Gilles Gobeil
After studies in music theory, Gilles Gobeil completed his master’s in composition at Université de Montréal. Since 1985, he has concentrated on the creation of acousmatic and mixed works. His compositions approach what is known as “cinéma pour l’oreille” (cinema for the ear); many of them are inspired by literary works and seek to “visualize” them through the medium of sound. He is the recipient of more than 20 prizes in Canada and abroad; Gobeil has been Composer-in-Residence at The Banff Centre, Bourges, GRM, Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, and was Guest Composer in the DAAD’s Artists-in-Berlin Program in 2008. Gobeil is currently a professor of music technology at Drummondville CEGEP, and has been Guest Professor of electroacoustics at the Université de Montréal and at the Montréal Conservatory. He is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) and co-founder of Réseaux, an association dedicated to the production of Media Art events.