Computer Music Competition (USA, 1987); and Brock University Tape Music Competition, St Catharines (Canada, 1985). Other honors in national competitions: “1993 Grand Prize” from SOCAN (the Canadian performing rights society); “1985 Robert Fleming Prize” from the Canadian Music Council; and “Composition Award” from PROCAN (a former Canadian performing rights society) in 1984.

His works have been performed in concerts throughout Canada and abroad. Gilles Gobeil is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and co-founder of the concert organization Réseaux.

[edit] Recordings

• Trilogie d'ondes (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 0576, 2005)
• Le contrat with René Lussier (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 0372, 2003)
• … dans le silence de la nuit… (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 0155, 2001)
• La mécanique des ruptures (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9421, 1994)

[edit] List of Works

• Associations libres (1990), electric guitar, and tape
• Le contrat (1996-2003)
• Derrière la porte la plus éloignée… (1998)
• Éclats de perle (2002)
• Entre les deux rives du printemps (2006)
• Là où vont les nuages… (1990-91), ondes Martenot, interactive system, and tape
• Nous sommes heureux de… (1992)
• Nuit cendre (1995)
• Ombres, espaces, silences… (2005)
• La perle et l'oubli (1999-2002), ondes Martenot, and tape
• Point de passage (1997)
• Projet Proust (1995, 2001)
• Rivage (1986)
• Soledad (1998, 2000), guitar, and tape
• Traces (1985)
• Le vertige inconnu (1993-94)
• La ville machine (1992)
• Voix blanche (1988-89), ondes Martenot, and tape

[edit] External links

• His biography on electrocd.com

[edit] References

• http://www.electrocd.com/bio.e/gobeil_gi.html (with permission)