Francis Dhomont

He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (1989) and a Founding Member (1986) and Honorary Member (1989) of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC). Always active, he now focuses on composition and theory.

Francis Dhomont studied under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger. In the late 40's, he intuitively discovered 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. Five-time winner at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France)--where he was also awarded the Magisterium prize in 1988--and laureate of a Distinction (2nd prize) at the Prix Ars Electronica 1992 (Linz, Austria), he has received numerous other international prizes and awards. His theoretical texts and essays are regularly published in various international journals. He is the editor of "L'espace du son" (The Space of Sound)--two special issues published by Musiques & Recherches (Belgium)--and of "Électroacoustique Québec: l'essor" (Québec Electroacoustics: The Expansion)--Volume IV of "Circuit" (Montreal). He is also lecturer and the author of many radio programs for Radio-Canada and Radio-France.

Since 1978, he has divided his time between France and Québec, where he has taught electroacoustic composition at the Université de Montreal until 1996.

An ardent proponent of acousmatic art, his work (since 1963) is comprised essentially of works for tape bearing witness to his continued interest in morphological interplay and sense/sound ambiguities.