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Radiophonic work in the physical location of radio as a production and broadcasting space, combined with live recordings in various situations (concert, performance, installations) with some of the greatest contemporary improvisers and artists, allows Hélène Prévost to propose to musicians the use of the radiophonic medium to create a paradoxal border between reality and fiction, in both real and virtual time, creating an open and mobile listening experience. She has created music for the stage, documentaries and advertising. She has taught and undertaken research in auditory perception at the Faculty of Music of Université de Montréal where she also studied composition. Radio has been for many years her principal medium of exploration.She has been a radio producer at Radio-Canada since 1978. As of 1985 her work has been devoted to new music of all kinds. As producer of the Musique actuelle program for 10 years she has participated and initiated numerous special projects in mixed music, improvised music, acoustic ecology, and radio music theater. She was one of the creators of the JIM (musical improvisation games) in 1986. She has been a member of various juries (Prix Italia, TIME, Prix Serge-Garant, CEC), was awarded the Prix du Président de Radio-Canada in 1988, was sound artist in residence at The Banff Centre for the Arts in 1994, and in 1996 with Claude Schryer was awarded Radio-Canada’s Prix de la création radiophonique 1996 for Autour d’une Musique portuaire.
Radiophonic work in the physical location of radio as a production and broadcasting space, combined with live recordings in various situations (concert, performance, installations) with some of the greatest contemporary improvisers and artists, allows Hélène Prévost to propose to musicians the use of the radiophonic medium to create a paradoxal border between reality and fiction, in both real and virtual time, creating an open and mobile listening experience. She has created music for the stage, documentaries and advertising. She has taught and undertaken research in auditory perception at the Faculty of Music of Université de Montréal where she also studied composition. Radio has been for many years her principal medium of exploration.She has been a radio producer at Radio-Canada since 1978. As of 1985 her work has been devoted to new music of all kinds. As producer of the Musique actuelle program for 10 years she has participated and initiated numerous special projects in mixed music, improvised music, acoustic ecology, and radio music theater. She was one of the creators of the JIM (musical improvisation games) in 1986. She has been a member of various juries (Prix Italia, TIME, Prix Serge-Garant, CEC), was awarded the Prix du Président de Radio-Canada in 1988, was sound artist in residence at The Banff Centre for the Arts in 1994, and in 1996 with Claude Schryer was awarded Radio-Canada’s Prix de la création radiophonique 1996 for Autour d’une Musique portuaire.