Chapeau! Félix

Songs Félix Leclerc Illustrations Jean Dallaire
Singers DobaCaracol, Catherine Durand, Jorane, Félix Leclerc and Mara Tremblay

Inspired by a short animated film produced in 1989 by the National Film Board of Canada, which featured legendary poet-songwriter Félix Leclerc performing a moving interpretation of the traditional French children’s song Cadet Rousselle, admirably brought to life on paper and screen by one of Canada’s distinguished painters, Jean Dallaire. The album also includes touching renditions of several well-known Félix Leclerc's songs (Le petit bonheur, L’Hymne au printemps, Le train du Nord, La mort de l’ours…) performed by young female vocalists DobaCaracol, Catherine Durand, Jorane and Mara Tremblay.
Age: 2-7 / Pub date: 2006

Singer-songwriter

The internationally acclaimed singer and poet Félix Leclerc (1914-1988) is considered to be the father of the "chanson québécoise". Throughout his life, he has received many awards including the prestigious “Grand Prix de l’Académie Charles-Cros” in France, the Calixa-Lavallée Award and the Denise-Pelletier Award.  The Félix Awards, the equivalent in French Canada to the Grammy Awards, are named after him. Many schools, city streets and highways throughout the province of Quebec also carry his name.

Illustrator

Jean Dallaire (1926-1965), painter and illustrator, attended many drawing and painting courses in several cities, such as Montreal and Toronto, before going to Paris in 1938, where he perfected his training. After the war, he came back to Canada and taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Quebec City, before being taken on a full-time position at the National Film Board of Canada as a filmstrip illustrator.

Quotes from the press

“The result is outstanding.”
LE DEVOIR

“Girls with charming voices also sing them with obvious enthusiasm.”
LE FIGARO

“What a great idea, this Félix festival!”
LURELU