Composers » N » Robert Normandeau (Québec, QC, Canada, 1955)

Robert Normandeau holds an MMus and DMus in composition from Université de Montréal, where he studied with Marcelle Deschênes and Francis Dhomont. His work figures on seven solo discs: Lieux inouïs, Tangram, Figures, Clair de terre, Palimpsestes, Puzzles (all on empreintes DIGITALes) and Sonars (Rephlex). He has been awarded three Opus Prizes from the Conseil québécois de la musique. Among his international recognitions are the Golden Nica at the Prix Electronica 1996 (Linz, Austria), First Prize at the Concours international de musiques sacrées 2002 (Fribourg, Switzerland), the production prize at the Giga-Hertz Preis 2010 (Karlsruhe, Germany) and First Prize in mixed music at Musica Nova 14 (Praha, Czech Republic). He was awarded the Masque 2001 for Malina and the Masque 2005 for La cloche de verre, given by the Académie québécoise du théâtre. He is Professor in Electroacoustics Composition at Université de Montréal since 1999.

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