MONTRÉAL, June 6, 2023
/CNW/ - After a long hiatus, the 8th Quebecor Tribute
Evening will be held today at the Chalet du Mont-Royal. The event celebrates the
extraordinary careers of two outstanding Québec artists,
Monique Miller and Serge Fiori, who will each receive a
$50,000 Quebecor Prize. Over 400
members of the arts and business communities will be in attendance
to honour and thank Miller and Fiori for their important
contributions to Québec culture and society.
"Our culture reflects who we are. It is through our culture that
we cherish our language, remember our history, and envision our
future. It is by our culture that Québec's uniqueness lives in each
of us and is projected around the world. Monique Miller and Serge
Fiori, you have helped shape Québec's cultural landscape.
Through your work, we see ourselves, we connect with each other, we
understand what it means to be a Quebecer. Thank you and
congratulations." – Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Quebecor.
Monique
Miller, recipient of the Quebecor Prize
Montréal native Monique Miller
discovered the theatre at a young age. At the time, Québec's
cultural scene was on the cusp of an extraordinary period of
post-war vitality. Monique's lifelong love of acting sustained a
career that would span more than seven decades and leave an
indelible mark on Québec theatre. The power of her passion and
talent never ceased to surprise and impress audiences and
colleagues on radio, the stage, the screen and television. She had
a string of successes in carefully chosen roles, each of which she
approached with the purpose and precision that typifies a great
artist. In the course of her long and prolific career, she has
received many distinctions, including Officer of the Order of
Canada in 2001 and Grand Officer
of the Ordre national du Québec in 2011.
Serge
Fiori, recipient of the Quebecor Prize for
Song
Serge Fiori is one of Québec's
most influential singer-songwriters. He was a founding member of
the band Harmonium, which took Québec and the world by storm in the
1970s. Serge has sometimes shunned the public eye, but his love and
devotion to music and to Québec have never wavered. Throughout his
career, he has collaborated with many artists, including Richard
Séguin, Neil Chotem, Yvon Deschamps, Nanette
Workman and Normand Corbeil,
and has mentored a number of up-and-coming young Québec artists. He
has been an inspiration for numerous artistic endeavours, from
circus arts to symphonies, and his body of work has been recognized
and honoured on countless occasions. In 2019, he was inducted into
the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and named a Compagnon of the
Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Quebecor Tribute
Evening
"Québec culture is an integral part of Quebecor's raison d'être.
Every day, we work to support and promote the talented Québec
artists who breathe life into our culture. The Quebecor Tribute
Evening is part of this commitment. It celebrates and honours the
exceptional careers of some of Québec's greatest artists and allows
us to officially thank them for their invaluable contribution to
our culture." – Pierre Karl Péladeau, President and CEO of
Quebecor.
Over the years, the Quebecor Prize has honoured many eminent
Québec cultural figures, including Denise
Boucher, Louise Forestier,
Andrée Lachapelle, Patsy Gallant,
Claude Gauthier, Armand Vaillancourt, Renée Claude, Janine Sutto, Gilles
Vigneault, André Brassard, Marcel Dubé, Monique Leyrac and
Raymond Lévesque.
About Quebecor
Quebecor, a Canadian leader in telecommunications,
entertainment, news media and culture, is one of the
best-performing integrated communications companies in the
industry. Driven by their determination to deliver the best
possible customer experience, all of Quebecor's subsidiaries and
brands are differentiated by their high-quality, multiplatform,
convergent products and services.
Québec-based Quebecor (TSX: QBR.A) (TSX: QBR.B) employs more
than 10,000 people in Canada.
A family business founded in 1950, Quebecor is strongly
committed to the community. Every year, it actively supports more
than 400 organizations in the vital fields of culture, health,
education, the environment and entrepreneurship.
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