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Bio of composers > GOUGEON, Denis
 Denis
Gougeon was
born in Granby, Quebec, in 1951. After studies
in musicology at l'École de musique Vincent
D'Indy, he studied composition with André
Prévost and Serge Garant at the Faculty
of Music of the Université de Montréal.
An active composer, he has received numerous
commissions from prestigious ensembles and soloists
across Canada as well as in the United States,
South America and Europe. His music, which is
accessible, dynamic, energetic and also very
melodic, is admired by the public and critics
alike. He likes to emphasize his work with musicians
whom he considers marvelous ambassadors for
the composer.
From 1984 to 1988 he was a lecturer at the Faculty
of Music of the Université de Montréal
and invited professor of composition at McGill
University. In 1984 and 1985 he was also a broadcaster
on the programme "Musiques actuelles"
for Radio-Canada. In January, 1989, the Montreal
Symphony Orchestra appointed him resident composer
– the first person to be named to this
position.Denis Gougeon has a catalogue containing
more than 80 works including six for orchestra,
many chamber music works, vocal compositions,
pieces for solo instruments, and an opera. A
number of his works have been recorded on CD.
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