Louis Dufort is a Montreal composer. His productions are numerous and of multiple forms: fixed support, mixed with live processing, visual music and installation. He received several commissions from various musical ensembles and organizations: ELEKTRA, SMCQ, AKOUSMA, EMPAC, Chants Libres, Codes d’Accès, ECM+, Quasar, Quatuor Bozzini, Ubisoft, Musée Pointe-à-Callière, ZKM, SIXTRUM and Radio-Canada.
He has also been a regular collaborator with COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD since 1996. In 2018, he composed the soundtrack for Denys Arcand’s latest film, The Fall of the American Empire. In addition to his creative work, Louis Dufort teaches composition at the Montreal Conservatory of Music and is artistic director of the AKOUSMA festival for which he received an Opus Award for artistic director of the year 2018.