Claude Gingras, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian journalist and music critic
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Place of Birth: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
About Claude Gingras
- Claude Gingras (1 July 1931 – 30 December 2018) was a French Canadian journalist and musical critic.A native of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Gingras was the youngest of five siblings.
- He was introduced to music by his mother, who was a pianist, and placed into the St Charles Borromeo Seminary.
- He studied social sciences at the Université de Montréal and began writing for Sherbrooke's La Tribune in 1952.
- After collaborating, he began working for La Presse, where he wrote a column on musical criticism.
- He started out critiquing only opera and classical, but later expanded to pop, variety, and ballet. Gingras would remain at La Presse for more than 60 years.
- He covered the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, and I Musici de Montréal.
- He was considered to be a ruthless critic. Claude Gingras retired from La Presse on 28 December 2015, and died on 30 December 2018.
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