LUKE DAWSON (Québec, 1980) works as a composer, performer, multi-instrumentalist and organizer in popular and experimental music circles. He is currently completing a master's degree in composition at Laval University with Professor Aaron Liu-Rosenbaum, which brings him back to writing for chamber music that has been neglected for several years.
At the same time, he remains close to his favorite tool of expression: the band. Communal, variable, multiple and unpredictable, the groups he is part of range from folk and pop (Les Chercheurs d’or, Pied Léger, Alexandra Lost) to metal (Saints Martyrs, Crackgate) and the unequaled magic of improvisation ensembles (Le GGRIL, L’EMIQ, Land of Kush, Lieues). He has played more than a thousand concerts across Quebec, Canada, Europe and the United States, while appearing on some twenty albums distributed. Among his influences we can certainly detect No Means No, Charles Ives, The Weather Station (Tamara Lindeman) or even Gordon Lightfoot.
Since 2021, Luke Dawson has acted as general manager of the Festival Off d'été, where he promotes the dissemination of new, innovative and marginal productions in downtown Quebec City.
