{{Short description|Canadian musician (born 1949)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{distinguish|Daniel Balavoine}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Lavoie | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}} | image = Daniel_Lavoie,_Moscow_October_19_2013.jpg | caption = Lavoie performs in Moscow, Russia, on October 19, 2013. | birth_name = Daniel Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|3|17}} | birth_place = Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada | genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock|French pop|adult contemporary|musicals<ref name="Dillon">{{cite web |last1=Dillon |first1=Charlotte |title=Daniel Lavoie |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/daniel-lavoie-mn0000673915/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=31 May 2018}}</ref>}} | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|composer|producer|actor|radio host}} | instrument = {{hlist|Piano|guitar}} | years_active = 1970–present | label = | website = {{URL|daniellavoie.ca}} }}
'''Daniel Lavoie''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} ({{IPA|fr|danjɛl lavwa}}; born '''Daniel''' '''Joseph-Hubert-Gérald Lavoie''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Histoire du Manitoba français, tome 3: De Gabrielle Roy à Daniel Lavoie (1916-1968)|last=Blay|first=Jacqueline|publisher=Éditions du Blé|year=2016|isbn=9782896115402|location=Saint-Boniface, Man.|page=161}}</ref> March 17, 1949) is a Canadian musician, actor, and singer best known for his song "[[:fr:Ils s'aiment (chanson)|Ils s'aiment]]" and the role of [[Claude Frollo|Frollo]] in musical ''[[Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris]]''. He releases albums and performs on stage in Canada and France<ref name="Harmonia mundi distribution">{{cite web |url=http://harmoniamundi.ca/NR_files/2014_03CA_book.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310020230/http://harmoniamundi.ca/NR_files/2014_03CA_book.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-10 |title=harmonia mundi distribution}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://paris.eventful.com/events/daniel-lavoie-laurent-guardo-/E0-001-072507759-9 |title=DANIEL LAVOIE & LAURENT GUARDO in Paris, A8 - Oct 14, 2014 12:00 AM | Eventful |website=Paris.eventful.com |date=2014-10-14 |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223203/http://paris.eventful.com/events/daniel-lavoie-laurent-guardo-/E0-001-072507759-9 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and tours in Canada and Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.courrierlaval.com/Culture/2012-10-25/article-3107288/Daniel-Lavoie-revisite-son-repertoire/1 |title=Daniel Lavoie revisite son répertoire - Culture |publisher=Courrier Laval |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140505160829/http://www.courrierlaval.com/Culture/2012-10-25/article-3107288/Daniel-Lavoie-revisite-son-repertoire/1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career==
===Music=== [[File:Autograph of Daniel Lavoie.svg|200px|right|Lavoie's signature.]] In 1967, Daniel Lavoie won the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s competition for singer-songwriters, in the television program, "[[Jeunesse Oblige]]".<ref name=ce>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/daniel-lavoie|author=Annie Joan Gagnon|title=Daniel Lavoie |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|date=March 4, 2015|publisher=[[Historica Canada]]|access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref> Soon after that he began touring Quebec's music clubs with groups (''Spectre'', then ''Dieu de l'amour vous aime''). At that time he changed his name from Gérald to Daniel, his birth name.<ref name=":0" /> In 1973 Daniel Lavoie recorded his first single, "Marie connue", and in 1974, his second, "S'endormir pour une rose". His first album ''A court terme'' (1975) had moderate success. One of the songs from this albums, "J'ai quitté mon île" became especially popular in France and also in Portugal and Brazil.<ref name=ce/> In 2009 "J'ai quitté mon île" was selected by [[CBC Radio]] listeners among the top 49 Canadian songs in all genres that best defined the country's image for [[Barack Obama]], to be presented to him on an iPod for his inauguration.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Oscar Peterson, Rush top list of Canadian songs for Obama|journal=Montreal Gazette|date=January 20, 2009|pages=A3}}</ref> The second album, ''Berceuse pour un Lion'' (1977) was well received in Quebec and contained several hits ("Dans le temps des animaux", "La Vérité sur la vérité", "Berceuse pour un lion"),<ref name=ce/> but it was the third album, ''Nirvana bleu'' (1979) that brought Daniel Lavoie true recognition in Quebec.<ref name="Lavoie – Biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/daniel-lavoie/biography |title=Lavoie – Biography |publisher=RFI Music |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820015059/http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/daniel-lavoie/biography |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He toured all over Quebec and also performed in France (Théâtre Montparnasse in Paris in 1980). His popularity as a live performer was growing. In 1980 he received his first [[Félix Award]] for the best male singer of the year. Many more were to follow.<ref name=ce/> In 1981, Daniel Lavoie released his first English-language album ''Cravings'' as well as his fourth French-language album ''Aigre doux''.<ref name="Lavoie – Biography"/>
