22 février 2005
PATRICK SAINT-DENIS WINS 2004 JULES LÉGER PRIZE FOR NEW CHAMBER MUSIC
Ottawa

The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Music Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada announced today that composer Patrick Saint-Denis is the winner of the 2004 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music.

The Quebec City native received the prize for his composition Les dits de Victoire, a work for string octet. The prize will be presented during the Montreal/New Music International Festival, at the Quatuor Bozzini concert on Saturday, March 5 at 9:15 p.m., in Salle Pierre Mercure at the Centre Pierre Péladeau, 300 de Maisonneuve Boulevard East, in Montreal. Quatuor Bozzini, assisted by additional string players, will perform Les dits de Victoire. The concert will be broadcast, at a future date yet to be determined, on the new music show hosted by Mario Paquet, Sundays at 10 p.m. on Radio-Canada's Espace Musique and on Two New Hours, hosted by Larry Lake, also on Sundays at 10 p.m., on CBC Radio Two...

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