Benoit Charest est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al en 1964. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 13 ans, il se passionne pour la guitare et apprend \u00e0 l\u2019oreille des pi\u00e8ces des Beatles et de Led Zeppelin. Par la force des choses, il d\u00e9couvre le jazz et d\u00e9cide \u00e0 17 ans d\u2019entreprendre des cours priv\u00e9s avec Neil Smolar, diplom\u00e9 de la Berklee school of music de Boston. Celui-ci lui apprend les rudiments de l\u2019harmonie, ce qui l\u2019aidera grandement \u00e0 acqu\u00e9rir une plus grande maitrise de l\u2019instrument et de la musique en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Durant ses \u00e9tudes universitaires, Benoit gagne sa vie en jouant avec les meilleurs jazzman de Montr\u00e9al. C\u2019est en 1991 qu\u2019il signe sa premi\u00e8re musique de film, \u00ab Montr\u00e9al r\u00e9tro \u00bb un documentaire de l\u2019Office national du Film pour lequel il compose, arrange et dirige la trame musicale. Depuis, il a compos une quinzaine de bandes sonores dont celle des \u00ab Triplettes de Belleville \u00bb qui lui a valu de nombreux honneurs dont le C\u00e9sar pour la meilleure musique de film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benoit Charest was born in Montreal in 1964 to an English mother and a French Canadian father. At the age of 13, Benoit developped a passion for the guitar and for learning music such as the Beatkes and Led Zeppelin by ear. Inevitably, he discovered jazz and as the age of 17, he decided to take private classes with Neil Solar, qualified at Boston\u2019s Berkley School of Music. Solar taught him yhe basic of harmony, which helped him enormously matser the playing of an instrument and understand the music in general. During his university studies Benoit made money playing with the best jazzmen of Montreal. In 1991, Benoit signed his first contract writing music for the film \u00ab Montreal retro \u00bb for which he composed, arranged and directed the music. Since then, he has composed about 15 movie soudtracks, notably for the Cesar of the best music written and others price-winning \u00ab Les Tiplettes de Bellevvlle \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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