Une heure avec Roch Voisine

He toured the world with his latest album, Devant nous (2017). For the Francos, he treats his devoted fans to an intimate performance. A rare opportunity!

Roch Voisine was born on March 26, 1963 in Edmunston New Brunswick and grew up in Saint-Basile. Roch Voisine had his great music debut in the summer of 1986 where he sang before more than 50,000 people at LaRonde in Montreal on Canada Day. And, after many television appearances, he hosted Top Jeunesse in 1988, a television show which brought him considerable public attention. A year later, he interpreted Danny Ross, a leading role in the popular television series « Lance et Compte ». In June 1989, he released his first album Hélène, which in a very short time became a huge success in Quebec and in France.

Just three weeks after the album was released in France, Hélène held first spot for nine consecutive weeks on the Top 50 chart. Roch Voisine’s success was spectacular and dazzling: three million records were sold and the album held first place on the charts in Quebec, France Belgium, Switzerland and Norway. In 1990, in the midst of all of this success, Roch Voisine won the award for francophone Album of the year at the Victoires de la musique awards in France. He launched his first french tour and released the album, Double, on which many English songs could be heard.

In March 1991, Roch Voisine embarked on his second European tour: thirty eight concerts in the biggest venues and performing before 250 000 fans. In July 1992, he participated in Canada’s 125th anniversary celebrations in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. He sang I’ll always Be There, a song written in collaboration with the well-known Canadian Producer, David Foster.

On May 19, 2007 Roch Voisine received an honorary doctorate in music from the University of Moncton, Edmunston Campus, to commemorate his musical accomplishments.

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