The year 1984 was a turning point in Daniel Lavoie's career<ref name="rfimusique1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/artiste/chanson/daniel-lavoie/biographie |title=Lavoie - Biographie |publisher=RFI Musique |date=2011-03-03 |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> with the release of his album ''Tension Attention'' (European title ''Ils s'aiment''). One of the songs from this album, "[[:fr:Ils s'aiment (chanson)|Ils s'aiment]]" became especially popular<ref name=ce/> and its single sold 2 million copies.<ref name="Daniel Lavoie">{{cite web|url=http://www.daniellavoie.ca/ |title=Daniel Lavoie |publisher=Daniellavoie.ca |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> It has been translated into several languages and covered by dozens of performers, among them [[Ana Belén]] ("Ellos se aman", in Spanish), [[Richard Cocciante]] (in Italian and Spanish), [[Diane Dufresne]] (in French), [[Paulo Gonzo]] ("Ridiculous Love", in English), [[Ramses Shaffy]] ("Regenboog", in Dutch). "Ils s'aiment" and "Tension Attention" brought Daniel Lavoie multiple awards both in Quebec<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1984.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171652/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1984.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1985.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200053/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1985.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> and in France.<ref name=ce/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france2.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique-varietes/palmares/annee-1985_154704 |title=Palmarès - Les Victoires de la Musique Variétés - France 2 |language=fr |website=France2.fr |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> The same year Daniel created his solo concert show ''Hôtel des rêves'' which he presented both in Quebec and in Europe.<ref name=ce/>
Lavoie's next album, ''Vue sur la mer'' (1987) was another success.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Grenier|first=Line|title=Radio Broadcasting in Canada: The Case of 'Transformat' Music|journal=Popular Music|year=1990|volume=9|issue=2|pages=221–233|doi=10.1017/s0261143000003925|s2cid=162848602 }}</ref> The release was followed by 5 nights engagement at the [[Olympia (Paris)|Olympia]] theatre in Paris, and later a 21-date tour throughout Europe. More awards followed,<ref name="rfimusique1"/> and in the spring of 1988 for three months Lavoie performed his show ''Hôtel des rêves'' at the Théâtre Outremont in Montreal. The 1990 album ''Long Courrier'' (European title ''Chanson de la Terre'') included "Qui sait", "Le pape du rap", and "Jours de plaine". A study conducted in the early 1990s placed Lavoie among most highly respected by their peers French-Canadian singer-songwriters.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ollivier|first=Michèle|title=Snobs and quétaines: Prestige and Boundaries in Popular Music in Quebec|journal=Popular Music|year=2006|volume=25|issue=1|pages=97–116|jstor=3877545|doi=10.1017/s0261143005000723|s2cid=144605610 }}p. 108, 115: "Artists whose prestige scores exhibit low standard deviations (below 1.5), and therefore the highest degree of consensus, are either highly respected and mostly male songwriters in quadrant I or low-prestige interpreters in quadrant IV. The former include songwriters Beau Dommage, Claude Dubois, Daniel Lavoie, Felix Leclerc, Gilles Vignault, Laurence Jalbert, Luc de Larochelliere, Marie Philippe, Michel Rivard, Offenbach, Paul Piche, Richard Seguin, and Robert Charlebois."</ref>
In 1992 Lavoie participated in [[Catherine Lara]]'s symphonic rock-musical ''Sand et les Romantiques'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frmusique.ru/texts/s/sand_et_les_romantiques/ |title=Sand et les Romantiques |publisher=Frmusique.ru |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> performing the part of [[Eugène Delacroix]].<ref name="Daniel Lavoie"/> The same year he released another English-language album, ''Here in the heart''. He also appeared in an episode of the American soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]'' as himself performing his own song "Weak for Love".<ref name="rfimusique2">{{cite web |url=http://rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6193.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405185329/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/biographie/biographie_6193.asp |archive-date=2006-04-05 |title=Biography}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|rd61vU6d1l4|General Hospital: Daniel Lavoie (1994)}}</ref> Lavoie's next and final English-language album ''Woman to Man'' appeared in 1994.
