My piece Couleurs is going to be performed by the Orchestre de chambre de Montréal on April 16 2013. Wanda Kaluzny is conducting it as a professional premiere at the Salle Bourgie in Montreal. This work is part of the suite Visages commissionned by the Montreal school FACE. More details about the concert.
Read More...Yesterday night (April 2nd), a new page of history was written in the world of ice skating at the Studio La Majeure in Montreal! The Canadian pair skater Eric Radford, the 2013 World bronze medalist with current partner Meagan Duhamel, was at the string recording session listening to the music to be used for their [...]
Read More...Since a couple of weeks, Radio-classique in Montréal and in Québec City are broadcasting the two first movements of my work for string orchestra : Suite du promeneur. These excerpts are taken from the album Dimensions.
Read More...(This article was published by the Canadian Music Educator, Volume 54 – Number 3 – Spring 2013) Last summer I had the opportunity to live an experience that brought together the joy of meeting new people with the thrill of creation. I had the luck – and the challenge – to direct a group of [...]
Read More...My piano piece, Allez, viens!, has been videotaped and will be on the website of the Centre de musique canadienne au Québec (CMC Québec). The music is part of an edition of two piano pieces. The other one is Presso by my colleague Denis Dion. His music took the first prize of the the first [...]
Read More...A «classical» music album’s life spans is long. And it is why the critics are also picking up along. Here is the most recent critic about the album Dimensions on which two of my string orchestra pieces can be heard : Couleurs and Suite du promeneur. Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Read More...I had the opportunity to present some of my composition’s technics elements at the Congrès International de la Fédération des Festivals Eurochestries held in Lencloître in France from January 25th to the 27th. The congress brought together representatives from China, Russia, Spain, Brasil and England. All playing a great role into the making of Eurochestries Festival [...]
Read More...I am really proud to be part of the first edition of the Concours de musiques québécoises CMC Québec presented by Québecor. My piano piece Allez, viens! is going to be published alongside the winning piece Presso composed by my colleague Denis Dion whom I congratulate. This is the first association between Québecor and the [...]
Read More...Press release Laval, August 30, 2012 – For twelve magical days and nights, August 2 – 14, audiences attending Festival Eurochestries Charente Maritime (in French) concerts in southwest France warmly applauded Laval composer Louis Babin and the Laval Youth String Orchestra (OCJL) directed by Manon Reddy. This summer the Eurochestries festival series took place in [...]
Read More...Here is the video of the World Premiere of my piece for orchestra given at the Saint-Gervais Chuch in Jonzac, August 12th 2012 : Saint-Exupéry : de cœur, de sable et d’étoiles. It was a commissioned by the Festival des Eurochestries en Charente-Maritime. The Festival theme was : Saint-Exupéry : Homage to his works. The [...]
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