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Photo : Richard Baltauss with authorization of GSI MUSIQUE
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Daniel Lavoie began to study
piano at a very early age and attended the
Collège des Jésuites in
Saint-Boniface. In 1967, he won a song contest on
Radio-Canada television. After touring Quebec with
a group called Dieu de l'amour vous aime, he moved
to Quebec in 1970 and sang in piano bars. A song
from his first album in 1975, J'ai quitté
mon île, was a big success in France,
Portugal and Brazil even before it became popular
in Quebec. In 1979, he was discovered by the
general public. His album Nirvana bleu elevated him
to stardom. He was cheered for three weeks by the
French critics when he performed at the Petit
Montparnasse in Paris. A series of performances
followed in Quebec, Ontario, Paris and Belgium. His
reputation continued to grow. For two years in a
row he was awarded the Félix for male singer
of the year (1980-1981). His album Tension,
attention won three Félix awards in 1984
(best song, best interpreter and album of the year)
and the Victoire for the best French-language album
in Paris in 1985.
The song Ils s'aiment sold
more than two million copies in Quebec and Europe.
It appeared in English, Spanish and Portuguese
versions and won a Midem d'or in Cannes, in 1985.
Daniel Lavoie took his show Hôtel des
rêves to Montreal, Paris, Lausanne, Toulouse
and a number of other European cities. In Quebec,
he was awarded a Félix for the artist who
had most distinguished himself in the
French-speaking market outside Quebec (1985). At
that time, Daniel Lavoie, with Rejan Rancourt,
became a co-owner of the Trafic record company. In
1986, he was awarded the Jacques-Blanchet medal for
the quality of his work and the Quebec
Wallonie-Brussels Prize. In 1987, Je voudrais voir
New York was front runner in the referendum on
French song held by the Community of
French-Language Public Broadcasters and netted its
author the Renonciat trophy. He was awarded another
Félix following a series of shows in Paris
and 21 other European cities. He was again awarded
the Victoire in France for the best French-language
album of the year, Vue sur la mer.
In 1990, he received a
Félix for the best pop rock album for Long
Courrier. In 1991, he starred in the film Le
fabuleux voyage de l'ange by Jean-Pierre Lafebvre
and played the painter Eugène Delacroix in
the rock opera Sand et les romantiques by Catherine
Lara and Luc Plamondon. He participated in the
first Francofolies in Bulgaria. In 1992, he
received an award for French song at the Quebec
summer festival. In 1998, he played Frollo in the
musical comedy Notre-Dame de Paris by Plamondon and
Cocciante, and also played in Belle. Daniel Lavoie
is an author, composer and performer whose fame
extends throughout the francophone world.
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