Maxime Mckinley

Maxime McKinley was born in Sherbrooke in 1979 and lives in Montreal. He was awarded the Prix avec grande distinction from the Conservatoire de Montréal in 2004, where he studied composition with Michel Gonneville. In 2009, he completed a PhD in composition at the University of Montreal, under the supervision of Isabelle Panneton.

Since 2007, he has regularly stayed in Paris, where he further honed his skills with Martin Matalon and Gérard Pesson. Maxime McKinley has received commissions from several ensembles and organizations from a wide range of backgrounds. His works have been performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Esprit Orchestra of Toronto, Toronto New Music Concerts, the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Montreal Youth Symphony Orchestra, Camerata de las Américas, Clavecin en concert, the Francophonie Orchestra, Ensemble Caprice, Ensemble Contemporain de Montreal, Transmission, Meitar Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Molinari Quartet, New Orford String Quartet, Tana Quartet, Fibonacci Trio, Hochelaga Trio, duos Andrew Wan/Jonathan Crow, aTonalHits, Elinor Frey/Mélisande McNabney, Mandolini/Poulin, as well as by soloists such as Daniel Añez, Louise Bessette, Caroline Cren, Julie-Anne Derome, Jérôme Ducharme, Pablo Gómez, Vincent Lauzer, Matthias Maute, Matan Porat, and Andrea Tyniec, and singers like Marie-Annick Béliveau, Émilie Laforest, and Vincent Ranallo.

His music is regularly programmed in Quebec, elsewhere in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Germany, England, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and some of his pieces have been recorded under the labels Analekta, Kohlenstoff, Mel-Bay, and Starkland.