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Pierre Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe (born 23 May 1981) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His work largely follows in the tradition of French chanson, though he is influenced by modern pop music. Defining himself as a "popular singer", he has built an egocentric persona of a dandy onstage, but says he does this mostly to deflect attention from himself. His records have found critical and commercial success in Canada. His regular tours in France ensured him a growing popularity as well as critical recognition. Life and career Early life Pierre Lapointe was born in Alma, Quebec, and grew up in Gatineau. He began studying visual arts in 1999, but changed his program and started to take theatre courses at the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe. He left after a few months to focus on songwriting, but later returned to complete his studies in visual arts. While there, he entered a competition called ''Tout nouveau, tout show''. Lapointe won the "Award for Songwriter-Performer of the Year" and the "Audience Awa ...
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Café-théâtre
Originally, a café-théâtre was a small room in a café or a cabaret, or even the café or cabaret itself, where people would put on Performance, spectacles. These spectacles were mostly unconventional or of limited means, and could range from ordinary theatrical presentations to singing tours, and even improvisational theatre. Bernard Da Costa created the first Parisian café-théâtre in 1966 at the Royal Café. Derek Woodward created a touring Theatre Company called 'Cafe Theatre' in the mid 1980s. It was a Dinner Theatre ensemble that rivalled British Airways Playhouse productions in the Middle and Far East. Bibliography

* Bernard Da Costa ''Histoire du Café-Théâtre'', éditions Buchet-Chastel 1978. Theatrical genres Theatres in Paris, * {{theatre-stub ...
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Pierre Lapointe (album)
''Pierre Lapointe'' is the second album Canadian Québécois singer Pierre Lapointe released in 2004, after his first album in 2002 also called ''Pierre Lapointe'' being a promotional independent self-financed limited edition CD. However this new album ''Pierre Lapointe'' is considered the major debut studio album of the artist and was released on Audiogram label in Quebec. Titres # ''Place des Abbesses'' # ''Le columbarium'' # ''Debout sur ma tête'' # ''Étoile étiolée'' # ''Octogénaire'' # ''Reine Émilie'' # ''Vous'' # ''Tel un seul homme'' # ''Plaisirs dénudés'' # ''Paradis des billes'' # ''Pointant le nord'' # ''Hyacinthe la jolie'' suivie de ''Maman'' vers 26 minutes Personnel *Piano: Pierre Lapointe *Guitar: Philippe Bergeron, Benoît Charest (Le Columbarium) *Double Bass: Éric Auclair *Slide Bass: Yves Desrosiers *Drums: Justin Allard and Tony Albino *Harp: Caroline Lizotte *Trumpet: Charles Imbeau *Trombone: Marc Fortin *Clarinet, Piccolo, Ukulele: Jean-Den ...
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Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, (born 24 June 1939) is a singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress. Early life The daughter of two teachers, Brigitte Fontaine developed her taste for writing and drama very early. She spent her childhood in small villages of Finistère, then in Morlaix. At 17 years old, she moved to Paris to become an actress. In 1971, she was one of the women who signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly admitting to having an abortion at a time when it was illegal in France.
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ADISQ
ADISQ (french: Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video; eng, Québec Association for the Recording, Concert and Video Industries, link=yes) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the independent record labels, independent music industry in Quebec. It was created in 1978. Since 1979, it has also organized an annual awards ceremony for musicians and singers. The award bears the name ''Félix Award, Félix'' after famed singer-songwriter Félix Leclerc. It is a member of the Independent record label#Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), World Independent Network. History Its first mission consisted of two goals to promote the Québec music industry: *From its creation in 1978, the ADISQ has had the responsibility of organizing a collective stand (''Musique du Québec'') and coordinating member participation at the ''Midem, Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale'' *Starting in 1979, it was to produce an Félix ...
