Simon Martin
photo by Maxime Boisvert
“Musique d’art pour cor, trombone, tuba et électronique” (2017)
Performances
31 May + 1 June 2017
Espace Aline-Letendre – Église du Gesù
1202 Rue de Bleury
Montréal
QC H3B 3J3
“Cuivres” (2016)
Performances
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER 2016
FESTSPIELHAUSE HELLERAU
Nancy Spero Saal
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 56
01109 Dresden
Simon Martin
Born in 1981 in Rouyn-Noranda (Québec), Simon Martin is a composer and producer of contemporary concert music. As the founding director of Projections libérantes (2011), he has completed four productions to this day. Musique d’art pour trompette, cor, trombone, euphonium et électronique, an international coproduction between Projections libérantes and Ensemble Musikfabrik, will be premiered in 2021.
Following in the footsteps of American composers Harry Partch, La Monte Young and James Tenney, Martin’s music increasingly focuses on just intonation. The narrative of his work is chiselled directly from the subject matter, leading to a quest for the perfection of harmony which simultaneously becomes a wellspring of beauty and drama.
In 2016, Martin was presented with $10,000 by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec as the winner of the 2014-2015 Opus Prize — Composer of the year. His articles have been published by many magazines and newspapers (notably, Le Devoir, Spirale, Argument).
He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University, supported by a $90,000 grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec — Société et culture (FRQSC).