Keiko Devaux (born 1982) is a

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composer of

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. She is most noted for her 2021 composition "Arras", which won the

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for Classical Composition of the Year at the

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. She was born in Castlegar,

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to a Japanese-Canadian mother and French father in 1982, and raised in the town of

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. In the 2000s, Devaux was active in the Canadian indie rock scene composing, touring, and recording albums in groups such as The Acorn, which she joined in 2006 on keyboards and marimba, and

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. In 2017 she earned a Master of Music in instrumental composition from the

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with a thesis on the topic of "Musical 'translations' of experience through the interpretation of extra-musical forms and patterns". In 2019 she was the recipient of the inaugural Azrieli Commission for Canadian Music, the largest prize for new music composition in Canada. In 2020 she was awarded a two-year residency at the

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as a Carrefour composer. She won Quebec's prize for composer of the year from Conseil arts et lettres de Quebec and OPUS in 2022. She is currently completing a doctorate in music composition (Composition et création sonore) at

under the direction of Ana Sokolović and Pierre Michaud.

Works

*''Tenebræ'' (2018) for string quartet. 7m. Commissioned by Musica Assoluta. Premiered by members of the Musica Assoluta Ensemble in Hannover, Germany. *''Salt'' (2018) for string quartet. 9m. Premiered by Quartetto Prometeo at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, Italy. *''Ebb'' (2018) for 15 musicians l, hb, cl, b.cl, bsn, hn, tp, tbn, pno, perc, 2vln, vla, vlc, db 15m. Commissioned and premiered by

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at Bain Mathieu, Montréal. *''kintsukuroi'' (2018) piano, percussion, and alto saxophone. 10m. commissioned by Code d’accès. Premiered by Kimihiro Yasaka, David Therrien-Brongo, and Louis-Philippe Bonin at Le Gesù, Montréal. *''Ombra'' (2018) concerto for 5-string baroque cello and string orchestra. 13m. Commissioned and premiered by Ensemble Arkea and soloist Elinor Frey), under the direction of Dina Gilbert at la Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montréal. *''À perte de vue...'' (2018) for symphony orchestra. 9m. Premiered by l’Orchestre de l'Université de Montréal under the direction of

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at La Maison Symphonique, Montréal QC. *''Dust'' (2019) for string quartet. 11m. Premiered by Quartetto Prometeo at the Chigiana Academy in Siena, Italy. *''Arras'' (2020) for 14 musicians l (picc.), ob, cl (bcl), bn, hn, tpt, tbn, perc, pno, 2vn, va, vc, cb 24m. Premiered by

at Salle Bourgie, Montréal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deveaux, Keiko 1982 births Living people 21st-century Canadian composers 21st-century Canadian women musicians Canadian people of Japanese descent Canadian classical composers Canadian indie rock musicians Canadian women composers Musicians from British Columbia Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year winners Franco-Columbian people People from Castlegar, British Columbia