In 1995 Lavoie released a new album ''Ici'' (European title ''Où la route mène'') which introduced new hits such as "Où la route mène", "Je pensais pas", and "Je suis une rivière". Two albums for children followed: ''Le Bébé Dragon'' (1996) and ''Le Bébé Dragon vol. 2'' (1997).<ref name="rfimusique1"/> Live album of Lavoie's best hits along with never-before performed pieces, ''Live au Divan Vert'' (European title ''Le meilleur de Daniel Lavoie'') was recorded in 1997.<ref name=ce/>
In 1998 Lavoie was cast as priest Frollo in [[Richard Cocciante]] and [[Luc Plamondon]]'s new musical ''[[Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris]]'', which was based on the eponymous novel by [[Victor Hugo]], and has been performing the role since 2016. The musical became very successful ("Notre-Dame De Paris" won world's best-selling artist/group for 1998 at the World Music Awards on May 5, 1999)<ref>Tesseyre, Cecile; Dezzani, Mark. Billboard – The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment 111.26 (June 26, 1999): 8, 75.</ref> Albums were sold by the millions (certified triple-platinum by CRIA for sales of more than 300,000 copies<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Powell|first=Betsy|title=There's no place like home|magazine=Billboard|year=1999|volume=111|issue=3|page=50}}</ref>), and for seven months<ref name=ce/> Daniel sang the part of Frollo in front of sold-out crowds of the [[Palais des congrès de Paris|Palais des Congrès]] in Paris. He continues to do it today. After that he also participated in the show's tour in France, as well as the Quebec production and the English version in London, in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notre-Dame De Paris|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com|work=Oxford Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press, 2007 – 2013.|access-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> The song "[[Belle (Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou song)|Belle]]", which he performed with [[Garou (singer)|Garou]] and [[Patrick Fiori]] became enormously popular (in 1998 3 million copies of this song were sold in Europe, where it was no. 1 for 30 weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tesseyre|first=Cecile|author2=Dezzani, Mark|title=Hit 'Notre-Dame' Takes To Road|magazine=Billboard|date=June 26, 1999|volume=111|issue=26|page=8}}</ref>)
In 2002 Lavoie was cast in another musical in Paris, this time ''Le Petit Prince'' by Richard Cocciante and Elisabeth Anais, based on [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry|Antoine de St-Exupéry]]'s [[The Little Prince|book]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6146.asp |title=Richard Cocciante |publisher=RFI Musique |access-date=2014-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517133714/http://rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6146.asp |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref> He performed the part of the Pilot until April 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreonline.com/Spectacle/Le-Petit-Prince/6174 |title=LE PETIT PRINCE - Casino de Paris |website=THEATREonline.com |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref>
The new album ''Comédies humaines'' was released in 2004 and included hits like "Violoncelle" and "Bénies Soient Les Femmes". A tour in France and Quebec followed. The same year Lavoie released a storybook for children illustrated by Oksana Kemarskaya ''Roulé Boulé: Je suis une boule qui roule'', accompanied by an album of the same name that consisted of selections from the two ''Bébé dragon'' albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamontagnesecrete.com/RouleBoule|title=Roulé Boulé - Je suis une boule qui roule|date=2010-12-13|website=www.lamontagnesecrete.com|language=fr|access-date=2017-03-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914224226/http://www.lamontagnesecrete.com/RouleBoule|archive-date=September 14, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2011 this work was selected along with several other books for use as elementary school teaching texts in Quebec and republished with a teaching aide within a series ''L'école de La Montagne secrète''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesecretmountain.com/node/1225 |title=L'école de La Montagne secrète | lamontagnesecrete.com |publisher=Thesecretmountain.com|access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505201018/http://www.thesecretmountain.com/node/1225 |archive-date=May 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In February 2005 Lavoie participated in a stage revival of ''Nelligan'', an opera by [[:fr:André Gagnon (musicien)|André Gagnon]] based on the works and biography of [[:fr:Nelligan|Émile Nelligan]], Quebec's late 19th-century poet. The show, in which Lavoie sang the part of the Old Nelligan was recorded in a live album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voir.ca/musique/2005/12/15/nelligan-je-me-souviens-2/ |title=Nelligan : Je me souviens – Musique – |date=15 December 2005 |publisher=Voir.ca |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>
The album ''Docteur Tendresse'' appeared in 2007. It included songs like "Docteur Tendresse", "La voilà notre armée" (to the lyrics by [[:fr:Allain Leprest|Allain Leprest]]).
