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Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA…

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay has received awards at the following contests:

  • CBC National Radio Competition for Young Composers, Canada: 1999
  • Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 2008
  • Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada): 2015
  • Prix Opus, Québec: 2006
  • SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, Canada: 2001

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (Montréal, 1975) is a composer and performer on bass guitar and electronic devices, in solo and group settings, between electroacoustic music, contemporary jazz, mixed music and improvised music. He also worked in popular music, and practises creative coding. His music is available on empreintes DIGITALes.

He studied composition with Michel Tétreault, Marcelle Deschênes, and Jonty Harrison; bass guitar with Jean-Guy Larin, Sylvain Bolduc, and Michel Donato; analysis with Michel Longtin, and Stéphane Roy; studio technique with Francis Dhomont, Robert Normandeau, and Jean Piché.

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay was Professor of Composition and Improvisation at the University of Huddersfield (England, UK) from 2005 to ’24. In September 2024, he joined the team of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana as a research professor in composition.

He likes spending time with his family, reading prose, and going on long walks. As a founding member of the no-tv collective, he does not own a working television set.

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Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

Montréal (Québec), 1975

Residence: Lugano (Switzerland)

  • Composer
  • Performer (electric bass, laptop)
  • Improviser

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Pierre Alexandre Tremblay [Photo: Alex Bonney, London (England, UK), May 2021]
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay [Photo: Alex Bonney, London (England, UK), May 2021]

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