Robert Marcel Lepage

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Robert Marcel Lepage
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Lepage at the Place Bonaventure in 2016.
Born1951 (age 71–72) [1]
NationalityFrench Canadian
Alma mater Université de Montréal [1]
Occupation(s)Musician, film score composer

Robert Marcel Lepage (born 5 July 1951) is a Canadian musician and film score composer.

Born in Montreal, Lepage trained in music at the age of 20, and learned to play the clarinet and saxophone. [2] He performed with René Lussier and Pierre Hébert during the 1980s and 1990s. [2]

He went on to write the scores for 150 films. [2] He was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Score and the Jutra Award for Best Music for the 2008 film The Necessities of Life . [3] [4] Marc-André Lussier  [ fr ] of La Presse positively reviewed Lepage's score for Iqaluit (2016) as "lyrical". [5] In 2017, Lepage also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Music for Before the Streets . [6]

In his personal life, he has three children, Félix; Étienne Lepage  [ fr ], a playwright; and Florence, an artist. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lefebvre, Marie-Therese (2016). "3". La contre-culture au Québec (in French). Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal. ISBN   978-2760635722.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tremblay, Odile (15 April 2017). "Histoires de filiations culturelles". Le Devoir . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Dumais, Manon (3 April 2009). "Génie 2009 : Ça Intéresse-T-I Quelqu'un ?". Voir . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Lussier, Marc-André (28 March 2009). "Benoît Pilon: la belle lancée". La Presse . Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Lussier, Marc-André (10 March 2017). "Iqaluit: un récit prévisible dans un beau film d'atmosphère ***". La Presse . Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse . Retrieved 1 May 2017.


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