Luc Plamondon,
OC,
CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in
Saint-Raymond
Saint-Raymond, also called Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality.
Geography
Saint-Raymond is ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
), is a
French-Canadian lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
A lyricist's incom ...
and
music executive
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. He is best known for his work on the musicals
''Starmania'' and
''Notre-Dame de Paris''.
He is the brother of
Louis Plamondon
Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943) is a Canadian politician who has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and Richelieu) in the House of Commons since 1984, making him the Dean of ...
, a long-serving member of the
House of Commons of Canada.
[Elizabeth Thompson, "Passion and Tears: Jean Sworn In", ''Montreal Gazette'', 28 September 2005, A1.]
Plamondon has accepted honours from Canadian institutions and is also known as a francophone
nationalist
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and
Quebec sovereigntist. He is opposed to
Internet
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music piracy
Music piracy is the copying and distributing of recordings of a piece of music for which the rights owners (composer, recording artist, or copyright-holding record company) did not give consent. In the contemporary legal environment, it is a form ...
.
See also
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Culture of Quebec
The culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the French-speaking North American majority in Quebec. Québécois culture, as a whole, constitutes all distinctive traits – spirit ...
*
Music of Québec
References
External links
Luc Plamondon on the website "Canada's Walk of Fame"
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1942 births
Living people
French Quebecers
Songwriters from Quebec
People from Saint-Raymond, Quebec
Knights of the National Order of Quebec
Officers of the Order of Canada
Canadian musical theatre lyricists
Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees
Best Original Song Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Musicians from Quebec
Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners