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Philippe Leduc
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http://www.philippeleduc.com As a teenager, Philippe Leduc decided to make his life in music. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in composition at the Faculty of Music at Université de Montréal in 1975. While still a student, in December 1974, he won his first professional contract: orchestration of traditional Christmas melodies for wind quintet, percussion, and four mixed voices for the cultural network of Radio-Canada. Before truly launching his career as a composer, he did a practicum as a television announcer for Radio-Canada. One thing led to another, and he was offered a position as an advertising copywriter. Thus, it was through advertising that Philippe earned his stripes as a professional musician. He founded Les Productions de L’Encrier and began to create ad music for prestigious clients, among them Bell Canada, Metro supermarkets, National Bank of Canada, Coca-Cola, Molson Brewery, GM, The Bay, Culinar, Shell, Canada Post, Labatt Brewery, and McDonald’s. His advertising activities reached a peak when he founded La 25e Piste featuring a Synclavier, at the time the ultimate in the nascent field of digital music. Surrounded by experienced collaborators, including Scott Price, Gaétan Essiambre, and Daniel Scott, Philippe and La 25e Piste dominated advertising music production in French Canada for a number of years. But soon, television came knocking on Philippe’s studio door. In 1992, he composed the theme music for Découverte (SRC), which he has continued to evolv
