{{short description|Canadian pianist and arranger}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} '''Lucille Dompierre''' (1899–1968) was a Canadian pianist and arranger. She made only a few recordings, mainly consisting of works by Frédéric Chopin. She also arranged several Canadian songs and folk tunes for piano and solo voice.<ref name="fr">[http://dompierrequebec.tripod.com/id47.htm Biography of Lucille Dompierre at dompierrequebec] (in French).</ref>
==Career== Dompierre was a pupil of Berthe Roy and Henri Gagnon.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003849|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050520235147/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003849|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2005|title=Henri Gagnon|author=François Brassard|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> A child prodigy, she began her concert career at the age of five. In 1919 she won the prestigious Prix d'Europe.<ref name="CE">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002865 |title=Prix d'Europe |author=Cécile Huot |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213083612/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002865 |archivedate=13 February 2010 }}</ref> The award enabled her to continue studies in Paris, which she had begun in 1918, through 1920.<ref name="fr"/>
Upon her return to Quebec City in 1920, Dompierre continued her career as a concert pianist; appearing with every numerous important ensembles and at major venues throughout Canada. For many years she was the resident pianist of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra.<ref name="fr"/>
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