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Benoit Jutras
Music In All Its Senses |
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With globalization,
a merging of musical styles is certain and
the final objective is not to simplyextract what is obvious but to merge the real essence of each
style in order to create something authentic, innovative
and fun. --Benoit Jutras
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Latest News - In the works:
Benoit was recently commissioned to write music for Pope
Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to the US more precisely
to Yankee Stadium in New York City on April 20, 2008, the pre-concert and
mass will take place in April. It will be broadcast on
news stations and websites worldwide. Benoit is also
hard at work on a number of exciting original projects
include the new Franco Dragone production scheduled to
open in Macau in 2009 as well as S-Trip, an impressive
multimedia project that marries dance, music and video.
He recently composed the music for a special light
parade Gary Goddard Entertainment debuted at Six Flags
Mexico this year and will be unveiled at Six Flags New
Jersey in May 2008.
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For the past twenty years,
world-renowned French-Canadian composer, Benoit Jutras,
has been Musical Director and Principal Composer for the
celebrated Cirque Du Soleil. He is currently working
with long time creative collaborator Franco Dragone on a
massive project in Macau opening in the fall of 2009.
His music has been heard around the world and tens of
millions of people have seen shows scored by Benoit
Jutras. Benoit has sold over 1.5 million records
worldwide and the cover of his song “Let Me Fall”
(lyrics by Jim Corcoran) was featured on Josh Groban’s
debut album and has sold over 12 million copies.
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