Stéphane Roy is an acousmatic composer. His art esthetics allow him, after thorough experimentations with sound materials, to extract expressive properties and give these works teleological motion. His works have been programmed throughout Europe and the Americas. His latest album, ''L’inaudible'', received the 2019-2020 Prix Opus — Album of the year, Electroacoustic Music.
Born in
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...
, Roy earned both a doctorate degree in electroacoustic composition and a PhD in
musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
from the Université de Montréal. He is the author of ''L'analyse des musiques électroacoustiques: Modèles et propositions'' (published 2003, Paris; 2003-04 Prix Opus — Book of the Year), a book on electroacoustic music analysis.
He has taught composition, auditory perception and electroacoustic music analysis in various universities and music conservatories, in Québec and abroad. Once in a while he gives lectures on electroacoustic music analysis.
Stéphane Roy is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), and his works have been published on audio support by various labels, including empreintes DIGITALes (''Kaleidos'', 1996; ''Migrations'', 2003; ''L’inaudible'', 2019). He lives in Brossard,
Quebec,
Canada.
Recordings
* ''L'inaudible'' (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 19162, 2019)
* ''Migrations'' (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 0373, 2003)
* ''Kaleidos'' (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9630, 1996)
List of works
* ''Après, les cendres'' (2023)
* ''Avec le temps...'' (2022)
* ''Bestiaire à hauteur d'oreille'' (2022), Table de Babel and tape
* ''Les aurores pourpres'' (2019)
* ''Maelström'' (2016)
* ''Voix crépusculaires'' (2014)
* ''Train d'enfer'' (2011)
* ''Les Territoires secrets'' (2008-2019)
* ''Appartenances'' (2003)
* ''La basilique fantôme'' (1998, 2000), guitar and tape
* ''Crystal Music'' (1994)
* ''Inaccessible azur'' (1997), instrumental quartet and tape
* ''Masques et parades'' (2000–2003)
* ''Mimetismo'' (1992), guitar, and tape
[Microsound - Page 318 Curtis Roads - 2004 "Stephane Roy, in his 1992 composition Mimetismo (Empreintes Digitales I MED 9630), explored a particulated world of ..."]
* ''Ondes / Arborescences'' (1987)
* ''Paysages intérieurs'' (1988)
* ''Récit pour cordes'' (1998)
* ''Résonances d'arabesques'' (1990)
* ''Trois petites histoires concrètes'' (1998)
* ''Une âme nue glisse à l'eau vive'' (2005), film:
Denis Chabot / 2005 / 35 mm / colour / animation / 15 min 55 s / no dialogue
References
1959 births
Canadian composers
Canadian male composers
Academic staff of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal
Electroacoustic music composers
Living people
People from Longueuil
People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Université de Montréal alumni
Academic staff of the Université de Montréal
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