Louis Dufort is a Canadian composer of electroacoustic music based in Montreal. His work spans fixed media compositions, mixed music with processing, and visual music. Dufort is a professor of composition at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and the artistic director of the festival Akousma. Dufort’s visual music is influenced by Henri Bergson and his collaboration with Marie Chouinard. Works like Épochè (2008) explore real-time interactions between sound and visuals, creating a kinetic listening experience. His music is characterized as “maximalist,” employing digital tools to manipulate sound at a microscopic level. Influences include Horacio Vaggione and his mentor Francis Dhomont. With a career spanning over three decades, Louis Dufort continues to innovate, shaping the future of electroacoustic and immersive music.

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