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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Diane Tell
- Diane Tell (born December 24, 1959) is a Canadian musician who was born in Quebec City, Quebec.
- She entered the Val d’Or conservatory at the age of six.
- She continued her studies at the Montréal conservatory and then at CEGEP Saint-Laurent and she wrote her first songs at the age of twelve.
- As one of Québec’s pioneering female singer-songwriters, she proposed her personal repertoire over the course of her first four albums.
- She won six FĂ©lix prizes before the age of 25: breakout artist, best artist, best album, best song and, twice, songwriter of the year.
- Several of her songs have become SOCAN Classics and Si j’étais un homme was inducted in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017.
- She earned a MIDEM Award for her album Chimères and a Victoire Award for her album Faire à nouveau connaissance.
- In 1990, she was chosen by Plamondon, Berger and Savary to play a leading role in the musical La légende de Jimmy.
- Following that, she played the lead and composed the score for another musical, Marilyn Montreuil, written and stage directed by Jérôme Savary and the Théâtre National du Chaillot, in Paris.
- Over 300 performances of both shows were presented in France and Europe.
- Over the past 25 years, Tell has toured relentlessly, written, composed and recorded in Canada, France, the U.K.
- and Switzerland.
- In 2018, she produced her 15th studio album of original material in Montréal.
- As an independent artist, she owns the phonographic rights of her entire catalogue, manages her own publishing company, and produces and finances her albums herself.
- Also a photographer, she directs the majority of her music videos.
- Her YouTube channel gets 400,000 views per month on average.
- In her blog, Diane Cause Musique, she engages up-and-coming artists by explaining the inner workings of the music industry. In May 2018, Diane Tell was elected onto SOCAN's Board of Directors for a 3 year mandate.
- (The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
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