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Bio of composers > BOUDREAU, Walter
 A
prolific composer, Walter Boudreau has
a catalogue of more than forty works written
for both chamber ensemble and orchestra, as
well as film and ballet scores. Born in Montreal
in 1947, he studied piano and saxophone and
was, by age 18, leading his own jazz quartet,
with which he also made several recordings.
Attracted to writing, Walter Boudreau studied
analysis with Bruce Mather at McGill University
in Montreal, and then analysis and composition
with Gilles Tremblay at the Montreal Conservatory
of Music and with Serge Garant at the University
of Montreal.
With numerous grants from the Canada Arts Council,
he studied both in Europe and in the US with
Mauricio Kagel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György
Ligeti, Olivier Messiæn, Iannis Xenakis
and Pierre Boulez.
In 1974, he was the winner of the first Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation Young Composer's Contest,
and in 1982 became the youngest recipient of
the coveted Jules-Léger Prize for new
music, with l'Odyssée du Soleil, for
brass instruments. In 1991, his Golgot(h)a,
written for brass, percussion, organ, digital
choir and sampled solo voice, received in Paris
Le Grand Prix Paul-Gilson from La Communauté
des radios publiques de langue française.
Artistic Director and Conductor of the Montreal
based Société de Musique Contemporaine
du Québec since 1988, Walter Boudreau
has conducted various ensembles and orchestras
throughout Canada in the performance and recording
of new music.
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