Jimmie LeBlanc (born 1977) is a Canadian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

specializing in instrumental and mixed music. His music has been performed throughout his native country and internationally, including by the

Ensemble Contrechamps Ensemble Contrechamps is a Swiss ensemble for new music based in Geneva and created in 1980 by Philippe Albèra. The ensemble's current artistic director is Swiss percussionist and composer Serge Vuille, who took over in 2018. The ensemble has pr ...

, Hwaum Chamber Ensemble, Kore Ensemble, Les Enfants Terribles,

Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is one of the world's premier chamber orchestras specializing in contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1989 by Lorraine Vaillancourt, who serves as the ensemble's conducto ...

, Pentaèdre, Quatuor Bozzini, and the Trio Fibonacci, and many soloists.

Early life and education

LeBlanc was born in

Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon () is a district (''secteur'') within Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest borough of the city of Lévis. Its population as of the Canada 2011 Census The 2011 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian pop ...

. His initial musical training was as a pop and jazz guitarist. He then pursued studies in

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and

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at the

Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (, CMQM) is a music conservatory located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In addition to the Montreal region, the school takes in students from nearby cities, including Granby, Joliette, St-Jean ...

. He completed a

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degree at the

Schulich School of Music The Schulich School of Music (also known as Schulich) is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 555, Rue Sherbrooke Ouest (555, Sherbrooke Street West). The faculty was named after the ...

McGill University McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter,Frost, Stanley Brice. ''McGill University, Vol. I. For the Advancement of Learning, ...

Career

In 2007 LeBlanc was a finalist in the 4th Seoul International Competition for Composers. In 2008 he received the Lutoslawski Award. In 2009 he was awarded the

Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music The Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music is a Canadian contemporary classical music award given to composers in recognition of quality new works of chamber music. Granted annually since 1978 (with the exception of 1984 and 1990 when no prize was ...

for the work ''L’Espace intérieur du monde''."Prix et nominations pour McGill"
''Ici Radio Canada'', 16 December 2009 LeBlanc is the author of ''Luigi Nono et les chemins de l'écoute'' (L'Harmattan, 2010), and of "Xenakis' Æsthetic Project: the Paradoxes of a Formalist Intuition" (''Xenakis Matters'', Pendragon Press, 2012), and has contributed two chapters to ''La création musicale au Québec'' (PUM, 2014). He is member of the ''Circuit – musiques contemporaines'' editorial board, responsible of the cahiers d’analyse section, and regular member of the Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique (OICRM). He taught composition at Conservatoire de musique de Montréal from 2016 to 2021, and is currently professor of composition at Université de Montréal.

References

External links

Official Website of Jimmie LeBlanc
1977 births Living people Canadian male composers Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal alumni Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music winners Canadian classical composers McGill University School of Music alumni Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-composer-stub