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Diane Dufresne
Born (1944-09-30 ) 30 September 1944 (age 79)
Montreal , Quebec, CanadaOccupation(s) Singer Painter Years active 1969–present Website
www .dianedufresne .com
Musical artist
Diane Dufresne ,
CM
CQ (born 30 September 1944) is a
French Canadian singer and painter, and is known for singing a large repertoire of popular Quebec songs.
Dufresne was born in
Montreal , Quebec, Canada. She 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 [
fr ] , and lyricist
Luc Plamondon .
In March 2019, she was one of 11 singers from Quebec, alongside
Ginette Reno ,
Céline Dion ,
Isabelle Boulay ,
Luce Dufault ,
Louise Forestier ,
Laurence Jalbert ,
Catherine Major ,
Ariane Moffatt ,
Marie Denise Pelletier and
Marie-Élaine Thibert , who participated in a
supergroup recording of
Renée Claude 's 1971 single "Tu trouveras la paix" after Claude's diagnosis with
Alzheimer's disease was announced.
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In 2023, she was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame .
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Awards and recognition
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 1 et 2
1978 – Starmania
1979 –
Starmania , 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-Séguin
2007 – Effusions , accompanied by
Alain Lefèvre
2018 – Meilleur Après
Shows
1987 – Top Secret
2002 – En liberté conditionnelle
2004 – Symphonie de Kurt Weill (single concert)
2006 – Plurielle en Quatre Tableaux
See also
References
External links
1978-1990 1990-2000 2001-2010 2011-2020 2021-2030
International National Artists Other