Jorane
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jorane
| image = Jorane - Edmonton Chante Festival - June 22, 2007 - Maurice-Lavallée School.jpg
| caption = Jorane in 2007
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jorane Pelletier
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|10|12}}
| origin = Quebec, Canada
| instrument = Cello, vocals, 6-string bass, cs80, piano, bonhomme disto, pieds, classical guitar
| genre = Cello rock, experimental rock
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = Taca, Avalanche, Aquarius, Six Degrees Records, L-A be
| associated_acts =
| spouse = Éloi Painchaud
| website ={{URL|jorane.com}}
}}
Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975),Source: Correction requested by Jorane. known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello.
[https://www.popmatters.com/jorane-youandnow-2495950186.html "Jorane: The You and the Now"]. Pop Matters, Tim O'Neil, July 18, 2005 She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.
Career
Jorane worked with Sarah McLachlan for her record Afterglow. In 2004, the press also reported that Jorane would appear on a Halloween special of the television series ZeD to perform a "witchy acid cello".Alex Strachan, "Frightful Halloween behaviour," The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec: October 31, 2004, pg. B.4. That year she released her first album in English, The You and the Now;{{cite book|author=Larry LeBlanc|title="Jorane Delivers Now" – Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68|date=September 25, 2004|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=68|issn=0006-2510}} she toured across Canada as well as in the United States and Europe in support of the album.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/musique/2007/10/23/001-jorane-vers-soi.asp "Jorane tisse un album tout en français"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925111742/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/musique/2007/10/23/001-jorane-vers-soi.asp |date=September 25, 2019 }}. Ici Radio Canada, October 23, 2007
Jorane released an album of music with French lyrics, Vers à soi, in 2007. In July that year she performed an improvised piece to accompany the images she was presented with on a large screen, in Montréal as part of "Montréal Terre", a sister concert of the Live Earth concerts.[http://www.fondationsedna.org/ La fondation SEDNA]
Jorane's 2011 album Une sorcière comme les autres included consisted of cover songs, and the arrangements included ukulele and glockenspiel.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/315442/jorane-devant-vigneault-desjardins-cohen-et-les-autres "Jorane devant Vigneault, Desjardins, Cohen et les autres"]. Le Devoir, Yves Bernard, January 26, 2011 The next summer she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/montreal-international-jazz-festival-2012-jorane-at-maison-symphonique-june-30-2012 "Montreal International Jazz Festival 2012: Jorane at Maison Symphonique; June 30, 2012"]. The Gazette (Montreal), July 1, 2012
Jorane composed the film score for films including Kamataki (2005) and Louis Cyr (2013),[http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201305/31/01-4656414-la-musique-de-jorane-couplee-a-la-force-de-louis-cyr.php "La musique de Jorane couplée à la force de Louis Cyr"]. La Presse, May 31, 2013. and for the play Le journal d'Anne Frank.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/430324/le-journal-d-anne-frank-jorane "Le journal d’Anne Frank, Jorane"]. Le Devoir, Geneviève Tremblay, January 30, 2015 In 2019 she performed as part of the festival Santa Teresa near Montreal.Philippe Rezzonico, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1170691/arts-musique-festival-santa-teresa-mgmt-hubert-lenoir-jorane "Santa Teresa : MGMT, Jorane et Hubert Lenoir au tableau d’honneur"]. Ici Radio Canada, May 19, 2019. She received two Jutra Award nominations for Best Original Music at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for her work on Kamataki and A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali), winning the award for the latter film.Adele Weder, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-prize-congorama-at-quebecs-130447 "Top prize for 'Congorama' at Quebec's Jutra honors"]. The Hollywood Reporter, February 20, 2007.
Discography
- Vent fou (1999)
- 16mm (2000)
- Live au Spectrum (2002)
- Evapore (2003)
- The You and the Now (2004)
- Canvas or Canvass (internet project) (2007)
- Vers à soi (2007)
- Dix (2008)
- Une sorcière comme les autres (2011)
- L'Instant aimé (2012)
- Mélopée (2014)
- Hemenetset Pt.1 – EP (2019)
Awards and nominations
- Album de l'année – Rock, Vent fou, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated){{cite web|title=Artistique 2000|url=http://adisq.com/gala/archives/2000/|website=Gala ADISQ Archives|publisher=Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ)|accessdate=August 9, 2016}}
- Interprète féminine de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated)
- Révélation de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated)
- Best New Solo Artist, JUNO Awards 2000 (Nominated){{cite web|title=Jorane (Awards and Nominations)|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=2016&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=jorane|website=The JUNO Awards|publisher=The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)|accessdate=August 9, 2016}}{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Morissette leads Canada's Juno nomination list|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Q0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45|date=February 12, 2000|pages=45–|issn=0006-2510}}
- Francophone Album of the Year, Vers à soi, JUNO Awards 2008 (Nominated)
References
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External links
- [http://www.jorane.com/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051103115245/http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/artists.php?artist=Jorane Jorane at Six Degrees Records]
- [http://jorane.bandcamp.com/ Jorane Bandcamp Website]
- {{IMDb name|id=0429790}}
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Category:Canadian pop cellists
Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian indie pop musicians
Category:Canadian experimental musicians
Category:Canadian film score composers
Category:French-language singers of Canada
Category:Canadian women pop singers
Category:20th-century Canadian women singers
Category:21st-century Canadian women singers
Category:Six Degrees Records artists
Category:Canadian women composers
Category:20th-century cellists
Category:21st-century French cellists