Luc Plamondon (1942- )

• composer
• born in 1942 in Quebec
• raised on a family farm
• educated in Montreal, Paris, Cambridge, and Berlin, studied teaching and journalism
• in the mid-1960's he began writing songs that combined the energy of rock with the romantic expression of French Quebec
• wrote a series of highly successful albums for Quebec singer Diane Dufresne, and later composed material for leading European artists such as Johnny Hallyday, Francoise Hardy, and Petula Clark
• in 1978, he collaborated with French composer Michel Berger to create the rock opera Starmania, which has had several long-running productions in Canada, France, Moscow, and Germany
• in 1992,14 songs from Starmania were recorded with English lyrics by Tim Rice, under the title Tycoon; it included performances by Celine Dion, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Tom Jones, Ronnie Spector, and Nina Hagen
• Plamondon holds an honorary Doctor of Letters from the Université Laval
• honored in France with the Prime Minister's Prize
• in 1993, he received Canada's Felix Award for his staging of a one-woman show by the actress and singer Louise Forestier
• more information (en Francais)

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