Ève Cournoyer
Ève Cournoyer | |
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Born | May 15, 1969 |
Origin | Quebec, Canada |
Died | August 12, 2012 | (aged 43)
Genres | pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter |
Instruments | vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1990s-2012 |
Ève Cournoyer (May 15, 1969 - August 12, 2012) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec, most prominent in the 2000s.[1] She was most noted for winning the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French division for her song "Tout arrive" in 2006.[2]
Cournoyer began her career in music by writing songs while raising her daughter.[1] She began performing at music venues in Montreal in the late 1990s, before participating in the Francofolies de Montréal in 1999.[1] She released the demo recording Stéréotype 1 that year, before releasing her debut studio album Sabot-de-Vénus in 2002.[1] She won a MIMI Award from the Montreal International Music Initiative in 2003 for her single "Dans les bois".[3]
She followed up with the albums L'Écho in 2005 and Tempête in 2010,[1] and composed music for François Delisle's films (Le bonheur c’est une chanson triste)[4] and You (Toi).[1]
Cournoyer died on August 12, 2012, just days after the release of her final album Le labeur d'une fleur.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Ève Cournoyer". The Canadian Encyclopedia, May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Punk band wins award with anti-U.S. anthem". The Globe and Mail, October 30, 2006.
- ^ "Indie best honoured". Montreal Gazette, March 10, 2003.
- ^ "Faux documentary rings true". Montreal Gazette, May 28, 2004.
- ^ "Décès de la chanteuse Ève Cournoyer". Le Journal de Montréal, August 12, 2012.
- 1969 births
- 2012 deaths
- Canadian female singer-songwriters
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian film score composers
- Canadian rock singers
- Canadian pop singers
- Singers from Quebec
- French-language singers of Canada
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century Canadian women singers
- Canadian musician stubs