Walter Boudreau » Biography

Montréal, Québec, 1947

• Composer
• Performer (piano, baritone saxophone)
• Conductor

Walter Boudreau

Photo: Pierre Saint-Amand.

Composer and conductor Walter Boudreau has created over sixty works for various types of ensembles, as well as fifteen film scores and two ballets. His works have been performed in Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Finland. In 1998 he was awarded the prix Opus “Composer of the year” (Conseil québécois de la musique). Since 1988 Boudreau has been artistic director and principal conductor of the Ensemble de la Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ). In 1990 he was appointed as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s first composer in residence for a period of three years. Boudreau has directed various contemporary music groups. With Denys Bouliane, he assumed the artistic direction of the Millennium Symphony (2000) and the Montreal/ New Music Festival (MNM) (2003-05-07). Jointly, they received the prix Opus “Musical Event of the year.” Among other distinctions, in 2003 Boudreau was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canadian Council for the Arts, quickly followed in 2004 by the Prix Denise-Pelletier for the performing arts (Prix du Québec).

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