Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975), known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello, a typically classical instrument, while singing at the same time. She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.

Career

Jorane worked with Sarah McLachlan for her record '' Afterglow''. In 2004, the press also reported that Jorane would appear on a

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special of the television series '' ZeD'' to perform a "witchy acid cello". That year she released her first album in English, ''The You and the Now''; she toured across Canada as well as in the United States and Europe in support of the album."Jorane tisse un album tout en français"
''Ici Radio Canada'', October 23, 2007 Jorane released an album of music with French lyrics, ''Vers à soi'', in 2007. In July that year she performed an improvised piece to accompany the images she was presented with on a large screen, in Montréal as part of "Montréal Terre", a sister concert of the Live Earth concerts. Jorane's 2011 album ''Une sorcière comme les autres'' included consisted of cover songs, and the arrangements included ukulele and glockenspiel. The next summer she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Jorane composed the film score for films including '' Kamataki'' (2005) and '' Louis Cyr'' (2013), and for the play ''Le journal d'Anne Frank''. In 2019 she performed as part of the festival Santa Teresa near Montreal. She received two Jutra Award nominations for Best Original Music at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for her work on ''Kamataki'' and ''

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Discography

* ''Vent fou'' (1999) * ''16mm'' (2000) * ''Live au Spectrum'' (2002) * ''Evapore'' (2003) * ''The You and the Now'' (2004) * ''Canvas or Canvass'' (internet project) (2007) * ''Vers à soi'' (2007) * ''Dix'' (2008) * ''Une sorcière comme les autres'' (2011) * ''L'Instant aimé'' (2012) * ''Mélopée'' (2014) *''Hemenetset Pt.1 – EP'' (2019)

Awards and nominations

* Album de l'année – Rock, ''Vent fou,'' Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) * Interprète féminine de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) * Révélation de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated) * Best New Solo Artist, JUNO Awards 2000 (Nominated) * Francophone Album of the Year, ''Vers à soi,'' JUNO Awards 2008 (Nominated)

References

External links

Official website

Jorane at Six Degrees Records

Jorane Bandcamp Website
* {{Authority control 1975 births Living people Canadian pop cellists Singers from Quebec Canadian women singer-songwriters Canadian indie pop musicians Canadian experimental musicians Canadian film score composers French-language singers of Canada Canadian women pop singers Women cellists 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Six Degrees Records artists Canadian women composers 20th-century cellists 21st-century cellists