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Born:
13 September
1937
— Nicolet, Québec
— Canada
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Music
Jean Chatillon’s music can be described as classical, deeply rooted in traditional music of Québec, poetic and accessible to all.
Discography
- Clair de lune sur les eaux du rêve / Moonlit dreams on the Water (two Suites for piano, and eleven Songs on Québec Poets)
- Les Saisons du Coeur / Seasons of the Heart (four Suites for piano on the Seasons, plus the famous Waltz for L’Echappée Belle serving as opening theme for a program at Radio-Canada).
Biography, sheetmusic, etc. are available at composer’s personnal address: <jean_chatillon
yahoo.fr>
Life
Jean Chatillon was born from a family of musicians, in 1937, in Nicolet, Québec. In 1951, he began to play piano and to compose. At first self-taught, then he made serious musical studies in Montréal. In 1969, he has founded the Section of Music of the University of Québec at Trois-Rivières and teached there until 1981. Retired since that year, he dedicated himself to his art. Very prolific, he has written very many works in music and in litterature. He is an accepted composer at the Canadian Center of Music.
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