Bruno Pelletier
Bruno Pelletier is a Canadian singer, musician, and actor who is known as the “Genius of French Music”, and for playing Pierre Gringoire alongside Daniel Lavoie as Frollo, in English and French.
Life
Pelletier was born in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec City. In 1983 Pelletier performed in the bands Amanite and Sneak Preview, which sang in English. He later started a group called Pëll, singing in French. At 23 years old, he moved to Montreal, where he sang in bars. In 1989, he participated in the rock competition Envol, where he was awarded a special mention. In 1991, he had a role in the musical Vu d'en haut, presented at the Festival of the Montgolfières in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The following year, he joined the musical spectacle Les fous du rock'n'roll, in which he has performed forty times.Career
In 1992, he released his first self-titled album in October and played the role of James Dean in the rock opera La Légende de Jimmy, by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger in November.In the summer of 1994, Pelletier was invited to participate in the FrancoFolies de La Rochelle. In September, he returned to the Mogador Theater in Paris to perform in Starmania until the end of the year, which he performed 400 times. He also recorded his second album, Défaire l'Amour, released in 1995. In 1997, his third studio album, Miserere, surpassed 200,000 copies sold. He also won the Félix Award for male singer of the year. At the same time, he appeared on the Quebec TV series Omertà II.
Between January and August 1998, Pelletier performed more than 100 concerts in Quebec. After that, he went to Paris to play the role of Gringoire in the Luc Plamondon-Riccardo Cocciante musical Notre-Dame de Paris. In 1999, Pelletier released his fourth album, D'autres rives, simultaneously in Europe and Quebec. It was one of the best-selling Francophone albums in Canada in 2000. During this period, he also performed the role of Gringoire in the English-language production of Notre-Dame de Paris in London. In 2001 he released a live album, Sur Scène. In August 2002 he released his sixth album, Un monde à l'envers.
During this period, Pelletier worked with the prestigious Montreal Symphony Orchestra for the series Les Week-ends pop de l'OSM. He united with the orchestra a second time in December 2002 to present a Christmas series, recorded as the album Concert de Noël.
In 2006, Pelletier played the leading role in the musical Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort, a modern retelling of the Dracula story. The cast album was released in 2005. Pelletier released a jazz album titled Bruno Pelletier et le GrosZorchestre on September 11, 2007. He released his album titled Microphonium on February 3, 2009.
In 2011, Pelletier played the role of Napoléon in Michel Rivard's musical, Les Filles de Caleb.
On September 25, 2012, Pelletier released his eleventh studio album, entitled Rendus Là. In 2022 he reprised his best known role of the poet Gringoire in the French tour of Notre-Dame de Paris in Canada, reuniting alongside Daniel Lavoie as Frollo.
Discography
Albums
Bruno Pelletier Defaire l'amour Miserere D'autres rives Sur scène Un monde à l'envers Concert de Noël Dracula – Entre l'amour et la mort Bruno Pelletier et le GrosZorchestre Microphonium Rendus Là Musique et cinéma Regarde autour Sous Influences- ''Car le temps est venu''
Singles
- ''Dans ma tête''
Awards and distinctions
Félix Awards
- 2008 Album de l'année - Jazz interprétation
- 2000 Interprète masculin de l'année
- 2000 Album de l'année - Pop-Rock
- 1999 Interprète masculin de l'année
- 1999 Spectacle de l'année interprète
- 1999 Album de l'année Meilleur Vendeur
- 1999 Artiste québécois s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec: Notre-Dame de Paris
- 1999 Album de l'année - Populaire: Notre-Dame de Paris - L'Intégrale
- 1999 Chanson populaire de l'année: Le temps des cathédrales - Interprète: Bruno Pelletier
- 1998 Album de l'année Meilleur Vendeur
- 1998 Album de l'année Pop Rock
- 1998 Spectacle de l'année interprète
- 1998 Album de l'année Populaire
- 1997 Interprète masculin de l'année
- 1994 Spectacle de l'année interprète
- 1993 Spectacle de l'année interprète
Victoires de la Musique
- 1998 Pop album of the year
- 1994 Musical show of the year
World Music Awards
- 2000 World Best Selling French Recording Artist/Group
- 1999 World Best Selling French Recording Artist/Group
Certifications
- 2006: Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort
- 2003: Concert de Noël
- 2001: Sur scène
- 2001: The D'autres rives tour
- 2000: The D'autres rives tour
- 1999: D'autres rives Canada
- 1999: The Miserere tour
- 1998: Miserere Canada
- 1998: Notre-Dame de Paris Canada
- 1998: Notre-Dame de Paris France
- 1998: Le temps des Cathédrales France
- 1997: Miserere: Canada
- 1994: Starmania Mogador 94 France
Other awards and achievements
- 2009: Prix SOBA - Jazz Artist or Group of the Year
- 2001: Talent France Bleu 2000/2001, awarded by the France Bleu radio network
- 1998: Le Palmarès - "Aime" breaks the record of 10 consecutive weeks in first position
- 1996: Trophy SOCAN - "En manque de toi" 1st position of Palmarès
Nominations
- 2009 Félix Spectacle de l'année - Interprète
- 2003 Félix Interprète masculin de l'année
- 2003 Félix Album de l'année - Pop-Rock
- 2003 Félix Site internet de l'année
- 2003 Félix Spectacle de l'année - Auteur-compositeur-interprète
- 2001 Félix Interprète masculin de l'année
- 2001 Félix Site internet de l'année
- 2001 Félix Album de l'année - Meilleur vendeur
- 2001 Félix Album de l'année - Pop-Rock
- 2000 Félix Album de l'année - Meilleur vendeur
- 2000 Félix Spectacle de l'année - Interprète
- 2000 Félix Spectacle de l'année - Interprète
- 2000 Félix Artiste québécois s'étant le plus illustré hors Québec -
- 1999 Génie Meilleur variété: Bruno Pelletier, Plein Chant
- 1998 Félix Vidéoclip "Aime"
- 1998 Félix Interprète masculin
- 1998 Félix Chanson Populaire "Aime"
- 1997 Juno Award Best selling Francophone album "Miserere"
- 1997 Juno Award Male vocalist
- 1996 Félix Interprète masculin
- 1996 Félix album Pop Rock "Défaire l'amour"