Chantale Laplante
Chantale Laplante has a background in classical and jazz piano, and for a few years she was a keyboard player in various pop-rock groups. She studied composition at the Université de Montréal (MMus.), followed privately-held advanced studies with Francis Dhomont (Montral) and with Jonathan Harvey (United Kingdom). She has been composer-in-residence at the Nouvel ensemble moderne (NEM) (Montréal), The Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), the Center for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia (Germany) and the Centre d’artistes Est-Nord-Est in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli (Québec). Her works have been performed in North America and Europe, in festivals, concerts and recitals. Her recent association in duo with the Zurich altist Charlotte Hug has already led to performances in Glasgow, London, Zurich, Victoriaville, Toronto and New York. In addition to her activities as a composer, she teaches music theory and freelances at the french radio of Radio-Canada. More
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Chantale Laplante
Rimouski (Québec), 1956
Residence: Montréal (Québec)
- Composer
- Performer (computer)
- Improviser