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Line 2: {{Use Canadian English\|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2013}} '''Jimmie LeBlanc''' (born 1977) is a Canadian [[composer]] specializing in instrumental and ~~[[guitarist]]~~mixed music.<ref>[https://phys.org/news/2015-03-online-icicle-atlas-jackpot-scientific.html "Online Icicle Atlas offers jackpot of scientific data"]. ''Phys.org'', March 4, 2015, University of Toronto</ref> His music has been performed throughout his native country, including by the [[Ensemble Contrechamps]], [[Hwaum Chamber Ensemble]], [[Kore Ensemble]], [[Les Enfants Terribles]], [[Nouvel Ensemble Moderne]], [[Pentaèdre]], [[Quatuor Bozzini]], and the [[Trio Fibonacci]]. ==Early life and education== LeBlanc was born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon. His initial musical training was as a pop and jazz guitarist. He then pursued studies in [[classical guitar]] and [[music composition]] at the [[Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal]]. He ~~is currently pursuing~~completed a [[Doctor of Music]] degree at the [[Schulich School of Music]] at [[McGill University]].<ref name="CC"/> ==Career== In 2007 LeBlanc was a finalist in the 4th Seoul International Competition for Composers. In 2008 he received the Lutoslawski Award. In 2009 he was awarded the [[Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music]] for the work ''L’Espace intérieur du monde''.<ref name="CC">{{cite web\|url=http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/ms129046712246108792.htm \|title=Jimmie LeBlanc wins the Canada Council for the Arts 2009 Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music \|work=www.canadacouncil.ca \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110230339/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/ms129046712246108792.htm \|archivedate=10 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/quebec-composer-wins-chamber-music-prize-1.853797 "Quebec composer wins chamber music prize"]. ''CBC Arts'', Dec 07, 2009 </ref><ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/457215/schulich-mcgill-prix?depuisRecherche=true "Prix et nominations pour McGill"]. ''Ici Radio Canada'', 16 December 2009 </ref> LeBlanc is the author of ''Luigi Nono et les chemins de l'écoute'' (L'Harmattan, 2010), and of "Xenakis' Æsthetic Project: the Paradoxes of a Formalist Intuition" (''Xenakis Matters'', Pendragon Press, 2012), and has contributed two chapters to ''La création musicale au Québec'' (PUM, 2014). He is member of the ''Circuit – musiques contemporaines'' editorial board, responsible of the cahiers d’analyse section, and regular member of the Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique (OICRM). He taught composition at Conservatoire de musique de Montréal from 2016 to 2021, and is currently professor of composition at Université de Montréal. ==References==

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