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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Gilles Potvin
- Gilles Potvin, (23 October 1923 – 4 September 2000) was a Canadian music critic and music historian.
- He was a music critic for Le Devoir (1961–66, 1973–85) and La Presse (1966–70).
- From 1970-1976 he served as the editor of The Canada Music Book and from 1976-1980 he was President of the Jeunesses musicales du Canada.
- He was notably the co-editor, with Helmut Kallmann and Kenneth Winters, of The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada; also contributing more than 300 articles to that publication.
- He was a leading authority on the life and career of soprano Emma Albani and he translated the singer's autobiography into the French language (published 1972).
- For many years he wrote program notes for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), and in 1984 he published a history of the MSO in the year of that orchestra's 50th anniversary.For 42 years Potvin worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in a variety of roles, including record librarian, music consultant, producer, and head of music production for Radio Canada International.
- He also served as chief editor of the Anthology of Canadian Music collection compiled by the CBC.
- In 1949 founded the Minute Opera which performed chamber operas in Montréal for five seasons.Potvin was the recipient of numerous awards and honors.
- In 1983 he was awarded the Calixa-Lavallée Award and in 1984 he was made both a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Member of the Order of Canada.
- In 1987 he received the Canadian Music Council Medal and in 1990 he was made an honorary member of the Canadian Music Centre.
- He married soprano Micheline Tessier in 1960.
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