Denis Bédard
Canadian musician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Denis Bédard is a Canadian composer of organ works and choral pieces . He founded Éditions Cheldar, which publishes his works. His compositions are performed internationally. Early life and education Bédard was born in Quebec City, Quebec. He was trained at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec where he obtained a deuxième prix harmony in 1966, a premier prix counterpoint in 1970, a premier prix fugue in 1971, premier prix organ in 1972, and a premier prix harpsichord and premier prix chamber music in 1973. Among his teachers at the conservatoire were Tania Krieger , Claude Lavoie , André Mérineau , Magdeleine Martin , and Donald Thomson . A series of grants from the Canada Council enabled him to pursue studies in Paris with André Isoir and Laurence Boulay and in Montreal with Bernard Lagacé between 1973 and 1975. After winning the Prix d'Europe in 1975 for his harpsichord performance, he studied piano, harpsichord, and organ with Gustav Leonhardt in the Netherlands from 1975 to 1977.
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