Stéphane Roy: biography
Stéphane Roy (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, 1959)
• residence: Greenfield Park, Québec
• composer
After having straddled the world of literature and fine arts for several years, Stéphane Roy chose to devote himself fully to electroacoustic music. The malleable richness of certain pictorial works sparked his imagination and strongly influenced his concept of an acousmatic art. Unstable spaces, kineticism of sonic forms, shimmering vibrations of colors and contrasts of characters have dominated his compositions ever since.
The works of Stéphane Roy have been awarded prizes at numerous competitions such as Newcomp (USA, 1989), Luigi Russolo (Italy, 1989, 1992), Bourges (France, 1991), Noroit-Léonce Petitot (France, 1994) and Prix Ars Electronica (Austria, 1992). He has also been awarded prizes from the Canadian Music Society (1987) and the 8th CBC National Competition for Young Composers (1988). A grant recipient of the Canada Council [for the Arts] as well as the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, he has been invited on several occasions to present his works in Europe (France, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland) and the Americas (United States, Columbia, Argentina).
Stéphane Roy completed a doctorate in composition under the guidance of Francis Dhomont and Jean-Jacques Nattiez and since 1989 has taught at the Université de Montréal. He was a visiting composer at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics) at Stanford University (USA) in 1992-93. He is an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), and member of both the International Computer Music Association (ICMA) and the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC).
Stéphane Roy
