Catherine Major | |
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Background information | |
Born | Outremont, Quebec, Canada | February 18, 1980
Genres | Chanson, pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2010s-present |
Catherine Major (born February 18, 1980) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter from Quebec. [1] She is most noted for her 2011 album Le désert des solitudes, which was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2012. [2]
Originally from Outremont, she studied piano in childhood. She released her debut album Par-dessus bord, in 2004 [3] and toured to support the album as an opening act for Richard Desjardins. [4] In 2007 she composed music for Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's film The Ring (Le Ring), for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Original Music at the 10th Jutra Awards. [4] The following year she released her second album, Rose sang. [4]
Le désert des solitudes was released in 2011. [5] In 2012, she received a second Jutra nomination for Best Original Music, for her work on Micheline Lanctôt's film For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu). [6]
Her fourth album, La maison du monde, followed in 2015. [7]
In 2019, she participated alongside Ginette Reno, Diane Dufresne, Céline Dion, Isabelle Boulay, Luce Dufault, Louise Forestier, Laurence Jalbert, Ariane Moffatt, Marie Denise Pelletier and Marie-Élaine Thibert in a supergroup recording of Renée Claude's "Tu trouveras la paix", as a charitable fundraiser for Alzheimer's disease research after Claude's diagnosis with Alzheimer's was announced. [8] Later the same year she performed a show with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, premiering several new songs from her forthcoming fifth album. [9] The album, Carte mère, was released in 2020. [10]
Catherine Major | |
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Background information | |
Born | Outremont, Quebec, Canada | February 18, 1980
Genres | Chanson, pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2010s-present |
Catherine Major (born February 18, 1980) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter from Quebec. [1] She is most noted for her 2011 album Le désert des solitudes, which was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2012. [2]
Originally from Outremont, she studied piano in childhood. She released her debut album Par-dessus bord, in 2004 [3] and toured to support the album as an opening act for Richard Desjardins. [4] In 2007 she composed music for Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's film The Ring (Le Ring), for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Original Music at the 10th Jutra Awards. [4] The following year she released her second album, Rose sang. [4]
Le désert des solitudes was released in 2011. [5] In 2012, she received a second Jutra nomination for Best Original Music, for her work on Micheline Lanctôt's film For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu). [6]
Her fourth album, La maison du monde, followed in 2015. [7]
In 2019, she participated alongside Ginette Reno, Diane Dufresne, Céline Dion, Isabelle Boulay, Luce Dufault, Louise Forestier, Laurence Jalbert, Ariane Moffatt, Marie Denise Pelletier and Marie-Élaine Thibert in a supergroup recording of Renée Claude's "Tu trouveras la paix", as a charitable fundraiser for Alzheimer's disease research after Claude's diagnosis with Alzheimer's was announced. [8] Later the same year she performed a show with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, premiering several new songs from her forthcoming fifth album. [9] The album, Carte mère, was released in 2020. [10]