André Ristic
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Canada
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
player, and music theorist. He has won several awards, including the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
The Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music is a Canadian contemporary classical music award given to composers in recognition of quality new works of chamber music. Granted annually since 1978 , the prize is won through a competition administered by the Canadian Music Centre...
in 2000 for his work Catalogue de bombes occidentales, the Prix opus for Composer of the Year in 2002, and the Prix Québec-Flandre in 2003.
Born in Quebec City
Quebec City
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, Ristic's parents originated from Poland
Poland
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and Montenegro
Montenegro
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. He began his professional studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
in mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, eventually transferring to the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he studied piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, harpsichord
Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
, and musical composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
. His background in mathematics has had an impact on his work as a music theorist, with a particular interest being the mathematical representation of sound. Since 1993 he has applied himself to research in video synchronisation by the algorithmic numerical analysis of audio data.
In the mid 1990s Ristic served as the pianist for the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal. In 1998 he co-founded the chamber ensemble Trio Fibonacci with Gabriel Prynn and Julie-Anne Derome
Julie-Anne Derome
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, performing and composing music for the group until 2006. The ensemble notably won the Prix opus in 2001. As a pianist, he is regularly invited by many contemporary music festivals and Canadian orchestras. He has also commissioned several pieces by other composers of his generation, such as Pierre Kolp
Pierre Kolp
Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue, born in Cologne , 23 March 1969.-Biography:After obtaining a mathematics and science diploma, Kolp studied organ and composition , Belgium...
, Petar Klanac, Yannick Plamendon, Moritz Eggert
Moritz Eggert
Moritz Eggert is a German composer and pianist.- Life :Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt , at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München...
and Enno Poppe
Enno Poppe
Enno Poppe is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher.-Professional career:...
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After quiting Trio Fibonacci in 2006, Ristic played for one year with the C.O.R.E.
C.O.R.E.
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures was a film and television computer animation special effects studio, which has branched out into fully animated television series and feature films. On March 15, 2010 the company announced it was suspending operations and shut down....
Ensemble in Toronto
Toronto
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. In 2008 he moved to Brussels
Brussels
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to join the piano faculty at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Brussels)
Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Brussels)
The Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique exists from the beginning of the fifties. In 1975, the State of Belgium recognizes it as a National Institution of Musical Education. It is located in the old "Doctor Van Neck's hospital", first work of the famous Belgian architect Antoine Pompe...
where he currently remains. In Belgium he actively performs with the Ictus Ensemble
Ictus Ensemble
Ictus Ensemble is a Belgian orchestra, founded by Jean-Luc Plouvierin 1994, specialising in Contemporary classical music...
in Brussels and with the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles in Mons.
Composer
A prolific composer, André Ristic has written music for orchestra, chamber and solo instrumental music, as well as music for movies or installations in museums. His catalogue numbers several dozen works for diverse combinations and situations. As a music theoretician, he has developed the mathematical representation of sound and some model codes to produce music by signal theory. In his works, one can easily find numeric implement researches aiming to develop new technics of vectoral geometryGeometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
. André Ristic has received commissions from the Ensemble TUYO, the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, Black Jackets Company and from concert artiists Marc Couroux, Stephane Ginsburgh
Stephane Ginsburgh
Stephane Ginsburgh is a Belgian pianist.- Studies:Ginsburgh was born in Brussels. After graduating from the Royal Music Conservatories of Mons and Liège in piano and chamber music, Ginsburgh studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Vitaly Margulis and particularly Claude Helffer in Paris for contemporary...
, and Trio Fibonacci. He composed music for Stephan Miljevic’s feature film, Monsieur, Monsieur et Sonia.
Ristic's style underlines musical optimism by setting up theatre and stage elements in the music he creates or he performs.
Affiliations
AMP represents the music of Paul SteenhuisenPaul Steenhuisen
Paul Steenhuisen is an independent composer working with a broad range of acoustic and digital media. His concert music consists of orchestral, chamber, solo, and vocal music, and often includes live electronics and soundfiles. Additionally, he creates electroacoustic, radio, and installation...
, Howard Bashaw
Howard Bashaw
Howard Bashaw is a composer of acoustic music; and a Professor of Music at the University of Alberta.Bashaw graduated as a Master of Music in 1984 and a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1989 from the University of British Columbia. He also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts where he won the Banff...
, Keith Hamel
Keith Hamel
Keith Hamel is a composer, software designer, and professor of music. His music consists of orchestral, chamber, solo, and vocal music, often focussing on live electronics and interactivity between acoustic instruments and computer.-Education:Keith Hamel studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music...
, Bob Pritchard, James Harley
James Harley
James Harley is a Canadian composer, author, and professor of music born in Vernon, British Columbia. His creative output consists of orchestral, chamber, solo, electroacoustic, and vocal music...
, André Ristic, Gordon Fitzell
Gordon Fitzell
Gordon Fitzell is a composer, concert organizer, and professor of music. His catalog consists of solo, chamber and electroacoustic music, including open and improvisatory works.-Biography:...
, and Aaron Gervais
Aaron Gervais
Aaron Gervais is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music.Aaron Gervais was born and grew up in Edmonton. He studied jazz performance at Grant MacEwan College and the University of Toronto, and composition at the University of Alberta, the University of Toronto, and UCSD. He currently...
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