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Philippe Brault
Philippe Brault (born 1981) is a Canadian record producer and film score composer from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time Prix Iris winner for Best Original Music, winning at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for ''The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles)'' and at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for ''Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres)''. He has received two other nominations in the category, alongside Pierre Lapointe at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for '' The Salesman (Le vendeur)'' and in 2022 for ''Maria Chapdelaine'', and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for ''The Fireflies Are Gone''. His other film credits have included ''All That We Make (Fermières)'', '' The Procession (Le Cortège)'', ''A Revision (Une révision)'', '' Norbourg'' and '' The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)''. He is a regular collaborator with Lapointe, and has produced albums for Émile Bilodeau, Koriass, Patrice Michau ...
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La Forêt Des Mal-Aimés
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ...
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Grand Prix Du Disque For French Song
The Grand Prix du Disque for French Song is one of a number of prizes awarded by L'Académie Charles Cros as part of the yearly Grand Prix du Disque. The following is a partial list of winners (sometimes more than one per year): 1948 * Les Compagnons de la chanson for "La Marie" * Jacqueline François 1949 *Henri Salvador 1951 *Félix Leclerc for '' Moi, mes souliers'' * Francis Lemarque 1954 *Georges Brassens for ''Les amoureux des bancs publiques'' 1956 * François Deguelt 1959 * Serge Gainsbourg for '' Du chant à la une!'' 1963 *Jean Ferrat for '' Nuit et brouillard'' *Françoise Hardy for her debut studio album '' Tous les garçons et les filles'' 1964 *Nana Mouskouri for ''Mes plus belles chansons grecques'' (Grand Prix de Musicologie pour le Folklore) *Sheila * Claude François * Jacques Brel for the song "Amsterdam" 1965 * Barbara for ''Barbara chante Barbara'' *Serge Reggiani 1966 * Jacqueline Dulac for ''Lorsqu'on est heureux'' 1967 *Nana Mouskouri for ''Le c ...
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Félix Awards
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi fr ...
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Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Occitanie behind Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan and Béziers. In 2019, there were 61,372 inhabitants, called ''Montalbanais''. The town has been classified ''Ville d’art et d’histoire'' (City of art and history) since 2015. The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn at its confluence with the Tescou. History Montauban is the second oldest (after Mont-de-Marsan) of the ''bastides'' of southern France. Its foundation dates from 1144 when Count Alphonse Jourdain of Toulouse, granted it a liberal charter. The inhabitants were drawn chiefly from Montauriol, a village which had grown up around the neighbouring monastery of St Théodard. In the 13th century ...
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Académie Charles Cros
The Académie Charles Cros (Charles Cros Academy) is an organization located in Chézy-sur-Marne, France, that acts as an intermediary between government cultural policy makers and professionals in music and the recording industry. The academy is composed of fifty members specializing in music criticism, sound recording, and culture. It was founded in 1947 by Roger Vincent with Armand Panigel, José Bruyr, Antoine Goléa, Franck Ténot, and Pierre Brive – critics and recording specialists - and led by musicologist Marc Pincherle. It was named in honor of Charles Cros (1842–1888), inventor and poet (friend of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine) who was one of the pioneers of sound recording. The academy continues to stay abreast of advances in technology, from the development of 78 RPM gramophone records to CDs, DVDs, playable torrents and all other readable, transportable music formats available today. Awards Each year since 1948, the Academy has given out its grand prize, ...
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International Francophonie Day
International Francophonie Day (french: Journée internationale de la Francophonie) is observed within the International Organization of La Francophonie's 77 member states every March 20 to celebrate the French language and Francophone culture. There are over 369 million French speakers on Earth. Created in 1988, the date celebrates the signing of the Niamey Convention in Niger on 20 March 1970. The convention established the ''Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique'', the precursor to the International Organization of La Francophonie. Just like the British colonies, the French established French colonies. This led to the cultural and lingual spread in the regions which they established the colonies. According to the Canadian then-minister for La Francophonie Steven Blaney's speech in 2013, the International Francophonie Day is to "celebrate our commitment to not only the French language and the rich and diverse francophone culture but also the values of peace, democra ...
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