Bruno Pelletier Bruno Pelletier. Pop singer, songwriter, born Charlesbourg, Que. 7 Aug 1962.
Early Career
Bruno Pelletier had a passion for music and sports, and early on combined the two in his career choices. He was self-taught, began playing the drums when he was thirteen, and learned the guitar at age sixteen. Singing soon followed suit. Ambivalent about a career in music at first, he pursued his collegial studies in the humanities. He opened a martial arts school in the 1980s, performing as a drummer and singer after hours. The artist toured bars for several years as lead singer (in English) with two rock bands: Amanite and Sneak Preview. Music prevailed and he founded his own French rock band, Pëll (using the first letters of his last name), in 1989. A year later, Pelletier landed his first recording contract.
Success and Tours
1992 was a pivotal year. Pelletier released his self-titled first album and landed …show more content…
In December of that year, he sang seasonal classics with l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal at Notre-Dame Basilica: Concert de Noël.
New Musical Roles
In 2004, Pelletier returned to the stage in the title role and as music director and co-producer of the Québec musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort. The show premiered in Montréal (2006), and toured in France (2007). In 2007, Pelletier released a pop and jazz album with standards in English: Bruno Pelletier et le GrosZorchestre which won a Félix award for best album - jazz performance in 2008.
He released Microphonium in 2009, marking his 25th anniversary as a singer. That same year, he toured Russia for the first time. He performed in Ukraine and Russia in 2010 and 2011, and his song "Dénaturé" became number one on Moscow radio.
Pelletier performed in the musical Les filles de Caleb (2011), based on the Arlette Cousture trilogy, a popular television series in Québec.
Early Career
Bruno Pelletier had a passion for music and sports, and early on combined the two in his career choices. He was self-taught, began playing the drums when he was thirteen, and learned the guitar at age sixteen. Singing soon followed suit. Ambivalent about a career in music at first, he pursued his collegial studies in the humanities. He opened a martial arts school in the 1980s, performing as a drummer and singer after hours. The artist toured bars for several years as lead singer (in English) with two rock bands: Amanite and Sneak Preview. Music prevailed and he founded his own French rock band, Pëll (using the first letters of his last name), in 1989. A year later, Pelletier landed his first recording contract.
Success and Tours
1992 was a pivotal year. Pelletier released his self-titled first album and landed …show more content…
In December of that year, he sang seasonal classics with l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal at Notre-Dame Basilica: Concert de Noël.
New Musical Roles
In 2004, Pelletier returned to the stage in the title role and as music director and co-producer of the Québec musical Dracula - Entre l'amour et la mort. The show premiered in Montréal (2006), and toured in France (2007). In 2007, Pelletier released a pop and jazz album with standards in English: Bruno Pelletier et le GrosZorchestre which won a Félix award for best album - jazz performance in 2008.
He released Microphonium in 2009, marking his 25th anniversary as a singer. That same year, he toured Russia for the first time. He performed in Ukraine and Russia in 2010 and 2011, and his song "Dénaturé" became number one on Moscow radio.
Pelletier performed in the musical Les filles de Caleb (2011), based on the Arlette Cousture trilogy, a popular television series in Québec.