Patrick Saint-Denis (born 1975) is a Canadian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

based in

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. His works have been performed at music festivals in North America, Europe, and Asia. His composition, ''Les dits de Victoire'', was awarded first prize in the

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...

young composers competition in 2003 and 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 2004. He also won the SOCAN competition in 2002 for his

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

l work, ''Le discours aux animaux'' and received honors for his ''Berceuse pour enfants perdus'' for chamber orchestra and female voice in 2003. Born in

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, Saint-Denis is a graduate of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, the

Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec (CMQQ) is a music conservatory located in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Founded by the Quebec government in 1944, it became the second North American music institution of higher learning to be en ...

, and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Among his principal teachers are

Louis Andriessen Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although ...

Clarence Barlow Clarence Barlow (also Klarenz, born 27 December 1945) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. Career Barlow was one of the founders of Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln. In 1988 he was the director of music at the Internatio ...

, and Serge Provost. His works combine music, live audio-visual processing and robotics.

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Patrick Saint-Denis
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Biography of Patrick Saint-Denis at the Société de musique contemporaine du QuébecComplete Catalogue Holdings for Patrick Saint-Denis
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Canadian Music Centre The Canadian Music Centre was founded in 1959 by a group of Canadian composers who saw a need to create a repository for Canadian music. It now holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music, and works to promote the music of its As ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Denis, Patrick 1975 births Living people Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni Canadian male composers Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal alumni Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec alumni Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music winners Canadian classical composers Pupils of Louis Andriessen