Serge Garant

Albert Antonio Serge Garant, was a Canadian composer, conductor, music critic, professor of music at the University of Montreal and radio host of Musique de notre siècle on Radio-Canada. In 1966, he with Jean Papineau-Couture, Maryvonne Kendergi, Wilfrid Pelletier and Hugh Davidson co-founded the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec. In 1979, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Prix Serge-Garant award was created in his honor by the Fondation Émile Nelligan. Among his notable pupils were Walter Boudreau, Marcelle Deschênes, Denis Gougeon, Richard Grégoire, Anne Lauber, Michel Longtin, and Myke Roy.

22 September 1929

Born on the same birth date (22 September 1929): Carlo Ubbiali

Born on the same birth day (22 September): Andrejs Pumpurs • Bernard Gauthier • Christabel Pankhurst • Félix Savón • Jesco von Puttkamer • Jim McGinty • Jo Beverley • Johnette Napolitano • Johnny Valentine • Martha Scott • Paul Hugh Emmett • Paul Muni • Petr Tatíček • Philip Hindes • Ray Wetzel • Ross Jarman • Stephen D. Lee • Tuomas Kantelinen

Born in the same month (September 1929): Carlo Ubbiali • Larry Collins (writer) • Luis García (third baseman) • Marge Roukema • Robert V. Keeley • Ronnie Barker • Victor Spinetti