André Ristic (born December 19, 1972) is a Canadian composer, pianist, accordion player, and

music theorist Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

. He has won several awards, including 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 ...

in 2000 for his work ''Catalogue de bombes occidentales'', the Prix Opus for Composer of the Year in 2002, and the Prix Québec-Flandre in 2003.

Life and career

Born in

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, Ristic's parents originated from

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and

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. He began his professional studies at the

Université du Québec à Montréal The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québe ...

in mathematics, and at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, where he studied piano, harpsichord, and musical composition. His background in mathematics has influenced his work as a music theorist, with a particular interest being the mathematical representation of sound. In the early 1990s, he applied himself to research in video synchronisation by the algorithmic numerical analysis of audio data. Later on, the use of mathematical models in his compositions took various forms, usually mixing simple musical material with sophisticated systems such as the

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. In the mid-1990s, Ristic served as the pianist for the

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. In 1998, he co-founded the chamber ensemble Trio Fibonacci with

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and

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, performing and composing music for the group until 2006. The ensemble notably won the Prix Opus in 2001. As a pianist, he is regularly invited by many contemporary music festivalsColloque 1999
, Printemps du Québec,

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, Festival de Strasbourg et Festival de Aldeburghbr> Festival Montréal/ Nouvelles Musiques
(MNM) and Canadian orchestras. He has also commissioned, premiered, or championed several pieces by other composers of his generation, such as

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, Moritz Eggert, and

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. Ristic played for many years with the KORE Ensemble in Montreal (2000–2007). In 2004, he moved to

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

to join the piano faculty at the

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. Ristic quit the Fibonacci Trio in 2006. In Belgium, he performs with the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles in Mons.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ristic, Andre 1972 births Living people Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal alumni Canadian classical pianists Male classical pianists Canadian classical musicians Canadian male composers Musicians from Quebec City Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music winners Canadian classical composers Canadian people of Montenegrin descent Canadian people of Polish descent Polish people of Montenegrin descent Canadian male pianists