Yves Daoust » Biography

Longueuil, Québec, 1946

Yves Daoust

Yves Daoust entered the Conservatoire de Musique in Montréal at the age of twenty, where he studied piano with Irving Heller and composition with Gilles Tremblay. He continued his training with a two year stint at the IMEB (Institut International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges), and after returning to Montréal, he worked as a sound designer for the National Film Board of Canada (1976 to 1979). As an active member of the professional music scene, Daoust pioneered developments in electroacoustic music in Canada, and contributed to the founding and development of various organizations devoted to the promotion and dissemination of this type of music, including ACREQ (Association pour la Création et la Recherche électroacoustiques du Québec), which he directed for almost ten years.

Daoust’s compositional output draws on almost every aspect of the medium. He has worked in film and stage music (including a number of collaborative efforts, with the Mimes Omnibus company in particular) as well as multi-disciplinary events. His concert music ranges in genre from studio-produced electroacoustic pieces, to instrumental and multi-media works, and including electroacoustic compositions synthesized in real time. Daoust has served as professor at the Conservatoire de Musique et d’Art dramatique du Québec since 1980.