David Giguère is a

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singer-songwriter, and film, television and stage actor. He is from

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. He is signed to the

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record label.

Beginnings

After studying theatre at the

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, Montreal, Quebec, he worked with Emmanuel Schwartz, and eventually Marc Beaupré with whom he had two roles in ''Caligula (remix)'' and ''Dom Juan... Uncensored'' In 2011, he took part in '' Starbuck'', a Quebec comedy film directed by

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and sang "L'atelier" on the soundtrack.

Music career

In 2012 he released his debut album produced by Pierre-Philippe Côté (aka Pilou) and artistic collaboration and co-production by singer songwriter

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and Mo'fat Productions. In August 2012, he engaged on a Quebec tour Tournée Sirius XM that also included

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and

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and in 2013, he performed at Les FrancoFolies de Montréal. In 2014 he released his second album ''Casablanca'' on Audiogram.

Discography

Albums

2012: ''Hisser haut'' o'fat Productions / Audiogram/h3>
Track list #"Dépanneur" (1:03) #"Désirs" (2:53) #"L'Atelier" (3:22) #"1-2" (3:16) #"Encore" (3:19) #"Viens que je te griffe" (3:18) #"La chose" (3:11) #"C'est pas elle" (3:26) #"Madame M" (3:34) #"Hisser haut" (3:40) #"Carambolage" (2:54) #"Comme toi" (2:29) #"Permettez-moi (1:22) #Plus: Digital Booklet

2014: ''Casablanca'' udiogram/h3>
Track list #"Tuons nos enfants (4:29) #"La noyade (Mami Wata)" (3:51) #"L'Échec de l'Odéon" (3:23) #"La pornographie" (5:45) #"La honte" (4:40) #"Océanic 815 ***" (3:10) #"Gun" (3:20) #"Aimer aimer" (3:39) #"Albert Prévost" (2:34) #"La durée" (4:49) #"Casablanca" (5:39) #Plus: Digital Booklet

Singles / videography

*2011: "Elle et lui" *2011: "L'atelier" (from soundtrack of ''Starbuck'') *2012: "Encore" *2014: "La pornographie" *2014: "La noyade (Mami Wata)

Filmography

*2010: ''Un tueur si proche'' (1 episode "Mauvais coup (3 Ados)" as Félix - TV documentary series) *2011: Laurentie as brother of Louis *2011: '' Starbuck'' as speaker *2011: ''Le bleu des confettis'' (Short film) *2014: ''Série Noire'' (7 episodes as Mathieu - TV series)

Soundtrack

*2011: '' Starbuck'' in song "L'atelier"

Theatre

*2012: ''Caligula (Remix)'' directed by Marc Beaupré to words of

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(Emmanuel Schwartz, David Giguère, Ève Landry, Guillaume Tellier, Michel Mongeau, Alexis Lefebvre, Emmanuelle Orange-Parent) *2012: ''Dom Juan... Uncensored'' directed by Marc Beaupré (David Giguère in title role)

References

External links

Official website
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