André Prévost (composer)
André Prévost | |
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Born | Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada | 30 July 1934
Died | 27 January 2001 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged 66)
Occupation(s) | composer and music educator |
Awards | Order of Canada |
André Prévost,
Early life and education
He was born in
Prévost was trained at the
Career
During the 1960s Prévost taught at the
Performances
In April 1967, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Montreal Festival Choir conducted by Pierre Hétu performed Prévost's major oratorio Terre des hommes, text by Michèle Lalonde, at the Place des arts opening ceremonies of the Expo 67 world's fair in Montreal, attended by the official delegations of the participating countries.[7] The work strongly projected French writer's Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 'idealist rhetoric',[8] and the designation "Terre Des Hommes" ("Man and his World") was applied to the entire Expo 67 world exposition.
In 1985, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Ronald Turini performed the world premiere of Prévost's Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano.[9][10]
Prévost composed a cello concerto Menuhin: Présence in 2000.[11]
University position
From the mid-1970s until his retirement in 1996, he was a professor of music at the Université de Montréal.[12][13] Among his notable students were composers José Evangelista, Denis Gougeon, Anne Lauber, José Manuel Montañés, and Michel Longtin.[14][15]
Compositional style
His composition style has been compared to that of Alban Berg and he was regarded as a relatively conservative composer, similar to his contemporary Jacques Hétu.[16]
Personal
Prévost died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[5]
References
- ^ "Trois noms, deux salles, un débat". TopoLocal, Charles Michaud, 6 May 2016
- ^ "Hommage à la musique mélodique et rêveuse de José Evangelista". Radio Canada International, Paloma Martínez | 29 September 2017
- ^ oxfordindex.oup.com, Grove Music Online
- ^ "PRÉVOST, ANDRÉ, 1934- MUS 264". Music Archives at the National Library of Canada.
- ^ a b André Prévost at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ISBN 978-1-317-09714-3. p. 284–.
- ^ André Prévost - Terre Des Hommes (1967) world premiere.| Michelle Rossignol (speaker), Albert Millaire (speaker), the Montreal Festival Choir, Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra., retrieved 22 March 2024
- ^ Krôller, Eva-Marie. "Expo '67: Canada's Camelot?"[permanent dead link] Canadian Literature, Spring–Summer 1997, Issue 152–153, pp. 36–51.
- ^ Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello) and Ronald Turini (piano):André Prévost Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano | Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi , Ronald Turini, retrieved 28 February 2024
- ^ Recital. https://www.soundset.com/album_files/DO505/jacues_hetu.pdf
- ^ André Prévost - Menuhin: Présence - 2000| Lorraine Vaillancourt, chef d'orchestre, Stéphane Tétreault, violoncelle, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), retrieved 22 March 2024
- ^ "Denis Gougeon: Happy is He Who ...". La Scena, by Réjean Beaucage / 1 September 2013
- ISBN 978-1-4597-1481-6. p. 215–.
- ^ scena.org "Irresistibly Infectious - André Prévost (1934–2001)". La Scena, Marie Trudel / 1 March 2001
- ^ "André Prévost fonds". collectionscanada.gc.ca
- ISBN 978-1-58046-485-7. p. 31–.