Nicolas Gilbert (born 1979) is a Canadian composer from
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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Serge Provost Serge Provost (born August 29, 1952) is a Canadian composer and organist. He has been "recognized as one of the most active Québécois composers of his generation". He also studied at
McGill University
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Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...
with composer John Rea. His music has been performed by "the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Vancouver Symphony, the Polish Radio Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony, the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is one of the world's premier chamber orchestras specializing in contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1989 by Lorraine Vaillancourt, who serves as the ensemble's conducto ...
, the SMCQ, the Molinari Quartet, Quasar, Continuum, and cellist
Matt Haimovitz
Matt Haimovitz (born December 3, 1970) is a cellist based in the United States and Canada. Born in Israel, he grew up in the US from the age of five. He plays mainly a cello made by Matteo Goffriller in 1710.
Family, musical education and ea ...
." He won the 2008 "Composer of the year" Opus Prize awarded by the Quebec Music Council. As well, he has won ten SOCAN Awards for Young Composers.
Since 2002, he has also "served as president of the Société Codes d'accès, a non-profit organization that promotes contemporary music". He has been the composer-in-residence for the Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montréal since 2003.