In 2008 Lavoie accepted an invitation to participate in a project that united music with the poetry of [[Gaston Miron]], Quebec's 20th-century poet : the album ''Douze homme rapaillés'', a collection of musical settings of Miron's poems by [[Gilles Bélanger]] and performed by various Quebec's singers-songwriters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/disques/200811/09/01-37786-douze-hommes-rapailles-miron-en-chanson.php |title=Douze hommes rapaillés: Miron en chanson | Alexandre Vigneault | Disques |publisher=Lapresse.ca |access-date=2014-05-16|newspaper=La Presse |last1=Vigneault |first1=Alexandre }}</ref> The second volume of this work came out in 2010 (''Douze homme rapaillés – volume 2''). The rare stage performances of ''Douze homme rapaillés'' won both critical and popular acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelles.aspx?idA=49 |title=Douze hommes rapaillés - Nouvelles |publisher=Spectra Musique |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=19 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019142226/http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelles.aspx?idA=49 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The third installment of the project, the disc ''La symphonie rapaillée'' presenting a selection of the songs from the previous two albums, this time accompanied by an orchestra, was released in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |author=Spectra Musique |url=http://douzehommes.com/ |title=12 hommes rapaillés chantent Gaston Miron |publisher=Douzehommes.com |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517075832/http://douzehommes.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Beginning in December 2010 Lavoie participated in a series of the concert versions of ''[[Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris]]'' which reunited the original cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nd-leconcert.com/in/en/ |title=Concert | Les plus grandes chansons de Notre-Dame de Paris en concert avec sur scène 70 musiciens et 40 choristes |publisher=Nd-leconcert.com |access-date=2014-05-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127114909/http://nd-leconcert.com/in/en/ |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> These shows were presented in Kyiv, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People/Spectacles/Notre-Dame-de-Paris-Garou-Fiori-Helene-Segara-146437 |title="Notre-Dame de Paris" renaît enfin ! |date=31 January 2011 |language=fr |publisher=Paris Match |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> and Beirut.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beirut.com/l/16510 |title=Notre Dame de Paris Concert (Monday, Jul 9, 2012) :: Beirut.com :: Beirut City Guide |website=Beirut.com |date=2012-07-09 |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> He was joined with [[Bruno Pelletier]]. In 2011 Lavoie released ''J'écoute la radio'', an album of newly arranged hits plus a new song (''J'écoute la radio''). A new concert show took Lavoie on a tour that lasted for almost 2 years (until Spring 2013) all over Quebec, as well as in France, Russia and Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelle.aspx?idN=55&idA=32 |title=Daniel Lavoie – Nouvelles |publisher=Spectra Musique |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-date=1 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214805/http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelle.aspx?idN=55&idA=32 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On March 25, 2014 the French production company [[Le Chant du Monde]] (a [[Harmonia mundi]] label) released a new disc, ''Daniel Lavoie: La Licorne captive – Un projet musical de Laurent Guardo''. This musical project exploring classical myths and legends features Daniel Lavoie as a vocalist performing songs written for him by a Canadian composer-songwriter [[Laurent Guardo]], accompanied by an ensemble of early music and ethnic instruments.<ref name="Harmonia mundi distribution"/> In 2014-2015 Lavoie and Guardo presented live shows of the album in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreonline.com/Spectacle/Daniel-Lavoie-Laurent-Guardo-La-licorne-captive/48765 |title=Daniel Lavoie & Laurent Guardo - La Licorne Captive - Européen |website=THEATREonline.com |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> and in Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festivalclassica.com/may-29-daniel-lavoie.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613062035/http://www.festivalclassica.com/may-29-daniel-lavoie.html |archive-date=2015-06-13 |title=Daniel Lavoie}}</ref>
