Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian pianist, songwriter and poet, radio host, singer and actor. Fame brought him the composition "Ils s'aiment". In the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris", the performer played the role of Frollo. Writes music for films and cartoons.
The career of a French-speaking singer began in the seventies of the last century. Since the beginning of the ascent to the heights of fame, Lavoie’s popularity has never been lost.
Way to Vocation
The biography of Joseph-Hubert-Gerald Lavoie began in 1949. The boy was born on March 17 in the city of Danry in Canadian Manitoba. Five more children were raised in the family, including two adoptive children growing up with the future singer. At home they spoke only French, outside the family they spoke English. Therefore, the boy perfectly studied both languages.
From early childhood, Joseph was distinguished by excellent hearing. He became interested in playing the piano. The kid played on it from four years old. Having an excellent musical taste, her mother opened her son’s doors to the world of creativity, introducing him to the art of opera.
Having become a schoolboy, the boy himself created his own shows. He sang during performances, played skits, played the instruments. Joseph learned to master the guitar, saxophone, drums and trumpet. A fourteen-year-old teenager continued his education in college.
During the training, the teacher daily in poetic form instructed the students to describe the previous day. Then the first song of the future celebrity was born. At 18, Laroy won the Canadian Radio Competition.
Carried away by medicine, the young man continued his education at the university, during the holidays in the hospital he worked as a nurse. But love in music won. Until 1969, the young man performed in small groups at home, then went to Latin America.
To the musical Olympus
In 1970, he moved to Quebec. Then Joseph changed his name to Daniel. He started as a taper in the bars of Montreal. Sometimes a young man sang songs he wrote. The producers were interested in a promising artist. His song “I left my island” sounded on the radio. Daniel dreamed of writing songs, not singing them. But nobody offered the little-known author cooperation. Then Lavoie decided to become a vocalist.
He wrote new songs, toured with the group. Recognition came in 1975. The debut album was entitled "I left my island." Texts, words were created by the singer, he also played keyboards. Daniel became famous as a great melodic author and arranger. He was enthusiastically received in several countries. A new collection with country and jazz motifs, Lullaby for the Lion, was presented to listeners two years later.
World fame began in 1979 with the collection "Blue Nirvana". The main role in the compositions was assigned to the piano, accompanied by magnificent arrangements with simple and beautiful texts. The singer’s new discs came out one after another, Lavoie received prestigious awards, the first of which was the debate “Felix” as the best performer of the year, and won fame both in Europe and in the USA.
A talented musician not only wrote and performed songs. Signed was 1984. Lavoie released the album "Tension, attention". The song "Ils s'aiment" was extremely popular. Daniel and his friend founded the Recording House to help young performers. The composer created the author's concert program "Hôtel des rêves" and began touring with it.
In the rock opera Lara and Plamandona "Sand and Romance", the singer took part in 1992. The musician turned into an artist Eugene Delacroix. In 1996, the world saw the debut disc for children "Baby Draco", which became the best children's album. A year later, his sequel "Le bébé dragon-2" was released.
Actor and singer
In 1998, he performed at the premiere of the musical Notre Dame de Paris in the role of Frollo. With this image, the vocalist on stage coped splendidly for three years. At the same time he created works for Lara Fabian, Luc Duffo, Natasha Saint-Pierre and Marie-Joe Terio. The role of the Pilot Daniel played in the musical "The Little Prince" in 2002.
Executive activities continued in 2004. In 2010, Lavoie became a member of the artists who participated in the reconstruction of the original version of Notre Dame de Paris. In the 2014 show, Lavoie presented the best production numbers.
Daniel starred in the movie. He played in Ramp Lights, Book of Eve, Felix Leclair, Antigone 34, and The Incredible Journey of an Angel. He became the author of soundtracks for films and music for several multi-projects.
He took part in the project "Twelve Men Gathered Together" in 2008. The cycle introduced the listeners to the songs of Gilles Belange created on the verses of Gaston Miron. The sequel, the second series, was released in 2010. The project gained immense fame; a song CD was released. He has been awarded three Felix Prizes.
From June 2010 to June 2013, Daniel hosted the Lavoie Libre program on Radio Canada. He offered to listen to music of various genres, read poetry by French-speaking poets.
