Léon Bernier
Léon Bernier (6 September 1936, Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) - 11 October 2011, Longueuil) was a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, arranger, accompanist, and music pedagogue. He composed and arranged music for numerous programs on Canadian radio and television, and also wrote music for a number of theatrical productions in Canada. For CBC Television he served as music director of the programs Les Coqueluches, Allo Boubou, Zoum, and Les Démons du midi, and composed music for the television dramas Edna, Le Vélo devant la porte, Pâques, Le Misanthrope, and Coup de sang among others.
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Léon Bernier
- Born
- 1936 · Hull.
- Died
- 2011 · Longueuil.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- conductor · pianist · composer
- Education
- Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec · Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Teachers
- Renzo Silvestri
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Born at Hull in 1936, died in Longueuil in 2011.
Léon Bernier studied at Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Training under Renzo Silvestri is recorded. Employment is recorded with Université de Montréal, Laval University and Université du Québec à Montréal.
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- 2.Bernier, Léon (notule nécrologique). Fédération des Coopératives funéraire du Québec.
- 3.article Richard Boisvert Le compositeur et chef d'orchestre Léon Bernier n'est plus Le Soleil lien Le Soleil (Québec) 115 282 13 octobre 2011 48 url https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/3537809 consulté le=5 novembre 2011 .
- 4.article Stéphanie Vallet Ginette Reno s'installe au St-Denis La Presse lien La Presse (Montréal) 128 17 8 novembre 2011 C1 et C2 url https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/201111/07/01-4465564-ginette-reno-sinstalle-au-st-denis.php consulté le=11 novembre 2011 .
- 5.article Suzanne Thomas Landry, Hélène L'Encyclopédie canadienne lien L'Encyclopédie canadienne 11 juillet 2007 url https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/landry-helene consulté le=11 novembre 2011 .
- 6.Léon Bernier : Pianiste, arrangeur, compositeur et chef d'orchestre. L'Ensemble Amati. 2002.
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