Robert Normandeau

Robert Normandeau is Quebec's leading electro-acoustic composer after Francis Dhomont. One generation younger than his teacher, he took his best techniques and pushed them further into the "cinema for the ear." All about climates, drama, and narrative, his works capture the listener's attention, either in concert settings or through his steady output of albums. Born March 11, 1955, in Quebec City, Normandeau followed the academic route to musique concrète: he obtained his bachelor's degree from the Universite Laval (Quebec) in 1984, his master's degree at the Universite de Mo...