Stéphane Roy

Stéphane Roy is an acousmatic composer. His art esthetics allow him, after thorough experimentations with sound materials, to extract expressive properties and give these works teleological motion.

Stéphane Roy is also a musicologist. He has written a number of papers and a book on the analysis of electroacoustic music (L’Harmattan, Paris, 2003), which earned him the 2003-04 Prix Opus — Book of the Year. His works have won several awards and mentions in national and international electroacoustic composition competitions. His album L’inaudible received the 2019-20 Prix Opus — Album of the year — Actuelle and Electroacoustic Music. His works have been programmed throughout Europe and the Americas.

He holds a doctorate in electroacoustic composition and a PhD in musicology, both from Université de Montréal. He has taught at the Université de Montréal, at Queen’s University (Ontario), and music conservatories both in Québec and abroad. From time to time, he gives lectures on his work.

Stéphane Roy is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), and his works have been published by various labels, including empreintes DIGITALes (Kaleidos, 1996; Migrations, 2003; L’inaudible, 2019). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Groupe Le Vivier.

[English translation: François Couture, i-25]