Strong evening for the 33e SOCAN Gala: after a year’s absence, more than 100 trophies were awarded on Sunday, during an evening held at TOHU. Ginette Reno, Plume Latraverse and Paul Piché are among the artists honored for their career, during the ceremony hosted by the drag queen Barbada.
SOCAN is not a gala like the others: the winners know that they will receive a hug when they show up. This year, the copyright management society highlights the exceptional trajectories of three key figures in Quebec song: Plume Latraverse receives the Prix Excellence, Paul Piché is inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and Ginette Reno receives the Prix Hommage.
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Catherine Durand, Mara Tremblay and Marie-Pierre Arthur surround Plume Latraverse, recipient of the Prix Excellence, to whom they pay a musical tribute during the SOCAN Gala.
The presentation of this distinction will be underlined at the opening of the evening by the singer Jeanick Fournier, winner of Canada’s Got Talentwho will interpret A little higher, a little further, song by Jean-Pierre Ferland. This is an emblematic title of Ginette Reno since she wore it on Mount Royal in June 1975.
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Jeanick Fournier, the Saguenéenne who won Canada’s Got Talentwas chosen to perform A little higher, a little furtheremblematic song by Ginette Reno, recipient of the Prix Hommage.
The SOCAN Gala is a time for Canadian songwriters and composers to highlight their careers and successes. Each year, songs that have played 25,000 times on the radio become SOCAN classics. autumn tune Dashing Cowboys, Desire by Daniel Boucher focus by Ariane Moffatt, Because we come from far away by Cornelius, We talk about you of Black Silence, Dream Better by Daniel Belanger and Walk in Toronto by Jean Leloup will be celebrated this year.
This gala held in private – it’s a bit party of the office of creators of Quebec music – is also that of composers of screen music. Cristobal Tapia de Veer, who wrote the music for the series The White Lotusand Nathalie Bonin were among the honored creators.