Patrick Saint-Denis

Patrick Saint-Denis (1975) studied composition at conservatories in Quebec city, Montreal and The Hague. His works have been played by ensembles including: the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM), the Bozzini quartett, the Continuum Ensemble, the Mont-Royal Quintett, the Nederlands Vocaal-lab. He received many prizes including the Jules-Léger prize in 2004 and 5 prizes (including 4 firts prizes) at the Socan Foundation’s young composers competition beetween 2001 and 2005. His music has been played at festivals, such as the International Gaudeamus Music Week (The Netherlands, 2003, 2004), Montreal Nouvelles Musiques (Canada, 2005) and the ISCM World Music Days in Zagreb (Croatia, 2005). He received support from the Canada council for the arts and from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

His recent works are oriented towards the use of new techologies in multimedia and interactive contexts.