Gilles Fresnais





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  • ISEA2015

    • Gilles Fresnais was a member of the GRM [Groupe de Recherches Musicales, INA]
      from 1970 to 1974, and participated as an assistant in the electroacoustic music composition class at the Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris, France, headed by Pierre Schaeffer. He actively participated in producing the “Autodafé” soundtrack as well as producing performances by Maurice Ohana at Lyon Opera under the direction of Theodor Guschlbauer and Claire Gibault, and worked on movie soundtracks on behalf of GRM in the “cellule de musique pour l’image” (music cell for images). A resident of Québec since 1974, he has participated in many concerts and took up composing again in 2010 using new digital audio methods.

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