Claude Gingras (1 July 1931 – 30 December 2018) was a French Canadian journalist and musical critic. A native of

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, 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

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and began writing for Sherbrooke's ''

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'' 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

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, the

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, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, and

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. Claude Gingras retired from ''La Presse'' on 28 December 2015, and died on 30 December 2018.

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