Composer / guitarist Tim Brady defies categorization – an electric guitar virtuoso who writes operas and symphonies, plays concertos and feels as comfortable with a laptop electronic improvisation or jazz group as with a string quartet. The guitar as orchestra – his music is a highly personal synthesis of contemporary classical, jazz, rock and electronics. For the past 25 years he has toured the world, both as a soloist and with his group Bradyworks. In 2004 he won the Prix Opus Composer of the Year prize, given by the Conseil québécois de la musique. In 2007 he was awarded the Jan. V. Matecjek award by SOCAN. He has performed at many major festivals and venues, including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Festival Présence in Paris, The South Bank Centre in London (UK), and many times at the Festival international de musique actuelle de Victoriaville. In 2010 he was featured composer at the Winnipeg Symphony’s international New Music Festival and in 2013 he was the featured composer at the Scotia Festival of Music. From 2008 to 2013 he was composer-in-residence with the Orchestre symphonique de Laval. His most recent CD, Atacama: Symphony #3, was named Création de l’année for 2012 at the Prix Opus.