Jules Bastin-Fontaine Jules Bastin-Fontaine

Born in 2000, Jules Bastin-Fontaine is a Québécois composer and tuba player based in Montréal. He graduated in 2024 from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, where he studied with Maxime McKinley and earned a master’s degree in instrumental composition with distinction. He is continuing his studies there, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electroacoustic composition with Louis Dufort while also completing a post-master’s program with Ofer Pelz.

His works have been performed by ensembles including the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Paramirabo, MusiquAvenir, the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal Symphony Orchestra under Tania Miller, and the Orchestre de la francophonie under Simon Rivard. In interdisciplinary work, he composed the score for Control, a dance piece for the École de danse contemporaine de Montréal choreographed by Jera Wolfe and incorporating the voice and poetry of Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, which premiered in May 2024. In June of the same year, he was selected as composer-in-residence at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, co-creating a work with composer Lily Koslow.

His music has been recognized three times by the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers. Trio en hommage à Bruckner received the “Relève VVA 2019” award from E27 new music, and L’heure joyeuse won the “ECM+/Orford Génération” composition prize at the 2020 Orford Online Academy.