Denis Gougeon (born November 16, 1951) is a Canadian composer and music educator . His more than 80 compositions encompass a wide variety of genres, including orchestral works, chamber music , opera , ballet , and pieces for solo instruments and voice. Notable ensembles to have included his compositions in their performance repertoire include the Bavarian State Ballet , the Canadian Opera Company , the I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra , Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne , New Music America , the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet , the Quebec Contemporary Music Society , and the Vancouver New Music Society.
5-469: Gougeon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Denis Gougeon (born 1951), Canadian composer and music educator Jan Gougeon , American sailboat designer Gougeon 32 , American catamaran design by Jan Gougeon Joel Gougeon (born 1943), American politician [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Gougeon . If an internal link intending to refer to
10-579: A primarily self-taught composer. He later entered the Université de Montréal (UdeM) where he studied music composition with Serge Garant and André Prévost . From 1984 to 1988 Gougeon taught music composition at McGill University . In 1989 he became the first composer-in-residence of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , holding that post until 1992. In 2000 he won the Opus Prize for Composer of
15-524: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gougeon&oldid=1087145376 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Denis Gougeon Born in Granby, Quebec , Gougeon began his career as
20-589: The Year for his Clere Vénus . In 2010 he composed an orchestral work, Phénix ; that year Toy no 1 (Music Box) by Gougeon was awarded the first prize of a three-year-long composition competition organized by Radio France , the Shanghai Media Group and the International Spring Music Festival. The piece is written for traditional Chinese instruments and a symphonic orchestra . In 2013
25-606: The Year from the Conseil québécois de la musique. In 2001 Gougeon joined the music faculty at the Université de Montréal. Among his notable pupils is composer Analia Llugdar . He won the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada 's Jan V. Matejcek Concert Music Award for three consecutive years (2001, 2002, 2003). In 2007 he won the Juno Award for Classical Composition of
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