Lesley Barber is one of Canada’s most significant, prolific and multi-talented young composers. She began composing at the age of 10, was an award winner in Canada’s Socan National Competition for Young Composers and then went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Composition at the University of Toronto. The score for Patricia Rozema’s award-winning film When Night Is Falling marks Barber’s outstanding film debut.
Barber has also composed music for the world premiere productions of groundbreaking Canadian plays Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love, Love and Anger, Nothing Sacred, The Warriors and Escape From Happiness (the latter two received Dora Awards for Outstanding Original Score). As a composer of new music for the concert hall her commissions include works for The Canadian Electronic Ensemble, Hemispheres, and Juno Award-winning musicians - harpist Erica Goodman, percussionist Beverly Johnston, and pianist Eve Egoyan.
Lesley’s credits include the Polygram/Propaganda feature Los Locos, (starring MarioVan Peebles), Boaz Yakin’s A Price Above Rubies (starring Renee Zellweger and Julianna Margulies) for Miramax, the Emmy Award Winning Yo-Yo Ma: Six Gestures, Good Machine’s The History of Luminous Motion, Miramax's Mansfield Park (starring Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola and Harold Pinter), the Oscar nominated You Can Count On Me (starring Matthew Broderick and Laura Linney), Little Bear for Paramount, and Mira Nair's Hysterical Blindness (starring Uma Thurman and Juliette Lewis). She is also the composer for Maurice Sendak’s Emmy-award winning television series Little Bear, and Seven Little Monsters. Lesley most recently scored Sienna Film's Marion Bridge, directed by Wiebke Von Carolsfeld, which won the City TV Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film& at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.
Current films include Miramax's A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Patricia Rozema, and MGM's Molly Gunn, directed by Boaz Yakin.
COMEBACK SEASON (2006), Soulpepper Theatre Company TOP GIRLS (2007), DEATH IN LOVE (2007), KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL (2008)
Lesley Barber est l’une des jeunes compositrices les plus importantes, prolifiques et polyvalentes du Canada. Elle a commencé à composer à 10 ans, a gagné un prix au Concours national de jeunes compositeurs de la SOCAN, au Canada, et elle détient une maîtrise en composition de l’Université de Toronto. Elle a fait une entrée très remarquée dans le monde du cinéma avec la bande sonore du film primé de Patricia Rozema, When Night Is Falling.
Lesley Barber a également signé la musique des premières mondiales de pièces de théâtre canadiennes innovatrices : Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love, Love and Anger, Nothing Sacred, The Warriors et Escape From Happiness (les deux dernières ont remporté des Dora Awards for Outstanding Original Score). À titre de compositrice de musique nouvelle de concert, elle a reçu des commandes du Canadian Electronic Ensemble, de Hemispheres ainsi que de musiciens lauréats de prix Juno tels que la harpiste Erica Goodman, la percussionniste Beverly Johnston et la pianiste Eve Egoyan.
Les réalisations de Lesley incluent également le long métrage de Polygram/Propaganda Los Locos (mettant en vedette Mario Van Peebles), A Price Above Rubies de Boaz Yakin (avec Renee Zellweger et Julianna Margulies) pour Miramax, la série Yo-Yo Ma : Six Gestures gagnante d’un Emmy Award, The History of Luminous Motion de Good Machine, Mansfield Park de Miramax (avec Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola et Harold Pinter), You Can Count On Me (avec Matthew Broderick et Laura Linney) en nomination aux Oscars, Little Bear pour Paramount ainsi que Hysterical Blindness de Mira Nair (avec Uma Thurman et Juliette Lewis). Elle a également composé la musique des séries télévisées Little Bear (Emmy Award) et Seven Little Monsters de Maurice Sendak. Dernièrement, Lesley a créé la bande sonore de Marion Bridge de Sienna Films, réalisé par Wiebke Von Carolsfeld, qui a remporté le City TV Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film à l’édition 2002 du Festival international du film de Toronto.
Elle travaille actuellement aux bandes sonores de A Wrinkle in Time, réalisé par Patricia Rozema (Miramax) et de Molly Gunn pour MGM, réalisation de Boaz Yakin.
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