| Name |
Luc Plamondon |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
French Canadian |
| Date of Birth |
2-March-1942 |
| Place of Birth |
Saint-Raymond, Quebec |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ is a French Canadian lyricist.
Plamondon has written for many artists, notably the Quebecois singers Bruno Pelletier, Diane Dufresne, Robert Charlebois, Celine Dion, Ginette Reno, Fabienne Thibeault, Martine St. Clair, and Garou, as well as the French singers Julien Clerc, Nicole Croisille and Johnny Hallyday. He is the co-author of a number of musicals. The two most successful are Starmania (music composed by Michel Berger) and Notre-Dame de Paris (music composed by Riccardo Cocciante). Also of note is Cindy: Cendrillon 2000.
He was inspired to write a hymn in Huguette Gaulin Bergeron’s honor, after her self-immolation. The hymn, entitled "Hymne a la beaute du monde", has since been sung by numerous famous French-Canadian artists such as Diane Dufresne, Isabelle Boulay, Garou, and Eric Lapointe.
Although his music is full of anglicisms, and he has accepted honours from Canadian institutions, Plamondon is a francophone nationalist and Quebec sovereigntist. He is opposed to Internet music piracy. He used his acceptance speech for a 1983 Felix Award to denounce copyright law.
He is the brother of Louis Plamondon, a long-serving member of the Canadian House of Commons.
