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ROUX, Patrick (Québec)
ROUX, Patrick (Québec)
 Patrick Roux was born in Marseille, France, in 1962 and came to Canada in 1967. He began studying music at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec in Hull under Jean Vallières, where he was unanimously awarded first prize in
1984. A bursary from the Arts Council of Canada enabled Patrick to study with David Russell in London, England. He has also studied with such masters as Manuel Barrueco, Léo Brouwer, Hubert Käppel and Roberto Aussel.
In March 1992, the duo Patrick Roux-Robert Latreille won second place at the prestigious International Classical Guitar Duo Competition of Montélimar, and in 1993, they released their first compact disc. In 1989, Patrick took first place at the National Guitar Competition and, in 1983 was awarded third place at the International Competition of the D'Addario Guitar Foundation of America.
Since 1990, his passion has been composition, and his works have been published by Les Productions d'Oz. He created a complete original repertoire for the group Contretemps/Go in wich he performs. In march 1996 they released a first CD. In 1998, he founded with the famous Canadian guitarist Philip Candelaria, the Canadian Guitar Quartet that made his concert debut in march 1999.
Patrick Roux has many times been invited soloist with the Orchestre de Chambre de Hull and the Quatuor Morency and has performed often on CBC FM radio, both the french and english networks. He performed the word premiere of the concerto Four Dialogues for guitar and chamber orchestra by the Canadian composer Violet Archer with the contemporary ensemble Espace Musique. Patrick Roux played for the Queen of Jordanie, the princess of Holland and the governor general of Canada. He is a tenure professor of guitar at the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec in Hull and teaches at the Faculty of Music at the University of Ottawa. During the summer, he teaches at the Music Academy of the Domaine Forget.
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