On July 1, 2014 Daniel Lavoie participated in the official [[Canada Day]] on [[Parliament Hill]] in Ottawa evening show as one of its featured performers, representing his native Manitoba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canadaday.gc.ca/eng/1399992473641/1399992551901 |title=Canada Day on Parliament Hill - Official sites |website=Canadaday.gc.ca |date=2015-05-13 |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530235620/http://canadaday.gc.ca/eng/1399992473641/1399992551901 |archive-date=May 30, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
Daniel Lavoie's new album titled ''Mes longs voyages'' was released in September 2016. Produced with Guy St-Onge, a collaborator of his friend, [[Bruno Pelletier]], his gringoire, this album comprises both original songs as well as covers of songs by [[Léo Ferré]], [[Alain Bashung]], Allain Leprest and [[Félix Leclerc]].<ref>[http://www.dep.ca/catalogue/musique/daniel-lavoie-mes-longs-voyages DEP Distribution - Daniel Lavoie, Mes longs voyages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827184622/http://www.dep.ca/catalogue/musique/daniel-lavoie-mes-longs-voyages |date=August 27, 2016 }}</ref> A Canadian concert tour ''Mes longs voyages'' followed in February–March 2017,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/spectacles.aspx?idA=32|title=Daniel Lavoie - Spectacles - Spectra Musique|website=www.spectramusique.com|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027202716/https://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/spectacles.aspx?idA=32|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in the spring of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelle.aspx?idN=255&idA=32|title=Daniel Lavoie - De retour en tournée au Québec|website=Spectra Musique|language=en|access-date=2018-03-06|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917032858/http://www.spectramusique.com/artistes/nouvelle.aspx?idN=255&idA=32|url-status=dead}}</ref> One of the concerts took place at the 2017 ''[[Montréal en lumière]]'' festival, which named Lavoie President of Honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealenlumiere.com/fr/Arts/Presidents|title=MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE|website=www.montrealenlumiere.com|access-date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155102/http://www.montrealenlumiere.com/fr/Arts/Presidents|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since November 2016 Daniel Lavoie has been part of the cast of the revival of the musical ''Notre Dame de Paris'' reprising his role of Frollo in the Palais des Congrès in Paris, followed by the ongoing tour of France and other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://notredamedeparislespectacle.com/cast/daniel-lavoie/|title=Daniel Lavoie|website=NOTRE DAME DE PARIS - La Comédie Musicale|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-01-02|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027172727/https://notredamedeparislespectacle.com/cast/daniel-lavoie/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/casting-announced-for-london-run-of-notre-dame-de-paris/|title=Casting Announced For London Run of Notre Dame De Paris|date=2018-10-08|website=LondonTheatre1.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Liu|first=Lyla|title='Notre Dame de Paris' set to play two cities at once in Taiwan|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4126903|access-date=2021-03-16|website=Taiwan News|date=13 February 2021 }}</ref>
He currently resides in [[Montreal]].<ref name="CC"/>
====Collaborations====
Lavoie often collaborates with his colleagues, by recording duos or solo tracks for their albums. Some examples of such collaboration are albums "Chez Leprest, vol. 1"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Daniel-Lavoie/Chez-Leprest-Vol-1-a116915548.html |title=Daniel Lavoie - Chez Leprest, Vol. 1 |website=Chartsinfrance.net |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> (2007), "Leprest symphonique"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Daniel-Lavoie/Leprest-Symphonique-Les-De--a112828476.html |title=Daniel Lavoie - Leprest Symphonique: Les Derniers Enregistrements D'allain |website=Chartsinfrance.net |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> (2011), [[Dominica Merola]]'s "Appassionata" (2010), [[Liona Boyd]]'s "The return... To Canada with love…"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lionaboyd.com/ |title=The Official site of Liona Boyd - home |website=Lionaboyd.com |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> (2013), book+disc set "Chats de Paris" by Gérard Beauchamp (2009), followed by "Chats de Montréal" (2011), [[Valérie Carpentier]]'s "L'été des orages"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2013/11/21/002-valerie-carpentier-album-auteurs.shtml |title=Musique : L'été des orages de Valérie Carpentier | ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |website=Radio-canada.ca |date=2013-11-21 |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> (2013) et al.
