Diane Dufresne
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Diane Dufresne, CQ
(born 30 September 1944 in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of popular songs.
Dufresne lived in Paris
from 1965 to 1967 where she studied voice with Jean Lumière and dramatic art with Françoise Rosay. While there, she performed in noted boîtes à chansons such as l'Écluse, l'Échelle de Jacob, and le Caveau de la Bolée.
On her return to Montreal, she began a collaboration with composer François Cousineau, and lyricist Luc Plamondon
.
National Order of Quebec
The National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec...
(born 30 September 1944 in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of popular songs.
Dufresne lived in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
from 1965 to 1967 where she studied voice with Jean Lumière and dramatic art with Françoise Rosay. While there, she performed in noted boîtes à chansons such as l'Écluse, l'Échelle de Jacob, and le Caveau de la Bolée.
On her return to Montreal, she began a collaboration with composer François Cousineau, and lyricist Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon
Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ is a French-Canadian lyricist.-Career:Plamondon has written for many artists, notably the Québécois singers Bruno Pelletier, Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Céline Dion, Ginette Reno, Fabienne Thibeault, Martine St. Clair, and Garou, as well as the French singers Julien...
.
Awards and recognition
- 1987 — Félix AwardFélix AwardThe Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...
, best pop show: Top Secret - 2002 — made a Knight of the National Order of QuebecNational Order of QuebecThe National Order of Quebec, termed officially in French as l'Ordre national du Québec, and in English abbreviation as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec...
- 2006 — Félix HommageFélix AwardThe Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...
for her lifetime achievements - 2008 — Legion of Honour by FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Discography
- 1969 — L'initiation
- 1972 — Tiens-toé ben, j'arrive
- 1973 — À part de d'ça, j'me sens ben
- 1974 — 12 succès pop
- 1975 — Sur la même longueur d'ondes
- 1975 — Mon premier show (en public)
- 1977 — Maman, si tu m'voyais... tu s'rais fière de ta fille!
- 1978 — Olympia '78, volume 1et 2
- 1978 — Starmania
- 1979 — StarmaniaStarmaniaStarmania is a French/Québécois rock opera written in 1976 with music by Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. Some of its songs have passed into mainstream Francophone pop culture.-Genesis:...
, le spectacle - 1979 — Striptease
- 1982 — Turbulences
- 1984 — Dioxine de carbone et son rayon rose
- 1984 — Magie rose (en public)
- 1985 — Chanteurs sans frontières (special participation)
- 1986 — Follement vôtre
- 1987 — Top secret
- 1988 — Master série en 2 volumes (compilation album)
- 1991 — Sans dessous dessus (compilation album)
- 1993 — Détournement majeur
- 1997 — Diane Dufresne
- 2000 — Merci (compilation album: Quebec)
- 2002 — Merci (compilation album: France)
- 2005 — Diane Dufresne chante Kurt Weill, with Yannick Nézet-SéguinYannick Nézet-SéguinYannick Nézet-Séguin is a French Canadian conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and will become Music Director in 2012.-Biography:...
- 2007 — Effusions, accompanied by Alain LefèvreAlain LefèvreAlain Lefèvre, CQ is a Quebecois pianist and composer. He is one of the Québécois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings.In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec....
Shows
- 1987 — Top Secret
- 2002 — En liberté conditionnelle
- 2004 — Symphonie de Kurt Weill (single concert)
- 2006 — Plurielle en Quatre Tableaux