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'''Eugene "Gene" Martynec''' (born 28 March 1947) is a Canadian musician, composer, and record producer.
 
==Career==
Martynec first came to prominence as a guitarist in Toronto group [[Bobby Kris & The Imperials]] in August 1965. He left the group in May 1967 to form [[Kensington Market (band)|Kensington Market]] with singer/songwriter Keith McKie, bass player Alex Darou, and drummer Jimmy Watson. He played acoustic guitar, bass, and synthesizer on [[Lou Reed]]'s 1973 album ''[[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|Berlin]]'', along with providing the vocal arrangement on "The Bed".
 
As a [[record producer]], he won the [[Juno Award]] for Producer of the Year in 1981 for his work on [[Bruce Cockburn]]'s "Tokyo" and [[Rough Trade (band)|Rough Trade]]'s "[[High School Confidential (Rough Trade song)|High School Confidential]]". His work with [[Edward Bear]] for "Last Song" was also recognized with a Juno in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1973&to-year=1973&nomination-category=best-produced-single&wins-only=no&artist=|website=Juno Awards|accessdate=23 July 2017}}</ref> Martynec also produced the top 40 single "Listen To The Radio" recorded by [[The Pukka Orchestra]] in 1984.
 
Martynec has performed, composed, or recorded with pop groups, and pit orchestras, and he has also created music for visual media and live theatre. He studied electronic music, composition, and orchestration with [[Samuel Dolin]] at [[The Royal Conservatory of Music]] where he received two scholarships to study [[electronic music]] and composition (1970–1975).{{factcitation needed|date=April 2013}}
 
He has been awarded [[Canada Council for the Arts]] and Toronto Arts Council grants for music composition. He taught [[signal processing]], principals of [[digital audio]], [[MIDI]], studio production, [[Sound synthesis|synthesis]], and studio orchestration at the [[Harris Institute of Music|Harris]] and [[Trebas Institute|Trebas]] institutes in Toronto.
 
In the fall oflate 1997, he released ''Silica'', his first solo of composed and solo interactive electro-acoustic music. ''The Barcelona Duets'' was released in 2002. In 2004, he co-composed series of duets for a variety of instruments and interactive computer music called ‘Toronto''Toronto Duets"'' which was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. From 2000 to 2004 he curated ''Eugene's Sunday Series'' an exploration of new music and other art forms at [[Artword Theatre]].▼
His current interest is in improvised new music, performing and composing live interactive [[electro-acoustic music]] using alternate controllers and [[interactive music]] software. Recently he has added a video component to his improvisational performances.
 
In 2004, Martynec moved to Beijing for two years where he performed in Yunnan Province with Yan Jun, a sound artist, music critic, poet, and organizer, and in Beijing at several music/ and art festivals such as the Dashanzi International Arts Festival and at the Bookworm Beijing, a venue for performance. ▼
▲In the fall of 1997, he released ''Silica'', his first solo of composed and solo interactive electro-acoustic music. ''The Barcelona Duets'' was released in 2002. In 2004 he co-composed series of duets for a variety of instruments and interactive computer music called ‘Toronto Duets" which was funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. From 2000 to 2004 he curated Eugene's Sunday Series an exploration of new music and other art forms at Artword Theatre.
 
Based in [[London]], England from 2007- through 2010, he performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra and many small ensembles including string trio Barrel and Triptec. He played with theAmsterdam's Royal Improvisers Orchestra (Amsterdam) and Wuppertal Improvisers Orchestra in 2009-10 and 2010.▼
===Work abroad===
▲In 2004 Martynec moved to Beijing for two years where he performed in Yunnan Province with Yan Jun, a sound artist, music critic, poet and organizer and in Beijing at several music/art festivals such as the Dashanzi International Arts Festival and at the Bookworm Beijing, a venue for performance.
 
Back in Toronto inIn 2010, he organized the formation of the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra. Since then he has been involved with the Toronto improvising community playing at Somewhere There and with [[:de:Glen Hall|Glen Hall]] and [[Bruce Cassidy]] in So Nu and other Toronto music improvisers. ▼
▲Based in [[London]], England from 2007-2010 he performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra and many small ensembles including string trio Barrel and Triptec. He played with the Royal Improvisers Orchestra (Amsterdam) and Wuppertal Improvisers Orchestra in 2009-10.
 
▲Back in Toronto in 2010, he organized the formation of the Toronto Improvisers Orchestra. Since then he has been involved with the Toronto improvising community playing at Somewhere There and with [[:de:Glen Hall|Glen Hall]] and [[Bruce Cassidy]] in So Nu and other Toronto music improvisers.
 
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