Lavoie also produces musical albums by other performers, like [[:fr:Marie-Jo Thério|Marie-Jo Thério]], [[Louise Forestier]], [[Hart-Rouge]] Band,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Leblanc|first=Harry|title=Hart-Rouge seeks welcoming 'Home'; Canadian act bows 7th set on its own label|magazine=Billboard|date=May 24, 1997|volume=109|issue=21|page=52}}</ref> and [[Gilles Vigneault]] (the album ''Vivre debout'', 2014).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fr.canoe.com/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2014/04/14/21603776-qmi.html |title=Gilles Vigneault lance Vivre debout |website=canoe.com |access-date=2016-04-11 }}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===Film and television work===
Lavoie acted in a 1991 Canadian film by [[Jean Pierre Lefebvre]], ''[[The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel]] (Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange)'', for which he also wrote the musical score.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101847/|title=Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange (1991)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> He received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], for "Quand tu partiras".<ref>"Genie candidates announced". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', October 19, 1991.</ref>
In 2002 Lavoie appeared in a Canadian TV film directed by Claude Fournier ''The Book of Eve'', alongside [[Claire Bloom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337890/|title=The Book of Eve (2002)|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> In 2004 Daniel Lavoie starred as Quebec's singer-songwriter [[Félix Leclerc]] in the mini-series ''Félix Leclerc'', directed by Fournier for Canadian and French television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452213/|title=Félix Leclerc |website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> In addition Lavoie has recorded his own musical tribute to Leclerc, an album ''Moi, mon Félix'' (2005).<ref name="rfimusique2"/>
In 2012 Lavoie appeared in a cameo role in a French TV mini-series ''Antigone 34'', created by [[Brice Homs]] and [[Alexis Nolent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2310393/|title=Antigone 34 |website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref>
In addition to acting in films, he has also written songs and music scores for a number of films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492166/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |title=Daniel Lavoie|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref>
In 2019 and 2020 Lavoie participated in the Canadian Film Festival in [[Dieppe]] as a jury member (2019) and as jury president (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les rendez-vous de ce samedi 22 août 2020 à Dieppe|url=https://actu.fr/normandie/dieppe_76217/les-rendez-vous-de-ce-samedi-22-aout-2020-a-dieppe_35614796.html|access-date=2021-03-16|website=actu.fr|date=22 August 2020 |language=fr}}</ref>
===Poetry=== In 2011, Lavoie published a book of poems and poetic essays, ''Finutilité'' (Saint-Boniface : Les Éditions des Plaines)<ref>{{cite web |author=brigitte |url=http://www.plaines.ca/en/2011/11/04/finutilite/ |title=Finutilité | Les Éditions des Plaines |publisher=Plaines.ca |date=November 4, 2011 |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073856/http://www.plaines.ca/en/2011/11/04/finutilite/ |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014 a Russian translation of the book was published in Russia under the title ''Пустонечность'' (Saint-Petersburg : Polifarm, 2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavoie.ru/finutilite_book.php |title=Книга "Finutilité" (Пустонечность) |website=Lavoie.ru |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref>
In the Spring of 2013 Lavoie became the official representative of the [[Maison de la Poésie de Montréal]] Spring fundraising campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maisondelapoesie.qc.ca/nouvelles/2013/04_10_5eCampagne.html |title=Daniel Lavoie appuie la 5e campagne de financement de la Maison de la Poésie |publisher=Maisondelapoesie.qc.ca |access-date=2014-05-16 |archive-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705011411/http://www.maisondelapoesie.qc.ca/nouvelles/2013/04_10_5eCampagne.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Daniel's second book of poetry, ''Particulités'' was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salondulivreparis.com/Programme/Moteurs-de-recherche/Zoom-personnalites,Daniel-LAVOIE.htm?Zoom=76dd6bd92788b5bedf22c6dc4b0ceca2&SType= |title=Daniel LAVOIE sera présent(e) au Salon du livre de Paris, du 20 au 23 mars 2015, à Paris Porte de Versailles |website=Salondulivreparis.com |access-date=2016-04-11 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Radio=== For three years (from June 2010 through June 2013) Daniel Lavoie was hosting his own radio show, ''Lavoie libre'', on the [[Espace Musique]] channel of [[Ici Radio-Canada Première|Radio Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/point_du_jour/2010-2011/chronique.asp?idChronique=169428 |title=Nouvelle saison pour Lavoie libre |publisher=Ici.radio-canada.ca |access-date=May 27, 2013 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423052545/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/point_du_jour/2010-2011/chronique.asp?idChronique=169428 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The show featured music in a variety of styles and of many ethnic origins as well as poetry by Francophone poets, mostly from North America, read on the air by the host himself.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info-culture.biz/2012/08/20/la-rentree-de-la-radio-a-radio-canada-2012-2013/#sthash.JJmbjv4Y.dpbs |title= La Rentrée De La Radio À Radio-Canada 2012–2013 ! |publisher=info-culture.biz |access-date=May 27, 2013|date= 2012-08-20 }}</ref>
