{"id":977273,"date":"2020-12-04T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/la-scena-musicale-team\/andre-gagnon-1936-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:52:15","slug":"andre-gagnon-1936-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/la-scena-musicale-team\/andre-gagnon-1936-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Gagnon, 1936-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andr\u00e9 Gagnon, le compositeur et pianiste qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois dont la fusion singuli\u00e8re des idiomes pop et classiques le rendit populaire \u00e0 l\u2019international, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 3 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 84 ans. Une d\u00e9claration sur le site Web de la maison Audiogram attribuait la cause du d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 la d\u00e9mence \u00e0 corps de Lewy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originaire de Saint-Pac\u00f4me dans la r\u00e9gion de Kamouraska au Qu\u00e9bec, Gagnon \u00e9tudie le piano (Germaine Mal\u00e9part) et la composition (Clermont P\u00e9pin) au Conservatoire de Montr\u00e9al de 1957 \u00e0 1961 et suit m\u00eame des cours \u00e0 Paris avec la pianiste fran\u00e7aise Yvonne Loriod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dans une interview de 1989, Gagnon a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu&#8217;un spectacle de la danseuse fran\u00e7aise Zizi Jeanmaire \u00e0 Paris l&#8217;avait amen\u00e9 \u00e0 penser \u00e0 diriger sa carri\u00e8re vers la musique populaire.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0Ce n&#8217;\u00e9tait pas seulement du ballet, c&#8217;\u00e9tait quelque chose de complet, \u00e0 la Shirley MacLaine\u00a0\u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Gagnon. Alors j\u2019en ai parl\u00e9 \u00e0 Loriod et elle m\u2019a dit\u00a0: &#8220;Oh, peut-\u00eatre as-tu raison, c\u2019est peut-\u00eatre ce que tu devrais faire.&#8221; Quand elle a accept\u00e9 si facilement, je me suis dit que je n\u2019avais peut-\u00eatre pas ce qu&#8217;il faut pour \u00eatre pianiste de concert.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N\u00e9anmoins, Gagnon a trouv\u00e9 un travail stable \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al comme accompagnateur. Et de fait, il a continu\u00e9 de jouer du r\u00e9pertoire classique (dont Mozart avec l&#8217;Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al) \u00e0 un niveau professionnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mais la carri\u00e8re de Gagnon en tant qu\u2019artiste de tourn\u00e9e prenait son envol et son style lyrique avait un grand attrait, en particulier au Japon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gagnon a \u00e9galement connu du succ\u00e8s en tant que compositeur de cin\u00e9ma et artiste de studio. Parmi ses albums populaires dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, on trouve <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neiges<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Saint-Laurent <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">et <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mouvements<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Son projet le plus ambitieux a peut-\u00eatre \u00e9t\u00e9 l&#8217;op\u00e9ra <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nelligan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, une r\u00e9trospective sur la vie du po\u00e8te qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00c9mile Nelligan sur un livret de Michel Tremblay. De mani\u00e8re caract\u00e9ristique, la partition occupait un terrain interm\u00e9diaire \u00e9vocateur entre la pop et le classique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_59324\"  width=\"702\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"702\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SGpHBhvx5sY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ab\u00a0C\u2019est chant\u00e9 par des chanteurs pop reconvertis en chanteurs classiques, avait expliqu\u00e9 Gagnon avant la premi\u00e8re de 1990 \u00e0 l&#8217;Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al. Ils travaillent avec un coach vocal depuis quelques mois. Bien s\u00fbr, ces chanteurs restent des chanteurs pop. Nous n&#8217;avons pas Mirella Freni ou Pl\u00e1cido Domingo dans la distribution. Mais en m\u00eame temps, il n&#8217;y a pas de connotation pop dans la fa\u00e7on dont ils chantent. Du moins j&#8217;esp\u00e8re que non.\u00a0\u00bb Dans la m\u00eame interview, il avait comment\u00e9 son style personnel\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Je peux dire que c&#8217;est assez diff\u00e9rent d&#8217;Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ce n&#8217;est pas \u00e9loign\u00e9 dans l&#8217;approche globale, je suppose, mais l&#8217;\u00e9criture est tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente de celle d&#8217;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evita<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ou de toute autre \u0153uvre de lui que je connais. Pourtant, en m\u00eame temps, ce n&#8217;est pas du <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bel canto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ce n&#8217;est pas Verdi, ce n&#8217;est pas Puccini. Verdi a arr\u00eat\u00e9 d&#8217;\u00e9crire il y a plus de 100 ans. Je dois \u00e9crire \u00e0 mon \u00e9poque.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gagnon fut pendant de nombreuses ann\u00e9es le propri\u00e9taire de l\u2019ancienne maison familiale de Nelligan sur la place Saint-Louis. Alors que son horaire de tourn\u00e9es avait ralenti apr\u00e8s les ann\u00e9es 1990, Gagnon a continu\u00e9 de composer. En 2013, il collabore de nouveau avec Tremblay dans le cycle de chansons <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lettres de Madame Roy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00e0 sa fille Gabrielle. Les interpr\u00e8tes classiques \u00e9taient la contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux et l&#8217;Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivi\u00e8res sous Jacques Lacombe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_66615\"  width=\"702\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"702\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZkjJk_nxk8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9 Gagnon, le compositeur et pianiste qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois dont la fusion singuli\u00e8re des idiomes pop et classiques le rendit populaire \u00e0 l\u2019international, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 3 d\u00e9cembre \u00e0 84 ans. Une d\u00e9claration sur le site Web de la maison Audiogram attribuait la cause du d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 la d\u00e9mence \u00e0 corps de Lewy. Originaire de Saint-Pac\u00f4me dans<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/la-scena-musicale-team\/andre-gagnon-1936-2020\/\" title=\"Continuer\">Continuer<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2814,"featured_media":977212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"rating_form_position":"","rating_results_position":"","mr_structured_data_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[394],"tags":[45103],"class_list":{"0":"post-977273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-musique-classique","8":"tag-andre-gagnon-fr","9":"type-avis-de-deces"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/andre_gagnon01_credit_marie-claude_tetreault-fr-1606838063-e1607033366775.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/andre_gagnon01_credit_marie-claude_tetreault-fr-1606838063-300x173.jpg","large":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/andre_gagnon01_credit_marie-claude_tetreault-fr-1606838063-e1607033366775.jpg"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"ams_acf":[{"key":"le_volume","label":"Le volume","value":[]},{"key":"numero","label":"Num\u00e9ro","value":[]},{"key":"source_url","label":"Source URL","value":""},{"key":"author_name","label":"Author","value":""},{"key":"editchoice","label":"Edit Choice","value":[]},{"key":"is_cover_story","label":"Is Cover Story","value":[]},{"key":"performer_1","label":"Performer 1","value":""},{"key":"performer_2","label":"Performer 2","value":""},{"key":"other_info","label":"Other info","value":""},{"key":"ink_amazon","label":"Ink Amazon","value":""},{"key":"archambault","label":"archambault link","value":""},{"key":"price","label":"Price","value":""}],"multi-rating":{"mr_rating_results":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2814"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}