Raynald Arseneault was born in Québec on June 9, 1945, and died in 1995. He studied at the Montréal Conservatory with Gilles Tremblay (composition and analysis), Françoise Aubut-Pratt (harmony and organ), and in 1973 was awarded premier prix and the Prix d'Europe in composition. He spent eight years in France from 1973 to 1981. There he studied with Tony Aubin (composition) and Pierre Cochereau (organ) at the Académie Internationale de Nice, with Claude Lefebvre (composition) at the Conservatoire National de la Région de Metz, and Claude Ballif (analysis and composition) and Michel Philippot (composition) at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. Encounters with Yvan Wychnegradski in Paris and Giacinto Scelsi in Rome had important effects on his development.

(1945-1995)
Compositore canadese nato in Québec. Ha studiato organo e composizione a Montréal, ed in seguito ha vissuto per otto anni in Francia. Rientrato in Canada ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti.