Jorane

Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975),^[1] known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello.^[2] She has released eight full-length studio albums to date.

Jorane
Jorane in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Jorane Pelletier
Born	(1975-10-12) October 12, 1975 (age 49)
Origin	Quebec, Canada
Genres	Cello rock, experimental rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Cello, vocals, 6-string bass, cs80, piano, bonhomme disto, pieds, classical guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Taca, Avalanche, Aquarius, Six Degrees Records, L-A be
Spouse	Éloi Painchaud
Website	jorane.com

Career

Jorane worked with Sarah McLachlan for her record Afterglow. In 2004, the press also reported that Jorane would appear on a Halloween special of the television series ZeD to perform a "witchy acid cello".^[3] That year she released her first album in English, The You and the Now;^[4] she toured across Canada as well as in the United States and Europe in support of the album.^[5]

Jorane released an album of music with French lyrics, Vers à soi, in 2007.^[5] In July that year she performed an improvised piece to accompany the images she was presented with on a large screen, in Montréal as part of "Montréal Terre", a sister concert of the Live Earth concerts.^[6]

Jorane's 2011 album Une sorcière comme les autres included consisted of cover songs, and the arrangements included ukulele and glockenspiel.^[7] The next summer she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival.^[8]

Jorane composed the film score for films including Kamataki (2005) and Louis Cyr (2013),^[9] and for the play Le journal d'Anne Frank.^[10] In 2019 she performed as part of the festival Santa Teresa near Montreal.^[11] She received two Jutra Award nominations for Best Original Music at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for her work on Kamataki and A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali), winning the award for the latter film.^[12]

Discography

• Vent fou (1999)
• 16mm (2000)
• Live au Spectrum (2002)
• Evapore (2003)
• The You and the Now (2004)
• Canvas or Canvass (internet project) (2007)
• Vers à soi (2007)
• Dix (2008)
• Une sorcière comme les autres (2011)
• L'Instant aimé (2012)
• Mélopée (2014)
• Hemenetset Pt.1 – EP (2019)

Awards and nominations

• Album de l'année – Rock, Vent fou, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated)^[13]
• Interprète féminine de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated)^[13]
• Révélation de l'année, Trophée Félix (Gala de l'ADISQ 2000) (Nominated)^[13]
• Best New Solo Artist, JUNO Awards 2000 (Nominated)^[14][15]
• Francophone Album of the Year, Vers à soi, JUNO Awards 2008 (Nominated)^[14]