Birth name Jorane Pelletier Website www.jorane.com Years active 1999–present | Name Jorane Pelletier Role Singer | |
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Born October 12, 1975 (age 49) ( 1975-10-12 ) Instruments Cello, vocals, 6 strings bass, CS80, piano, Bonhomme Disto, pieds, classical guitar Albums The You and the Now, 16mm, Vers a Soi, Melopee Genres Cello rock, Experimental rock Nominations Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year Similar People Mara Tremblay, Marie‑Jo Therio, Daniel Lanois, Laurence Jalbert, Daniel Lavoie Profiles | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
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Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975), known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who is notable for her alternative music style on a typically classical instrument as well as her ability to sing while playing cello at the same time.
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She has worked with Sarah McLachlan for her record Afterglow. In 2004, the press also reported that Jorane would appear on a Halloween special of the television series ZeD to perform a "witchy acid cello".
She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.
Jorane performed a completely improvised piece inspired by the images she was presented with on a large screen, in Montréal on July 7, 2007 as part of "Montréal Terre", a sister concert of the Live Earth concerts.
In addition to her own recordings, she composed the film score for the 2013 film Louis Cyr.