==Awards== * ''1980 Interprète masculin de l'année – Gala de l'ADISQ''<ref name=ce/> * ''1981 Interprète masculin de l'année – Gala de l'ADISQ''<ref name=ce/> * ''1984 Chanson de l'année Tension Attention – Gala de l'ADISQ; Interprète masculin de l'année – Gala de l'ADISQ; Album de l'année Auteur et/ou compositeur-interprète Tension Attention – Gala de l'ADISQ''<ref name=ce/> * ''1985 Midem d'or décerné pour la chanson Ils s'aiment; Félix de l'Artiste s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec; Victoire de la musique du Meilleur album francophone Tension Attention''<ref name=ce/> * ''1986 Recipient of the [[Médaille Jacques-Blanchet]]; recipient of the [[prix Wallonie-Québec]]''<ref name=ce/> * ''1987 Victoires de la musique Meilleur album francophone Vue sur la mer;''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france2.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique-varietes/palmares/annee-1987_154740 |title=L'association - Les Victoires de la Musique Variétés - France 2 |language=fr |website=France2.fr |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> Récipiendaire du Trophée Renonciat (attribuée par la Communauté radiophonique des programmes de langue française);<ref name=ce/> Félix de l'Artiste s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1987.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303130900/http://adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1987.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''1988 Victoire de l'album francophone de l'année Vue sur la mer''<ref name=ce/> * ''1989 Knight of the [[Order of La Pléiade]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ordre_de_la_Pl%C3%A9iade_%28honneur%29 |title=Ordre de la Pléiade (honneur) - La Mémoire du Québec |language=fr |website=Memoireduquebec.com |date=2015-12-26 |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> * ''1990 Félix de l'Album pop-rock de l'année Long Courrier – Gala de l'ADISQ''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1990.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102200845/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1990.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''1991 Prix Socan, Musique populaire Qui sait''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie">{{cite web |url=https://www.socan.ca/controller |title=SOCAN - Society Of Composers, Authors And Music Publishers Of Canada |website=Socan.ca |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033936/https://www.socan.ca/controller |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''1992 Prix Miroir de la Chanson d'expression française au Festival d'été de Québec''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.feq.ca/en/FEQ/FEQ-Awards-Winners/Archives?edition=1992#annee |title=Le Festival d'été de Québec - Prix Miroir 1992 |website=feq.ca |access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> * ''1993 Member of the [[Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Quebec)|l'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cslf.gouv.qc.ca/prix-et-distinctions/ordre-des-francophones-damerique/liste-des-membres-de-lordre-des-francophones-damerique/ |title=Liste des membres de l'Ordre des francophones d'Amérique - Conseil supérieur de la langue française |website=Cslf.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201093728/http://www.cslf.gouv.qc.ca/prix-et-distinctions/ordre-des-francophones-damerique/liste-des-membres-de-lordre-des-francophones-damerique// |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''1996 Prix SOCAN for the songs Ils s'aiment, Tension attention and Où la route mène''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie"/> * ''1997 Félix de l'Album pour enfants de l'année (Le Bébé dragon) – Gala de l'ADISQ''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1997.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221137/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1997.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''1997 Prix SOCAN for the songs Je voudrais voir New York and Lolita''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie"/> * ''1999 Victoires de la musique, Spectacle de l'année Notre-Dame-de-Paris; Victoires de la musique, Chanson de l'année for [[Belle (Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou song)|Belle]];''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/060/article_14029.asp |title=Victoires de la musique 1999 |publisher=RFI Musique |date=1999-02-22 |access-date=2016-04-11}}</ref> World Music Award for World's best-selling French artist (the cast of [[Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre Dame de Paris]]){{citation needed|date=October 2022}} * ''1999 Prix SOCAN for the song La danse du smatte''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie"/> * ''2000 Prix SOCAN for the song Des milliards de choses''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie"/> <!