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Canadian composer, avant-garde musician and artist
Sonia Paço-Rocchia
/so.ˈnja ˈpa.so ˈrɔ.kja/ , born in 1982 in
Montreal , is a
composer ,
multidisciplinary artist ,
improviser ,
bassoonist and
creative coder .
After graduating in
mixed music composition from the
Université de Montréal in 2005,
[1] she began her career in Europe, where she was based mainly in
London . She later moved to the
Laurentides region
[2] in
Quebec . Her work has been shown in a dozen countries, including
Canada ,
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
England
[8] and
Belgium .
[9] In 2019, she became the first woman to receive the
Prix Opus [
fr ] in the "Creation of the Year" category.
[10]
Sonia Paço-Rocchia's approach focuses on sounds,
timbres and
open musical forms . Her research includes the exploitation and expansion of the sound palettes of instruments through playing techniques or
live electronics , inventing her own instruments and instrument
automatons . Her pieces frequently involve a visual or theatrical aspect.
Sonia Paço-Rocchia is
bassoonist -
improviser with the
London Improvisers Orchestra [
de ] .
[11]
[12]
[8] She regularly improvises with chamber ensembles, such as The Fantastique Quintet ,
[13] VibraLib
[14] and ZzCc
[15] or as a soloist.
[16]
Justine et les machines ,
opera on a
libretto by Marie-Ève Bouchard, commissioned by the 3 FEMMES prize by Mécénat Musica (2021-2022)
[17]
[18]
Trouée , a work for
baritone saxophone (doubling on
piccolo ),
contrabass clarinet , two Tables de Babel (instrument by
Jean-François Laporte [
fr ] ), Orgue de sirène (instrument by
Jean-François Laporte [
fr ] ), percussion including an
electric Lame,
[n 1] a Stemsaw
[n 1] and a Flex-a-tone on stand,
[n 1] and
multi-channel
live electronics . This work was commissioned by
SuperMusique [
fr ] and
Totem Contemporain [
fr ] , and was nominated as a finalist for the
Prix Opus [
fr ] "Creation of the Year" in 2020 (2019)
[19]
Ode au métal is a work for
saxophone quartet performing inside an installation, made of large metal pieces augmented with electronics,
[n 1] as well as quadraphonic live electronics. This work was commissioned by the
saxophone quartet
Quasar [
fr ] . Ode au métal was awarded two
Prix Opus [
fr ] , "Creation of the Year" and "Concert of the Year, New Music,
Electroacoustic " as well as an Excellence award in performing arts from the
Grands Prix de la culture des Laurentides [
fr ] . (2019)
[3]
[20]
[21]
[22]
Si on l'ouvrait is a composition for
alto flute ,
bass clarinet ,
violin ,
cello ,
piano , Flex on a stand,
sensor boxes,
[n 1] projection automaton
[n 1] and
quadraphonic
live electronics . This work was commissioned by the
Ensemble Paramirabo [
fr ] . (2019)
[23]
[24]
Nouvelle vie, nouvelle ville is a
harbour symphony [
fr ] created for the 375th anniversary of the founding of the city of
Montreal . Commissioned by the
Pointe à Callière Museum , it is a composition for
brass quintet (Magnitude6),
musical saw , Stemsaw,
[n 1]
quadraphonic
live electronics ,
[n 2] train sirens, boats sirens and the carillon of
Notre-Dame Basilica . (2017)
[25]
Said , live coding performance made with a
live coding web platform
developed by the artist, presented among others places at
StudioXX (2017)
[26]
D’un autre côté , for
guitar ,
harp ,
harpsichord ,
cymbalum ,
double bass , five Cubes
[n 1]
[n 2] that are sound triggers and
live electronics .
[n 2] A work commissioned by
Code d'accès [
fr ] for the ensemble Punctum. (2014)
Hommage , for 32
bassoons around the public. (2011)
[27]
[28]
[29]
[30]
Il temps-te ,
variations and
improvisations avec theatricality, for cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet and quadraphonic
live electronics .
