Thomson, Blair

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Thomson, Blair

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Blair Thomson studied piano from the age of four and began composing seriously as a teenager, at which time completed his studies in piano and theory from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He graduated from York University in composition before studying ethnomusicology and philosophy of mind as a graduate student.
Mr. Thomson is active as a composer of contemporary concert music, a symphonic arranger of well over 100 arrangements for orchestras and ensembles around the world, a pianist and conductor. Moreover, he has composed extensively for theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre, film and television. For l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal he composed a rereading of Michel Rivard's songs, culminating in an acclaimed studio album as well as writing an unprecedented version of Rhapsody in Blue for ten pianos and orchestra. In 2014, “La Symphonie Rapaille”, a recording he composed, arranged and conducted for OSM based on Gaston Miron's poetry, was the recipient of a prestigious Felix Award.