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Background information | |
Birth name | Jorane Pelletier |
Born | October 12, 1975 |
Origin | Quebec, Canada |
Genres | cello rock, experimental |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Cello, vocals, 6-string bass, cs80, piano, bonhomme disto, pieds, classical guitar |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Taca, Avalanche, Aquarius, Six Degrees Records, L-A be |
Website | jorane |
Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975), [1] known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello, a typically classical instrument, while singing at the same time. [2] She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.
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". [3] That year she released her first album in English, The You and the Now; [4] she toured across Canada as well as in the United States and Europe in support of the album. [5]
Jorane released an album of music with French lyrics, Vers à soi, in 2007. [5] 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. [6]
Jorane's 2011 album Une sorcière comme les autres included consisted of cover songs, and the arrangements included ukulele and glockenspiel. [7] The next summer she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival. [8]
Jorane composed the film score for films including Kamataki (2005) and Louis Cyr (2013), [9] and for the play Le journal d'Anne Frank. [10] In 2019 she performed as part of the festival Santa Teresa near Montreal. [11] 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. [12]
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