[n 2] (2006)
[30]
[31]
Soupirs , for solo
clarinet , voice and
live electronics .
[n 2] (2005)
[32]
CAM , for seven musicians playing
Société de transport de Montréal metro cards, amplification on a
quadraphonic setup. (2001)
[33]
[34]
When the Saws are Alone in the Woods , an automated
musical saw
quartet installed in a
sugar maple forest that can be visited virtually and interacted with via an online poetic journey in which each choice influences the composition and the video. (2020)
[35]
[36]
Flex , a
sound ,
kinetic and
interactive
installation , an
automated
flexatone ensemble playing an
interactive non-linear composition, presented in Curiosités sonores ambulantes (the artist's van-gallery). (2019, 2022)
[37]
Ode au métal is a work for
saxophone quartet performing inside an installation, made of large metal pieces augmented with electronics,
[n 1] as well as quadraphonic live electronics. This work was commissioned by the
saxophone quartet
Quasar [
fr ] . Ode au métal was awarded two
Prix Opus [
fr ] , "Creation of the Year" and "Concert of the Year, New Music,
Electroacoustic " as well as an Excellence award in performing arts from the
Grands Prix de la culture des Laurentides [
fr ] . (2019)
[3]
[20]
[21]
[22]
Réflexion a
sound , visual and
robotic installation with web-interactivity, an installation for automated moving mirrors, projection and non-linear composition presented at Agence Topo (2019)
[38]
Lames , site-specific interactive sound installation for automated musical saw ensemble, commissioned by Centre Daïmôn, Hull, for the Interstices 150th of Confederation event (2017),
[39]
[40] presented at Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford and at NAISA, South River.
[41]
[42]
Scies ,
interactive sound installation with
generative non-linear composition for ensemble of sound automatons made from
circular saw blades (2016), presented at Modern Fuel Gallery during Tone Deaf.
[43]
Hélix , a
site-specific interactive sound installation with up to twenty Helixophone
[n 1] automatons,
[n 2] an instrument based on the
Slinky invented by the artist (2013) Hélix was presented at City Sonic, Mons, Carré 150
[7] during
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville ,
[44] Quai 5160,
[6] Montréal, PHOS, Espace F,
[5]
Matane , Centre d'art visuel d'Alberta,
[4]
Edmonton , among others.
Centre d'exposition de Val David, Québec (online) (2020)
[35]
NAISA, South River, Ontario (2019)
[42]
Agence Topo, Montreal, Quebec (2019)
[38]
Centre d’art visuel d’Alberta, Edmonton (2018)
[4]
Quai 5160, Verdun, Quebec (2017-2018)
[6]
Carré 150, Victoriaville, Quebec (2017)
[7]
Transcultures, Mons, Belgique (2013)
[9]
Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford, Ontario (2019)
[45]
Traverse, Atelier de l'île, Val David, Quebec (2019)
[37]
PHOS, Espace F, Matane, Quebec (2018)
[5]
Interstices, Daïmôn, Hull, Quebec (2017)
[40]
Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville , Québec (2017)
[44]
Tone Deaf, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario (2016)
[43]
Hörlursfestival, Sollefteå, Sweden (2013)
[46]
City Sonic and Park in Progress, International sound art festival, Mons, Belgium (2013)
[47]
Installation sur le Slinky version pour la Croatie, Vrijeme nakon 2011, Gallery Kortil, Rijeka, Croatia (2011)
[48]
Leytonstone Arts Trail, London (2010)
[49]
Interactive Sound Installation on Living Room Scale Installation by Takako Jin, during Leytonstone Art Trail, London (2009)
[50]
A Cup of Tea Solves Everything, London (2009)
[51]
Sonia Paço-Rocchia,
Improvisation For Bicycle
[52]
LIO LEO LEON, Emanem Disc
[53]
Cornelius Cardew – The Great Learning
[54]
Hutch Demouilpied – Otherness Album
[55]
Avant-garde-robe
[56]
Official website
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