Born in Quebec, Sébastien
Tremblay starts playing the saxophone at age fourteen.
Two years later, he begins formal studies with Pierre Bourque at "Le
Conservatoire de musique de Québec.”
Prize
winner of the Canadian Music Competition in November 1990, he is the
invited soloist by "L'Orchestre du Conservatoire de Québec" with whom
he performs Villa-Lobos'
Fantasia for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra at "Le Grand Théâtre
de Québec.”
He
is awarded the First Prize from "Le Conservatoire" in 1991, and has
since frequently appeared in concert in Quebec, Canada, France, Sweden and
United States. In 1991 also, he
wins the Gérard-Bastien
Price
and, under the direction of Pierick Houdy with whom he studied composition,
graduates with a Second Prize in Musical Writing from "Le Conservatoire de
Québec.”
Scholarship holder from "Le Conseil des Arts du Québec" and from the "Canada Arts Councils,” he lives
in France for three years where he studies saxophone with Jean-Yves
Fourmeau, musical writing and analysis with Marcel Bitsch and Claude Ballif, and
musical composition with Stéphane Delplace.
He obtains the Gold Medal at "L'École Nationale de Musique de Cergy-Pontoise" in June 1995 and the same year, signs
a
contract with "Les Éditions Gerard Billaudot" in Paris, for his Sonata
in E flat for solo saxophone.
In
April 1996, he performs the World Premiere of his own alto saxophone
transcription of the complete Sonatas for solo violin by J.S. Bach.
In 1998, he appears on the CBC-Radio
show (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Tout pour la musique and, helped
by "Le Conseil des Arts du Québec" and the City of Charlesbourg,
lives in New York City to promote his career.
In
1999, he founded the record company Neume Phonographe.
Supported by the Québec Government's program Jeunes Volontaires,
Sébastien produces his first CD recording as a composer and performer, The
Classical Saxophone. This CD
most notably includes his own compositions for alto saxophone and piano.
In
July 2000, he entered the 12th World Saxophone Congress as a
performer and exhibitor, promoting his new musical editions Éditions Neume.
As a result of the congress, the Association of the development of the
saxophone in Catalogna invited him in Tarragona to play in concert and to be
part of the jury for the National Competition for young saxophone player of
Spain.
Sébastien
now mainly
focuses
on his passion, scoring for theater, cinema and television. In 2002, his music composed for the theatrical production
of L’Autre Vie d’Eva has received warm reception from audiences
and critics alike. he has also composed music for two off-Broadway productions in
New York City: Shakespeare's Richard III directed by Ted Mornel (2003)
and Philippe Blanchard's adaptation of Denis Arcand’s movie Decline of the
American Empire ( 2004), both produced at the Gene Frankel Theatre.
He
will be
composing
the
score of Crossing Nirvana, an "Alienated Toad Production" film
in 2007.
Sébastien
is a music professor at the Gatineau Conservatory, in Quebec.
Email him
here!
