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*{{fr icon}} [http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=119 Gilles Vigneault at Québec Info Musique]
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*Canuckistan Music [http://www.canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=113 a review of Mons Pays LP]
*Canuckistan Music reviews of [http://www.canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=113 Mons Pays LP] and [http://www.canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=197 Enregistre a Paris LP]


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Gilles Vigneault, GOQ (IPA: [ʒil viɲo], born October 27, 1928) is a Canadian poet, publisher and singer-songwriter, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist.

A poet deeply rooted in his native Quebec, Vigneault has become an icon at home and Quebec ambassador abroad. He was one of the principal figures of the generation of chansonniers who helped the Quebec chanson find its own identity, even while helping it find a universal dimension.

Biography

Born in Natashquan, on the far north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, he was educated in Rimouski and Quebec City.

Vigneault started writing poetry during his studies at the Seminary in Rimouski, and by the 1950s was publishing poems and writing songs. In 1959 he founded a publishing house, Les Éditions de l'Arc to distribute his publications. His first collection, Étraves was published in 1959.

In August 1960, at the request of the audience at the boîte à chansons L'Arlequin in Quebec City, he agreed to sing his earliest song: Jos Monferrand, written in 1957, which had been recorded by Jacques Labrecque in 1959. This was the beginning of his singing career which sprang up in 1962, when he received the Grand prix du disque from Montreal radio station CKAC. His reputation grew in Quebec and elsewhere with the success of his song Mon Pays, from the sound track of the NFB film La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan (1965).

In the last half of the 1960s, Vigneault started to perform outside of Quebec, notably in France, but also elsewhere in Canada, including appearances at the Mariposa Folk Festival and at Massey Hall, in Toronto.

The mid-1970s saw Vigneault's participation in several major events. On 13 August 1974 130,000 spectators came together on the Plains of Abraham for the Superfrancofête, where Vigneault participated in an historic concert alongside Félix Leclerc, a representative, in a way, of the older generation, and Robert Charlebois, of the younger generation. A highpoint of the concert was the threesome's rendition of Raymond Lévesque's powerful Quand les hommes vivront d'amour.

On 24 June 1975, during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day concert on Montreal's Mount Royal, Vigneault sang for the first time Gens du pays, a song which has since become a sort of anthem in Quebec.

In 1976, the Ensemble Claude-Gervaise recorded an album of Vigneault's music entitled Tout l'monde est malheureux: "Claude-Gervaise" Joue Vigneault.

An ardent Quebec nationalist, Vigneault was disappointed by the results of the 1980 Quebec referendum.[1] During the 1980s he lived in France for a short time.

On 25 February 2010, Gilles Vigneault has signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid[2].

Family

His son Guillaume Vigneault is a young novelist of note.

Discography

A partial discography of Vigneault's work includes:

Gilles Vigneault (1962)
Gilles Vigneault chante et récite (1963)
Gilles Vigneault vol. 3 (1964)
À la Comédie-Canadienne (1965)
Mon pays (1966)
Gilles Vigneault enregistré à Paris (1966)
La Manikoutai (1967)
Le nord du nord (1968)
Les voyageurs (1969)
Musicorama: Olympia 1969 (1969)
Les grands succès de Gilles Vigneault (1971)
Le temps qu'il fait sur mon pays (1971)
C'est le temps (1971)
Pays du fond de moi (1973)
TNM 73 (1973)
J'ai planté un chêne (1976)
À l'encre blanche (1977)
Gilles Vigneault à Bobino (1977)
Comment vous donner des nouvelles (1978)
Les quatre saisons de Piquot (1978)
Avec les mots du dimanche (1979)
Combien de fois faut-il parler d'amour (1982)
Un jour, je ferai mon grand cerf-volant (1983)
Mets donc tes plus belles chansons ensemble (1986)
Les îles (1987)

1960-1990: Chemin faisant, cent et une chansons (1990)

(CD box set containing 6 disks)                  
CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
CD 4
CD 5
CD 6
Le chant du portageur (1992)
C'est ainsi que j'arrive à toi (1996)
Voyagements : En direct du théâtre Champlain (2001)
Au bout du cœur (2003)

Honours

Vigneault has received a number of honorary doctorates including:

Vigneault has received numerous awards and honours:

He is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec (2000), Knight of the Légion d'honneur (1986), and Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1990).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gilles Vigneault (biography)". Radio France Internationale. March 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  2. ^ Tadamon!: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid
  • [Robitaille, Aline, Gilles Vigneault, Montreal, 1968
  • [Rioux, Lucien, Gilles Vigneault, (Paris, 1969), Collection "Poètes d'aujoud'hui"
  • [Fournier, Roger, Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (Montreal, 1972)
  • [Gagné, Marc, Propos de Gilles Vigneault (Montreal, 1974)
  • [Gagné, Marc, Gilles Vigneault (Quebec City, 1977)
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