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    Michel Cusson

    Michel Cusson, composer and guitarist (b at Drummondville, Qc 22 Jan 1957). He was interested in jazz-fusion in his youth, and studied guitar at Boston's Berkeley College of Music. In the late seventies, he formed the group Uzeb with whom he made several tours in Europe, the United States and Asia.

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    Michel de Broin

    ​Michel de Broin, cross-disciplinary visual artist (born 1970 in Montréal, Québec).

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    Michel Dessailliant, dit Richeterre

    Michel Dessailliant, dit Richeterre, painter (fl 1701-23). A victim of France's mercantile policy, he was not able to settle permanently in New France and practise his art.

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    Michel Donato

    Michel (André) Donato. Bassist, composer, singer, b Montreal 25 Aug 1942. His father, Roland, was a saxophonist and dance band leader.

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    Michel Dumont

    Michel Dumont, OQ, actor, artistic director, translator and narrator (born 29 January 1941 in Kénogami [now Saguenay], QC; died 13 August 2020 in Saint-Lambert, QC). As artistic director of the Théâtre Jean-Duceppe for more than 30 years, Michel Dumont was regarded as a leading figure in Quebec theatre. He acted in more than 70 plays, some 15 TV series and a number of films. He won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series three times (1998, 2003, 2013) and was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Québec in 2013.

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    Michel Dussault

    Michel (Joseph) Dussault. Pianist, teacher, broadcaster, composer, b Thetford-Mines, Que, 8 Jul 1943; premier prix (CMM) 1961, premier prix (Cons de Paris) 1963. He studied piano in Sherbrooke and 1955-61 at the CMM under Yvonne Hubert. At 13 he played the first movement of Beethoven's Concerto No.

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    Michel Garneau

    Michel Garneau, poet, playwright, musician and actor (born on 25 April 1939 in Montreal, Qc; died on 13 September 2021 in Magog). 

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    Michel-Georges Brégent

    Initially a self-taught composer, in about 1965 Brégent began work on the first organ section of a vast four-part biblical fresco entitled Les Testaments. His CBC-commissioned radio work Atlantide won the network a first special distinction of the Prix Italia 1985.

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    Michel Gervais

    Michel (Marc) Gervais. Conductor, b McLennan, northern Alberta, 25 Ap 1955; B MUS (Alberta) 1978.

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    Michel Gonneville

    Gonneville, Michel. Composer, b Montreal 31 Jul 1950; B MUS (Vincent-d'Indy/Sherbrooke) 1972, premier prix analysis (CMM) 1974, premier prix composition (CMM) 1975, D MUS (Montreal) 1997.

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    Michel Goulet

    Michel Goulet, sculptor (b at Asbestos, Québec 1944).

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    Michel Hirvy

    Michel (Mischa) Hirvy (b Hirschowitz). Pianist, teacher, b Warsaw, October 1900?, d Montreal 31 Dec 1966. He studied piano with Paul Lutzenko and graduated from the Stern Cons in Berlin. After further studies in Austria he lived 1928-39 in Paris, then in Portugal, and settled in Montreal in 1941.

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    Michel Kozlovsky

    Michel Kozlovsky. Pianist, teacher, administrator, b Beirut, Lebanon, 19 Jan 1951, naturalized Canadian 1973; B MUS (McGill) 1974, MMA (McGill) 1976, D MUS (Indiana) 1983.

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    Michel Lambeth

    Michel Lambeth, filmmaker, writer, photojournalist, teacher, publisher (b at Toronto 21 Apr 1923; d there 9 Apr 1977). He served in the Canadian Army 1942-45, and then studied art in London and Paris. Returning to Toronto in 1948, he supported himself with clerical work and free-lance writing.

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    Michel Longtin

    Michel Longtin, composer, teacher (b at Montréal 20 May 1946). 

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