-- * ''2004 Choc de la Musique décerné par Le Monde de La Musique Comédies Humaine''--> * ''2006 Inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Broadcast Hall of Fame in the Music Star category''<ref>{{cite web |author=Your Name (this will appear with your post) |url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/broadcast-hall-of-fame-inductees/1000207055/?&er=NA |title=Broadcast Hall of Fame Inductees |website=Broadcastermagazine.com |date=2006-10-01 |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810035447/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/broadcast-hall-of-fame-inductees/1000207055/?&er=NA |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ''2009 Prix SOCAN for Daniel Lavoie (composer), Louise Forestier (lyricist) and Eric Lapointe (singer) in the category Popular song for the song 1500 miles''<ref name="SOCAN Awards - Daniel Lavoie"/> * ''2009 Prix Robert Charlebois pour son rayonnement à l'étranger – Fondation SPACQ (Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec) – The Robert Charlebois prize for influence abroad awarded by the Professional Association of Quebec authors and composers (SPACQ)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fondationspacq.com/laureats-2009.html |title=Lauréats 2009 |publisher=Fondation SPACQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190815/http://www.fondationspacq.com/laureats-2009.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * ''2010 Spectacle de l'année – interprète – Gala de l'ADISQ (for 12 hommes rapaillés)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2010.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230752/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2010.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * ''2011 Album de l'année – folk contemporain – Gala de l'ADISQ (for Douze hommes rapaillés chantent Miron, volume 2 : Artistes variés)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2011.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191123/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2011.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''2012 Spectacle de l'année – interprète – Gala de l'ADISQ (for Douze hommes rapaillés (deuxième édition) : Artistes variés)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2012.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191755/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala2012.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''2014 Album de l'année – réinterprétation – Gala de l'ADISQ (for La symphonie rapaillée : Artistes variés)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/2014/nomin-artis-reinterpretation.html |title=ADISQ |publisher=ADISQ |access-date=2016-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191451/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/2014/nomin-artis-reinterpretation.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> * ''2015 Prix SOCAN (Category SOCAN Classics) for the song La Villa de Ferdinando Marcos sur la mer''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.socan.ca/files/pdf/SOCAN%20Awards-Winners%20List-Oct%202015-FINAL-EN.pdf |title=Gala de Montréal – Édition 26e |website=Socan.ca |access-date=2016-04-11 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113745/http://www.socan.ca/files/pdf/SOCAN%20Awards-Winners%20List-Oct%202015-FINAL-EN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2022: [[Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame]]<ref>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1899867/daniel-lavoie-intronise-pantheon-auteurs-compositeurs-canadiens "Daniel Lavoie sera intronisé au Panthéon des auteurs et compositeurs canadiens"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], July 21, 2022.</ref> * 2024: [[Order of Canada]]<ref name="CC">{{Cite web|title=Order of Canada Appointees – June 2024|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-canada-appointees-june-2024|access-date=2024-06-27|website=Governor General of Canada|date=21 June 2024 }}</ref> * 2026: [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]]<ref>Nicole Thompson, [https://www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/barbara-hannigan-james-cameron-win-governor-generals-performing-arts-awards-11870292 "Barbara Hannigan, James Cameron win Governor General's Performing Arts Awards"]. ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]'', February 11, 2026.</ref>
==List of works== {{Main article|List of works by Daniel Lavoie}}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * '''(French)''' [http://www.daniellavoie.ca Daniel Lavoie] (Official site) * '''(French)''' [http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=188 Daniel Lavoie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928205125/http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=188 |date=28 September 2019 }} on Québec Info Musique.com * '''(French)''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920061303/http://www.espace.mu/espace-musique/animateurs/lavoiedaniel Lavoie Libre], radio show on [[Ici Radio-Canada Première|Radio Canada]] hosted by Daniel Lavoie * '''(Russian)''' [http://www.lavoie.ru/ Daniel Lavoie : the translations] * {{IMDb name|0492166}}
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