# Lucille Dompierre

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{{short description|Canadian pianist and arranger}}
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'''Lucille Dompierre''' (1899–1968) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [pianist](/source/piano) and [arranger](/source/arranger). She made only a few recordings, mainly consisting of works by [Frédéric Chopin](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_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](/source/Berthe_Roy) and [Henri Gagnon](/source/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](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Brassard)|encyclopedia=[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/C%C3%A9cile_Huot) |encyclopedia=[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Quebec_Symphony_Orchestra).<ref name="fr"/>

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Category:1899 births
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Category:20th-century Canadian classical pianists
Category:Canadian women classical pianists
Category:20th-century Canadian women pianists

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