Michel A. Smith

Michel Smith (Laval, Canada, 1958) is a versatile composer whose origins stem from improvised music and university electroacoustics. He has produced video installations: DRIVE IN (1988) and Volvox (1987), with Bertrand Chénier, presented at the 1988 New Music America Festival in Miami (Florida, USA); mixed works, for instruments and tape: FIX (1989) for 6 cellos and Tolfle (1990) for flutes and invented instruments; and an opera installation, Le disque vert et ses clartés (1990), presented at the festival Montréal musiques actuelles in Montréal in November, 1990. His work currently focuses on the exploration of the contrapuntal language which brings together music and other media. From 1985 to 1986, he was the keyboardist and composer of the group Madame (6).