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About Gilles Gobeil
- Gilles Gobeil (born September 27, 1954) is an electroacoustic music composer from Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada, and currently living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Gobeil received his musical education at the Université de Montréal (Mmus in Composition). His works have been performed in concerts throughout Canada and abroad.
- Gilles Gobeil is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) and co-founder of the concert organization Réseaux. Laureate on the international scene: Métamorphoses Biennal Acousmatic Composition Competition (Belgium, 2002, 2000); CIMESP (International Electroacoustic Music Contest of São Paulo, Brazil, 2001, 1999, 97); Ciber@rt (Valencia, Spain, 1999); Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France, 1999, 89, 88); Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1997, 94); Ars Electronica, Linz (Austria, 1995); Luigi Russolo International Competition, Varese (Italy, 1989, 88, 87); Newcomp Computer Music Competition (USA, 1987); and Brock University Tape Music Competition, St Catharines (Canada, 1985).
- Other honors in national competitions: ?1993 Grand Prize? from SOCAN (the Canadian performing rights society); 1985 Robert Fleming Prize from the Canadian Music Council; and ?Composition Award? from PROCAN (a former Canadian performing rights society) in 1984.
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