{{short description|Canadian songwriter, musician and record producer}} {{For|other people with the same name|Pierre Marchand (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Pierre Marchand composer.jpg | name = Pierre Marchand | caption = | image_size = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = 1958 | death_date = | origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | instrument = | genre = | occupation = Songwriter, producer | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Pierre Marchand''' (born 1958) is a Canadian songwriter, musician and record producer.
Marchand is known for his ongoing collaboration with Sarah McLachlan, having produced all of her albums from ''Solace'' in 1991 through ''Wonderland'' in 2016. He also co-wrote several of McLachlan's singles, including "Building a Mystery", "Adia", "Into the Fire", and "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy".
Marchand has also worked with many other singer-songwriters, including Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith, Leigh Nash, Stevie Nicks, Daniel Lanois, The Devlins, Greg Keelor, Patty Larkin and Lhasa de Sela. He has been awarded the Juno Award for songwriting and producing, as well as a Felix Award for Producer of the Year.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
In 2014, he translated several songs by Whitehorse into French for that band's EP ''Éphémère sans repère''.<ref name=ephemere>[http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/whitehorse-Ephemere_sans_repere_ep_stream "Whitehorse, 'Éphémère sans repère'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328020517/http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/whitehorse-Ephemere_sans_repere_ep_stream |date=2014-03-28 }}. ''Exclaim!'', March 25, 2014.</ref>
His recording studio Studio PM is located in Montreal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tandem/segments/chronique/29571/studio-pm-pierre-marchand-pascal-shefteshy|title=Visite du Studio PM de Pierre Marchand avec Pascal Shefteshy {{!}} Tandem|last=Radio-Canada.ca|first=ICI Radio-Canada Première -|work=Tandem {{!}} ICI Radio-Canada.ca Première|access-date=2017-11-28|language=fr-ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110071706/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tandem/segments/chronique/29571/studio-pm-pierre-marchand-pascal-shefteshy|archive-date=2017-11-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |url= https://www.soundonsound.com/people/pierre-marchand-producing-sarah-mclachlan |title=PIERRE MARCHAND: Producing Sarah McLachlan |work= Sound on Sound|date=March 2000 |access-date=23 May 2011}} *{{cite web |url= http://www.mcdman.com/marchand.html |title= Pierre Marchand |work=McDonough Management |year=2011 |access-date=23 May 2011}} *{{cite web |url= http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=pierre+marchand |title=Pierre-Marchand JUNO Awards |work=junoawards.ca |year=2011 |access-date=23 May 2011}}
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