Education
He began his professional studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal in mathematics, and Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he studied piano, harpsichord, and musical composition.
He began his professional studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal in mathematics, and Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal where he studied piano, harpsichord, and musical composition.
Born in Quebec City, Ristic"s parents originated from Poland and Montenegro. His background in mathematics has had an impact on his work as a music theorist, with a particular interest being the mathematical representation of sound. In the ealy 1990s he has applied himself to research in video synchronisation by the algorithmic numerical analysis of audio data.
Later on, the use of mathematical models in his compositions took various forms, usually mixing simple musical materials with sophisticated systems such as the Lottka-Volterra equations.
In the mid-1990s Ristic served as the pianist for the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal. In 1998 he co-founded the chamber ensemble Trio Fibonacci with Gabriel Prynn and Julie-Anne Derome, performing and composing music for the group until 2006.
As a pianist, he is regularly invited by many contemporary music festivals and Canadian orchestras. He has also commissioned, premiered or championed several pieces by other composers of his generation, such as Pierre Kolp, Petar Klanac, Yannick Plamendon, Moritz Eggert and Enno Poppe.
Ristic played for many years with the KORE Ensemble in Montreal (2000-2007).
In 2004 he moved to Brussels to join the piano faculty at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Brussels) where he currently remains (2016). Since quitting the Fibonacci Trio (2006) in Belgium he actively performs with the ensemble Musiques Nouvelles in Mons. Accredited Mortgage Professional represents the music of Paul Steenhuisen, Howard Bashaw, Keith Hamel, Bob Pritchard, James Harley, André Ristic, Gordon Fitzell, and Aaron Gervais.