5. Transfert I - Music

Francis Dhomont Born In Paris In 1926 Died In Avignon In 2023 Is A French Composer Of Electroacoustic / Acousmatic Music And Musique Concrete. He Studied Under Ginette Waldmeier Charles Koechlin And Nadia Boulanger. In The Late 40’s In Paris France He Intuitively Discovered With Magnetic Tape What Schaeffer Would Later Call “musique Concrète” And Consequently Conducted Solitary Experiments With The Musical Possibilities Of Sound Recording. Later Leaving Behind Instrumental Writing He Dedicated Himself Exclusively To Electroacoustic Composition. An Ardent Proponent Of Acousmatics His Work Since 1963 Is Comprised Exclusively Of Works For Tape Bearing Witness To His Continued Interest In Morphological Interplay And Ambiguities Between Sound And The Images It May Create. The Conseil Des Arts Et Des Lettres Du Québec Has Recently Awarded Him A Prestigious Career Grant. In 1999 He Was Awarded Five First Prizes For Four Of His Recent Works At International Competition Brazil Spain Italy Hungary And Czech Republic . In 1997 As The Winner Of The Canada Council For The Arts’ Lynch-Staunton Prize He Was Also Supported By The DAAD For A Residence In Berlin Germany . Five-Time Winner At The Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition France — The Magisterium Prize In 1988 — And 2nd Prize At Prix Ars Electronica 1992 Linz Austria He Has Received Numerous Other Awards. read less