Artists
who's who and who's doing what?FRANCESCA GAGNON
- country:Canada
- region or city:North America
- style(s):Chansons
- label:Galios Musique
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FRANCESCA GAGNON
INFO (www.francescagagnon.com)
1.DISCOGRAPHY
2005Hybride album, 1st album as author / composer
2004Best of Cirque du Soleil album, singing Querer and Alegria
2002Alegria album, with 2 bonus tracks, Cirque du Soleil, BMG Quebec
1999Au-delà des couleurs album, BMG France
1994Alegria album, Cirque du Soleil, over 1,4 million sold
1980-19882 Albums with Cube and EMI labels, many singles for a total of over 250,000 copies sold
2.TOURS / EVENTS
2004Montreal International Jazz Festival
Midnight Sun in front of over 200,000 people (Broadcasted on CBC, Radio Canada, Bravo)
Royal Albert Hall, London (B.I.T.C. Event for Prince Charles)
2002Awards Ceremony, Central and South America (Las Lunas del Auditorio - Mexico, Mexico (12 - min.)Alegria - Cirque du Soleil tour (Mexico, Denver, Singapore, 140 live shows)
2001Alegria - Cirque du Soleil tour - Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth) 175 live shows
1994-1995Alegria -North American Tour of Cirque du Soleil
Lead singer for the First North American tour with over 600 shows: Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, New-York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San-Francisco, Washington
Montreal International Jazz Festival
Tribute show in honor of René Dupéré with an audience of over 200,000 people.
1991At the Paris Theatre, show for the First International Singing Festival
Tours in France, Centre Africa, Gabon and Cameroun and also Morocco
3.TV SHOWS
1981-2005Over 300 TV shows (Quebec, France, U.S.A. - ex.-Ace Award L.A., The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,etc
4.DVD
2004''Midnight Sun'' Montreal International Jazz Festival
2001''Alegria''
Full length show of Alegria, 90 minutes- Lead singer, recorded in Sydney, Australia
5.VIDEO CLIPS
1999Je voudrais bien from the Au delà des Couleurs album
1994Querer from the Alegria album
1988Sable Chaudfrom the Francesca album, shot on video in Venezuela
6.AWARDS
2003Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec (Research and creation grant for songs)
1999Gala de L'ADISQIn nomination
Category: Quebec Artist World music Au-delà des couleurs album
1994-1995American Billboard
ALEGRIA album remained on the Billboard's World Charts for over 56 weeks and was # 1 for weeks as a soundtrack.
Gala de L'ADISQ
Felix for: Quebec Artist that distinguished himself in an other language than french (with the Alegria album of Cirque du Soleil)
Double Platinum ALEGRIA album more than 200,000 copies sold in Quebec
1985Juno Awards
In nomination in Toronto as Most promising female vocalist of the year
7.MUSICAL CREATIONS
2005HYBRIDE album: Gagnon/Delorme-Gagnon (except for Hymne à la beauté du monde)
2001- 2002ALEGRIA album (2 bonus tracks) et DVD : Maliumba song, Gagnon/Dupéré-Gagnon
1999AU-DELÀ DES COULEURS album : À l'autre bout (Gagnon-Izzo/Izzo), Au-delà des couleurs (Marie-Lili/Delorme-Gagnon), Bella (Marie-Lili-F.Gagnon/Delorme), Vagda (Gagnon./René Dupéré)
INFO : Peter Burnett, GaliosProductions, pburnett@galios.ca, 514-995-8099
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