Gilles Gobeil
Gilles Gobeil (born September 27, 1954) is an electroacoustic music composer from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada, and currently living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] Gobeil received his musical education at the Université de Montréal (Mmus in Composition).
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.
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.
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)
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
References
- Paland, Ralph. 2009. "Gilles Gobeil". Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG), 40. Nachlieferung (11/2009), Munich 2009. pp. 1–2; ISBN 978-3-86916-010-8
- _____. "In akusmatischer Nacht: Elektroakustische Proust-Bilder franko-kanadischer Komponisten im poetologischen Kontext der Musique acousmatique." Marcel Proust und die Musik: Beiträge des Symposions der Marcel Proust Gesellschaft in Wien im November 2009. edited $$by Albert Gier. Berlin: Insel Verlag, 2012. pp. 233–284. ISBN 978-3-458-17459-2
- http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/gobeil_gi/ (with permission)
- Couture, François. "Biography: Gilles Gobeil". AMG. Retrieved 13 May 2010.