Alexandre Amat
Alexandre Amat, born in La Rochelle (France) in 1993, is a composer of instrumental music. After studying french horn and musicology, he attended composition classes with Jean-Louis Agobet at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, where he obtained his Diplôme d'Études Musicales in 2019. He then continued his studies at the University of Montreal, earning a Master’s degree in composition and sound creation under the direction of François-Hugues Leclair. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in composition at the University of Montreal under the direction of Jimmie LeBlanc. He also participated in Académie de Musique du Domaine Forget de Charlevoix (2023) and Orford Music (2024).
In his music, he explores the relationships between calm and intensity, fragility and saturation, silence and noise, the articulation between different temporal scales, and the physical relationship between instrumental gesture and sound matter. His aesthetic is influenced, among other things, by analog synthesizer practice, visual arts, and drone, minimal, and noise music.
He has collaborated with ensembles and soloists such as the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Ensemble PTYX, Ensemble Prisme, Sixtrum, Quatuor Cobalt, Vanina Santoni, Chatori Shimizu, and Ethan Hill.
