Jean Jacques Nattiez

Jean-Jacques Nattiez OC CQ FRSC ([natje]; born December 30, 1945, Amiens, France) is a musical semiologist or semiotician and professor of musicology at the Université de Montréal. He studied semiology with Georges Mounin and Jean Molino and music semiology (doctoral) with Nicolas Ruwet.

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He is a noted specialist on the writings of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez.

In 1990, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2001, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

Awards

1988, Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association

1989, Prix André-Laurendeau pour les sciences humaines from the Association canadienne française pour l'avancement des sciences

1990, Molson Prize from the Canada Council

1994, prix Léon-Gérin pour les sciences sociales du Gouvernement du Québec

1996, Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology, Tokyo, Japan

2004, the Killam Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts

In 2011, he was promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to the development of musicology as a researcher, professor and specialist of music semiotics".