Simon Rivet is a Canadian composer creating music for concert, film, and dance. After an early musical path as a classical guitarist, his practice has evolved toward composition as a space of exploration, contemplation, and connection. His works have received international recognition and have been performed by ensembles across North America and Europe.
Rooted in a contemporary spirituality, Rivet’s music seeks to cultivate a felt sense of intimacy with the natural world, and, ultimately, to oneself. He is drawn to forms of listening that soften the distinction between observer and environment, allowing nature to be experienced not as something external, but as a reflection of our own inner life. Themes of synthesis and balance run throughout Rivet’s work. He explores the meeting point between ancient and modern ways of understanding reality, weaving together intuition and structure, tradition and experimentation. His musical language brings modal and scalar systems
into dialogue with extended instrumental techniques, improvisational forms, and electronic sound manipulation. Through this integrative approach, his music invites a state of presence in which sound becomes a pathway toward one’s “silent sanctuary”, an intimate inner space where stillness, attentiveness, and connection can naturally arise.
More details at: https://www.simonrivet.com
