Cassiopée
Cassiopée, born Véronique Lapierre, is a French Canadian singer born on the 16th of October 1977 in the province of Quebec. She has been the recipient of three prizes at the "Festival international de la chanson de Granby" in 2002.
Biography
In 2002, Cassiopée is the winner at the "Festival international de la chanson de Granby" where she wins the Interpret category and Best on-stage presence[1] · [2] during which she also receives the "Étoile Galaxie" prize. In 2004, she wins the "Félix du Spéctacle" prize for her interpretation in Don Juan, edited at Adisq. In 2006, she is herself a judge at the "FICG"[3]. In the same year she acquires the Radio-Star fund[4].
Cassiopée performed on stage more than 3000 times for national and international events[5]. Such representations includes Les Folie’s de Paris, Paris Paris[6], Don Juan, Si Alys m’était chantée, Du Rock à l’Opéra, Show Harley, Joe Dassin, la Grande Fête Musicale[7], Dracula, entre l'amour et la mort, Rencontres, Paris/Québec sous les Étoiles for the celebrations of Quebec City's 400th anniversary, Sherazade, les 1001 Nuits[8], etc. She has also been a solo artist during a charity event against cystic fibrosis [9] and for helping Mira Foundation [10]. She was also invited to perform during Canada Day's celebrations in Ottawa in 2009[11]. She also had the opportunity to sing for Prince Albert of Monaco during the annual ball of the Red-Cross[12].
Cassiopée appeared as a figurant in feature films and TV series such as Ma fille mon ange, Le cas Roberge, Dédé à travers les brumes, Légendes urbaines, La Promesse, Grande fille, Tout sur moi, Une grenade avec ça.
Discography
- Sherazade, Les 1001 Nuits, Revel Productions, interpret of Djinninia the witche and chorister[13];
- Cassiopée, solo album " (April 11 2006)[14] · [15] · [16] · [17] ;
- interpret of the song "Coeur de Pierre" and appearances on the songs "Seul" and "l'Amour est plus fort" on the album of the Don Juan musical by Félix Gray. (Marsh 7 2005)[18](7 mars 2005, Mercury) ;
- guest singer for the Christmas album "Le Noël angélique de Sœur Angèle" (December 5 2006)[19] ;
- Theme song for Divers/Cité festival Sweet Dreams [20] ;
- Singer in metal band Anemonia, Moonlit Numina album (October 2009)[21].
External links
References
- ^ [1] Sylvain Cormier, « 34e Festival international de la chanson de Granby - Divinité grecque et drôle d'elfe au palmarès », Le Devoir, 23 septembre 2002. Page consultée le 2010-11-26 à 13:40
- ^ [2] Marie-Christine Blais, « Jour de fête à Granby », Cyberpresse, 20 septembre 2008. Page consultée le 2010-11-26 à 13:44
- ^ [3] Centrart, page consultée le 2010-11-26 à 13:47
- ^ Fonds Radio-Star
- ^ Almost all the the information are coming from this biography amd from this interview.
- ^ Paris Paris
- ^ Spectacle Joe Dassin
- ^ Sherazade
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5].
- ^ [6]
- ^ [7] Priscilla April, Montréal-TV
- ^ [8] Détails pour l'album Sherazade, Les 1001 Nuits
- ^ Cassiopée, fiche de l'album sur distributionselect.ca
- ^ Entrevue où Cassiopée parle de son album.
- ^ Autre entrevue où elle parle de son album.
- ^ Critique de son album sur Radio-Canada
- ^ [9]
- ^ [10]
- ^ [11] Informations sur le clip et la chanson
- ^ [12] Renseignements sur l'album disponible ici