Jorane

BIOGRAPHYJorane (her real name is Johanne Pelletier) was born in 1976 in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada. She started her carrier in 1996, even before her first cd came out ... It's at the age of five that Jorane discovered her passion for music, first in studying piano, then guitar, but those instruments didn't seem to fit with her. So when she was still a student, she chose cello and integrated in 1996, a Cegep with a scene speciality. (Cegeps are schools in Quebec which prepares to university and superior studies and work/job after studies.)Jorane is already surprising and impressing by her original way of singing with cello sonority. She wins many prices and rewards which alowed her to make some shows over Europe. Back in Quebec, she's the love-at-first-sight for the channel spectacles distributors in 1998 and is winning another reward (schollarship) in 1999. She also benefits of two others schollarships from Art Council of Canada.In april 1999, Jorane is in studio to record her first CD : "Vent Fou". During the recording, Jorane undertakes a new Quebec tour of about fourty dates. Seeing the warmful reactions to her first CD, she's working on new ideas and decide, the next spring, in a memory-purpose, to record some in a church in Terrebone. Results of it are concluing and her record compagny "Tacca Musique" gives her the opportunity to work with the Claude Champagne Studio team in order to complete a second album."Vent Fou" is out in France in October, 2nd, 2000. Then she sis a twelve dates tour in France. After that, Jorane is back again in Quebec for release of her new album "16mm", which came out in October 2001. "16mm" is successful in all countries and Jorane made new tours. Two in France : first in december 2001, and the second in November/December 2002.In October 22, 2002, Jorane releases a live album, recorded during the international festival of Jazz's concert in Montreal in June 2002. An album which marks the end of the great adventure that was the 16mm tour !In March 3, 2003, Jorane releases a sort of a best-of album to make known herself on the German market ! This album will be followed by a very short tour during the summer that led Jorane to Germany, Japan and Belgium ! But the album, which in the beginning was only released for the German market, is also launched in Mexico, where Jorane gave a special concert with a symphonic orchestra in december 2003.Today, in 2004, Jorane has many new projects ! First of all, the release of her new six-songs EP "Evapore" due for February 3, then the release of the original soundtrack (entirely composed by Jorane) of "Je n'aime que toi", Claude Fournier's movie. And finally, the release of a new album with 11 songs in september 2004 ! Of course, the release of "Evapore" is accompanied by a new tour in Canada and Europe !