{"id":147176,"date":"2026-10-20T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/?p=147176"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T19:07:18","slug":"don-thompson-awarded-the-louis-applebaum-composers-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/don-thompson-awarded-the-louis-applebaum-composers-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Thompson remporte le Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toronto, le 20 octobre 2026 \u2013 Le C\u00e9l\u00e8bre musicien de jazz Don Thompson<\/strong> remporte le Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs<\/a>. Le prix de 15 000 $ de cette ann\u00e9e r\u00e9compense l\u2019\u0153uvre compl\u00e8te d\u2019une artiste dans le domaine du jazz.<\/p>

A propos de Don Thompson<\/strong>
\"\"Don Thompson est un multi-instrumentaliste, compositeur et \u00e9ducateur canadien renomm\u00e9. Sa carri\u00e8re couvre six d\u00e9cennies en tant que leader, co-leader et musicien accompagnateur sur des centaines d\u2019enregistrements.<\/p>

Il s\u2019est fait conna\u00eetre d\u00e8s les ann\u00e9es 1960 au sein du quintet de John Handy, se produisant au Carnegie Hall. Thompson s\u2019est \u00e9tabli comme une figure incontournable des sc\u00e8nes jazz canadienne et internationale. Il a collabor\u00e9 \u00e9troitement avec des l\u00e9gendes telles que le Boss Brass de Rob McConnell, ainsi que Moe Koffman, Jim Hall, George Shearing, Sonny Greenwich et Kenny Wheeler.<\/p>

Compositeur polyvalent, Thompson a compos\u00e9 des dizaines d\u2019\u0153uvres enregistr\u00e9es aussi diverses que des \u0153uvres pour ensembles de jazz, des commandes pour des quatuors \u00e0 cordes, et des contrebassistes classiques tels que Joel Quarrington. Son h\u00e9ritage p\u00e9dagogique couvre des d\u00e9cennies d\u2019enseignement dans des institutions comme le Banff Centre, le Humber College et l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York.<\/p>

En reconnaissance de ses immenses contributions \u00e0 la musique et \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement du jazz, Thompson a re\u00e7u trois prix Juno, le prix Oscar Peterson et le prix Canadian Jazz Masters. Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 officier de l\u2019Ordre du Canada en 2009. Il continue d\u2019enregistrer et a sorti son dernier album collaboratif en 2025, intitul\u00e9 \u00ab Dreams \u00bb<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>

Commentaires des assesseurs<\/strong>
Les assesseurs \u00e9taient unanimes et enthousiastes dans leur choix pour le laur\u00e9at du Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs en 2026, d\u00e9clarant : \u00ab Don Thompson est un tr\u00e9sor musical national. Ses sublimes compositions de jazz ont influenc\u00e9 plusieurs g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. La formidable amplitude de son \u0153uvre est impressionnante. Don a tiss\u00e9 d\u2019innombrables connections avec son travail au sein de la communaut\u00e9, il est la racine de l\u2019arbre du jazz \u00bb.<\/p>

Le jury de cette ann\u00e9e consistait de Hilario Dur\u00e1n<\/strong> (Toronto) compositeur de jazz, pianiste, artiste discographique et laur\u00e9at 2018 du Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs ; Racha Moukalled<\/strong> (Toronto) percussionniste, vibraphoniste et compositeur de jazz \u00e9mergent ; et Diane Nalini<\/strong> (Ottawa) chanteuse de jazz, compositrice, artiste discographique et de concert, et \u00e9ducatrice.<\/p>

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\u00ab Dreams \u00bb<\/a> (2025) Modica Music Ltd. | fourni \u00e0 YouTube par Indie Pool | Compositeur et Piano: Don Thompson, Voix: Daniela Spalletta, Basse: Roberto Occhipinti, Guitare: Reg Schwager, Producteur: Don Thompson, Ing\u00e9nieur: Ross Hayes Citrullo, Ing\u00e9nieur du mixage: Chad Irschick, \u00e9diteur de musique: Copyright Control<\/em><\/p>


A propos le prix<\/strong>
Le Fonds Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tabli \u00e0 la Fondation des arts de l'Ontario en 1998 par Louis Applebaum pour reconna\u00eetre l\u2019excellence en composition musicale quant \u00e0 tout genre que ce soit. Le prix est d\u00e9cern\u00e9 tous les deux ans dans les genres alternatifs suivants: media; th\u00e9\u00e2tre, th\u00e9\u00e2tre musical, danse ou op\u00e9ra; le jazz; et composition pour les jeunes.<\/p>

La Fondation des arts de l'Ontario g\u00e8re le fonds de dotation qui finance le Prix. Le Conseil des arts de l\u2019Ontario g\u00e8re le processus de nomination et de s\u00e9lection pour le prix.<\/p>

Les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents laur\u00e9at(e)s incluent Cecilia Livingston<\/strong> (2024), Debashis Sinha<\/strong> (2022), et Eleanor Daley<\/strong> (2020). Voir la liste compl\u00e8te des laur\u00e9ats et laur\u00e9ates pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents<\/a>.<\/p>

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Pour plus d'information, veuillez contacter :<\/strong>
Bruce Bennett, directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral
Fondation des arts de l'Ontario
Tel: (416) 969-7413 bbennett@oafdn.ca<\/a><\/p>

La Fondation des arts de l\u2019Ontario (FAO) est passionn\u00e9ment engag\u00e9e \u00e0 renforcer le soutien \u00e0 long terme pour les arts en Ontario. En 2025-2026, la FAO a vers\u00e9 plus de $5,7 millions de dollars en revenus de dotation et 630 000 dollars en prix et bourses.<\/p>

Depuis 60 ans, le Conseil des arts de l\u2019Ontario (CAO) joue un r\u00f4le de premier plan dans la promotion et l'aide en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9veloppement des arts au profit de tous les Ontariens. En 2024-2025, le CAO a investi $52.2\u202fmillion dans 204 collectivit\u00e9s de la province par le biais de 1,960 subventions \u00e0 des artistes et de 1,030 subventions \u00e0 des organismes.<\/p>

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Toronto, October 20, 2026 \u2013 Celebrated jazz musician Don Thompson is the recipient of the 2026 Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year\u2019s $15,000 award recognizes excellence for a body of work in the field of jazz. About Don ThompsonDon Thompson is an acclaimed Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator. His career spans over six decades as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147176"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147214,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147176\/revisions\/147214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oafdn.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}