Pierre-Yves Martel
About Pierre-Yves Martel
Pierre-Yves Martel is a Montreal-based musician and composer whose work moves between early music and contemporary experimental practices. A specialist of the viola da gamba, he also explores modular synthesis, field recording, and other instruments, approaching sound as sound—focusing on timbre, texture, and the act of listening itself. His wide-ranging output includes numerous solo albums, long-standing collaborations such as Hübsch Martel Zoubek, film scores (including Marche au pays réel by Marie-France L’Écuyer), and original music for the arts and philosophy podcast Weird Studies. Alongside an active international concert career, Martel develops site-specific and long-form projects (such as the 600-minute Ephemera), often blending improvisation, composition, and soundscape.
Pierre-Yves Martel is a Montreal-based musician and composer whose work moves between early music and contemporary experimental practices. A specialist of the viola da gamba, he also explores modular synthesis, field recording, and other instruments, approaching sound as sound—focusing on timbre, texture, and the act of listening itself. His wide-ranging output includes numerous solo albums, long-standing collaborations such as Hübsch Martel Zoubek, film scores (including Marche au pays réel by Marie-France L’Écuyer), and original music for the arts and philosophy podcast Weird Studies. Alongside an active international concert career, Martel develops site-specific and long-form projects (such as the 600-minute Ephemera), often blending improvisation, composition, and soundscape.