Jean Papineau-Couture

Jean Papineau-Couture, CC GOQ (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ papino kutyʁ]; November 12, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic.

[1] Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture.

He first studied privately in Montreal with Gabriel Cusson before entering the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1937.

Returning to Quebec, Papineau-Couture's teaching career started in 1946 when he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he stayed until 1962.

Papineau-Couture received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1994 for his contribution to classical music.