Abèle Kildir is a composer, audio mixer and violinist based in Montreal, whose work draws from the intersection of neoclassical, electronic, and ambient music. Inspired by their self-taught background in popular and experimental music and their academic training in electroacoustics and film score composition, they create soundscapes that weave together narrative and emotion through acoustic instruments, live sound processing, and electronic experimentations, all in an accessible and evocative style. Their artistic sensibility enriches projects for both the screen and the performing arts. Nominated at the T.O. Webfest for Best Soundtrack with Les Météorites (tou.tv, TV5MONDEplus), they also won second prize in the fiction category of SOCAN’s Emerging Screen Composers Competition. The musician also composes for their eponymous solo project and for the instrumental post-rock sextet Sauf les drones, of which they are the founder.

Abèle Kildir

Abèle Kildir is a composer, audio mixer and violinist based in Montreal, whose work draws from the intersection of neoclassical, electronic, and ambient music. Inspired by their self-taught background in popular and experimental music and their academic training in electroacoustics and film score composition, they create soundscapes that weave together narrative and emotion through acoustic instruments, live sound processing, and electronic experimentations, all in an accessible and evocative style. Their artistic sensibility enriches projects for both the screen and the performing arts. Nominated at the T.O. Webfest for Best Soundtrack with Les Météorites (tou.tv, TV5MONDEplus), they also won second prize in the fiction category of SOCAN’s Emerging Screen Composers Competition. The musician also composes for their eponymous solo project and for the instrumental post-rock sextet Sauf les drones, of which they are the founder.

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Abèle Kildir is a composer, audio mixer and violinist based in Montreal, whose work draws from the intersection of neoclassical, electronic, and ambient music. Inspired by their self-taught background in popular and experimental music and their academic training in electroacoustics and film score composition, they create soundscapes that weave together narrative and emotion through acoustic instruments, live sound processing, and electronic experimentations, all in an accessible and evocative style.

Their artistic sensibility enriches projects for both the screen and the performing arts. Nominated at the T.O. Webfest for Best Soundtrack with Les Météorites (tou.tv, TV5MONDEplus), they also won second prize in the fiction category of SOCAN’s Emerging Screen Composers Competition. The musician also composes for their eponymous solo project and for the instrumental post-rock sextet Sauf les drones, of which they are the founder.

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Experience Level

Expert

Language

English
Advanced
French
Fluent

Work Experience

Composer at freelance
September 1, 2020 - Present
For films, tv, podcasts, ads, etc.
Violinist at Freelance
September 5, 2016 - Present
I have the skills and equipment to record myself
Original Music Composer at Être noir.e (Theatre) – Pallina Michelot
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Original music for theatre production
Original Music Composer at Tisser la soie – Marguerite Ranger (Short Film)
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at Lettre à nos corps – Gabrielle Bergeron-Leduc (Short Film)
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at La journée qui s’envient est flambant neuve – Jean-Baptiste Mees (Short Film)
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at La jarretière verte – Fano Maddix (Storytelling)
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Original music for storytelling project
Original Music Composer at Winkie – Daniel Duranleau (Short Film)
January 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at La journée la plus longue – Marie-Eve Drolet (Short Film)
January 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at Dairy Boy – Hannah Joose (Short Film)
January 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at Les météorites – Nadia Louis-Desmarchais (Webseries)
January 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Original music for web series
Original Music Composer at Sans la nommer – Ariane Turmel-Chénard (Short Film)
January 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025
Original music for short film
Original Music Composer at Huguette – Camille Lantagne, Mois de la poésie de Québec (Theatre)
January 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025
Original music for theatre during Québec poetry month
Original Music Composer at Les braises de demain – Wina Forget (Theatre)
January 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Original music for theatre
Original Music Composer at Nous sommes éternels – Wina Forget, Tangente (Dance)
January 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Original music for dance performance
Residency Participant at Creation residency, Maison de la culture Mercier
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Audiovisual creation and performance residency
Residency Participant at Residency with Sauf les drones, Pointe Sec
January 1, 2024 - September 29, 2025
Residency
Residency Participant at Residency for storyteller Fano Maddix, Pointe Sec
January 1, 2023 - September 29, 2025
Residency
Residency Participant at Vieux Théâtre de Saint-Fabien with Collectif des petits paradigmes poreux
January 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Residency
Residency Participant at La Forge à Bérubé for Nous sommes éternels by Wina Forget
January 1, 2021 - September 29, 2025
Residency
Residency Participant at Collectif le Récif
January 1, 2020 - September 29, 2025
Audiovisual creation and performance residency

Education

Film music - graduate program at UQAM
September 4, 2024 - June 20, 2025
Graduate Diploma (DESS) in Film Music at UQAM
January 1, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Studies in Music (Electroacoustic Composition & Jazz Violin) at Cégep Saint-Laurent
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

SOCAN Best original score - fiction - emerging screen composer
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
2nd price

Industry Experience

Other