Jesse Zubot

Jesse is one of those unique composers/producers whose praxis spans multiple genres and transcends contextualization. Known mainly as a violinist, he is also a multi-instrumentalist and tends to incorporate electronic manipulation and studio gadgetry within his work.

Jesse is a three-time Juno Award winning musician with his own projects and has become an in-demand producer having produced Tanya Tagaq’s Polaris Music Prize album Animism and her recent Polaris Music Prize Shortlisted album Retribution. Animism garnered Zubot the award for Producer of the Year at the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards and a nomination for Producer of the Year at the 2015 Juno Awards.

Zubot has recently delved heavily into the world of film scoring, completing the score to the acclaimed Canadian film, Indian Horse based on the novel by the late Richard Wagamese. He was nominated for a 2018 Leo Award for Best Musical Score in a Motion Picture for Indian Horse. He has been commissioned by CBC to write symphonies and arrangements for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. Jesse has done work in the world of dance with choreographers such as Benoit Lachambre, Su-Feh Lee and Santee Smith.