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Normandeau, Robert
(b. March 11, 1955, Québec). Canadian composer of electroacoustic works that
have been heard throughout the world; he has also composed much incidental
music.
Mr. Normandeau earned his BMus in
electroacoustic music at the Université de Laval in Québec in 1984. He later
earned his MMus in composition in 1988 and DMus in electroacoustic competition
in 1992 (the first doctorate awarded in that category) at the Université de
Montréal, where he studied with Marcelle Deschênes and Francis Dhomont.
He has earned numerous honors,
including awards from the Bourges (1986, 1988, 1993), Phonurgia-Nova (Arles,
1987-88), Luigi Russolo (Varese, 1989-90), Noroit-Léonce Petitot (Arras, 1991,
1994), Stockholm (1992), Prix Ars Electronica (Linz, 1993; Golden Nica, 1996),
Musica Nova (Prague, 1994-95, 1998), and Fribourg (2002) competitions. Most
recently, he received the Composer of the Year and Record of the Year in
Contemporary Music honors from the Conseil québécois de la musique (1999) and
the Masque for best theatre music from the Académie québécoise du théâtre
(2002, for Malina).
He has served residencies at studios
in Belgium (Ohain, 1987; Mons, 1996), France (Bourges, 1988, 1999; Paris, 1990,
1994), Canada (Banff, 1989, 1992-93), and the UK (Belfast, 1997).
From 1986-93, he was active as a
member of the Association pour la création et la diffusion électroacoustiques
du Québec (ACREQ), where he produced the Clair de terre concert series at the Planétarium
de Montréal. In 1987, he co-founded the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)
and in 1991, he co-founded the acousmatic concert society Réseaux, which has
produced the concert series Rien à voir since 1997.
Since 1999, Mr. Normandeau has been an associate professor of electroacoustic music composition at the Université de Montréal.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail
address: robert.normandeau@umontreal.ca
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Roberto Zucco (incidental music, play by Bernard-Marie Koltès),
tape, 1993 (collaboration with Denis Gougeon); La dernière bande/Pas moi
(incidental music, play by Samuel Beckett), tape, 1994; Merz variétés (incidental music, play by Kurt Schwitters), tape,
1995; Quartett (incidental music,
play by Heiner Müller), tape, 1996; Le
pont de pierres et la peau d'images
(incidental music, play by Daniel Danis), tape, 1996; Tartuffe (incidental music, play by Jean-Baptiste Molière), tape,
1997; Nathan le sage (incidental
music, play by Gottfried E. Lessing), tape, 1997 (collaboration with Denis
Gougeon); The Crucible (incidental
music, play by Arthur Miller), tape, 1998; Malina
(incidental music, play by Brigitte Haentjens, after Ingeborg Bachmann), tape,
2000; Electra (incidental music, play
by Sophocles), tape, 2000; Mademoiselle
Julie (incidental music, play by August Strindberg), tape, 2001; Die Hamletmaschine (incidental music,
play by Heiner Müller), tape, 2001; Credo
(incidental music, play by Enzo Cormann), tape, 2001; Antigone (incidental music, play by Sophocles), tape, 2002; Eden Cinéma (incidental music, play by
Marguerite Duras), tape, 2003; Elle est
là (incidental music, play by Nathalie Sarraute), tape, 2003; Farces conjugales (incidental music,
play by Georges Feydeau), tape, 2003
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Le cap de la tourmente, tape, 1985; Matrechka, tape, 1986; La
chambre blanche, tape, 1986; Reliqua
Terræ (sound installation), 1986; Rumeurs
(Place de Ransbeck), tape, 1987; Jeu, tape, 1988; Mémoires vives, tape, 1989; Bédé,
tape, 1990; Éclats de voix, tape,
1991; Tropes, tape, 1991; Tangram, tape, 1992; Spleen, tape, 1993; Le renard et la rose, tape, 1995; Chat noir, tape, 1995; Figures
de rhétorique, piano, tape, 1997; Ellipse,
tape, 1998; Venture, tape, 1998; Clair de terre, tape, 1999; Printemps du Québec (sound
installation), 1999; Malina, tape,
2000; Jeu blanc, flute, tape, 2001; The Flautist, tape, 2001; Erinyes, tape, 2001; Strin(G/D)berg, tape, 2001; Chorus,
tape, 2002
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR): Georges Dyens,
de la sculpture à l'holosculpture, tape, 1985 (Yves Racicot);
Sur le seuil, tape, 2002 (Éric
Tessier)
RADIO PRODUCTIONS: Le petit prince (text by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), tape, 1994; Duo pour voix obstinées (text by Maryse
Pelletier), tape, 1995; Monitoring pour
une planète bleue (texts by Jacques Godbout, Florian Sauvageau), tape, 1996
MULTIMEDIA: Musique holographique, sound holosculptures, 1985
DISCOGRAPHY
Rumeurs (Place de Ransbeck). (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 278046/47, 1989)
Jeu; Le cap de la tourmente; Matrechka;
Mémoires vives; Rumeurs (Place de Ransbeck).
(empreintes DIGITALes: IMED-9802, 1990)
Matrechka (excerpt). (Radio-Canada
International: ACM 37, 1990)
Bédé. (empreintes DIGITALes:
IMED-9004, 1990)
Éclats de voix. (INA/GRM/Noroit: Nor 2,
1991)
Bédé; Éclats de voix; Spleen; Tangram; Tropes. (empreintes DIGITALes: IMED-9920, 1994)
Spleen. (INA/GRM/Noroit: Nor 3,
1994)
Le renard et la rose. (Radio-Canada: MVCD 1091,
1995)
Tangram. (Sombient-Asphodel: 0966,
1996)
La chambre blanche. (¿What Next?: WN0019,
1996)
Le renard et la rose. (ORF, 1996)
Mémoires vives. (ICMC, 1996)
Le renard et la rose; Figures de rhétorique; Venture;
Ellipse. (empreintes DIGITALes:
IMED-9944, 1999)
Le renard et la rose. (empreintes DIGITALes:
IMED-0050, 2000)
Bédé; Éclats de voix; Ellipse; La cap de la tourmente; Matrechka; Spleen. (Rephlex: CAT 116, 2001)
Malina; Erinyes; Clair de terre.
(empreintes DIGITALes: IMED-0157, 2001)
(Last
updated on February 15, 2003)
