Michel Longtin (born 20 May 1946) is a Canadian composer and

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based in Montreal. An associate of the

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and a member of the

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, he won the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in 1986 for ''Pohjatuuli''.

Early life and education

Longtin was born in

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. He studied theatre arts, earning a

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from the Collège des Eudistes in 1967. During the summers of 1963-1964 he also studied theatre at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He then pursued studies in computer science, stage directing, and music at the

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(UM) from 1968 to 1973, ultimately earning a

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in composition. His mentor at the school was composer André Prévost. In the summer of 1971 he studied for a short time with

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. That year he won a BMI Student Composer Award. He continued studies in the graduate composition program at the UM with Prévost and

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, earning a Master of Music in 1975 and a

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in 1982.

Career

Longtin's early compositions were mainly electronic music. From 1971 to 1975 Longtin worked at the

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studio of

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with Paul Pedersen,

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, and

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. While studying at the University of Montreal he also con-currently worked on the music faculty of the UM from 1973 to 2008, teaching composition. In 1988 Longtin's compositions were performed by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in Montreal. In 1995 his commissioned composition "Sursolitudes" was performed by the Montreal ensemble I Musici in Buffalo, New York. His work has also been commissioned and performed by the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal."World-renowned conductor awarded Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal"
''Radio Canada International'', By Levon Sevunts , 25 May 2018

References

External links

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