Denis Gougeon

His more than 80 compositions encompass a wide variety of genres, including orchestral works, chamber music, opera, ballet, and pieces for solo instruments and voice.

He later entered the Université de Montréal (UdeM) where he studied music composition with Serge Garant and André Prévost.

[3] In 2000 he won the Opus Prize for Composer of the Year from the Conseil québécois de la musique.

In 2010 he composed an orchestral work, Phénix;[6] that year Toy no 1 (Music Box) by Gougeon was awarded the first prize of a three-year-long composition competition organized by Radio France, the Shanghai Media Group and the International Spring Music Festival.

[4][7][8] In 2013 the Société Musique Contemporaine de Québec featured a number of Gougeon's works in its performances.