Denys Bouliane
Denys Bouliane (born 1955) is a Canadian composer and conductor from Grand-Mère, Quebec. After studies at Université Laval he studied composition with György Ligeti in Hamburg and lived for many years in Cologne. Since 1995 he has taught composition at McGill University in Montreal, where he has also directed the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble. Bouliane founded the ensemble Série B in 1991. He was composer in residence with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec from 1992 to 1995 and with the Heidelberg Philharmonic in 1995-96.
Une Soirée Vian
The Soirée Vian, a kind of meta-cabaret created in 1991 based on a commission by the WDR, develops along the narrative red thread of Boris Vian's novel The red grass and turns into a dizzying journey through the absurdly crazy worlds of Vian's univer…