46th ADISQ Gala: relive our live coverage | Live coverage

This concludes our live coverage of the 46th ADISQ Gala. Thank you for being with us!

The last prize of the evening, the Félix for artist of the year – international influence, was awarded to Charlotte Cardin. I want to share this with my Quebec audience, because all influence has a center, and for me, this core has always been you, my Quebec fans. Thank you for being there for 10 years now, it’s thanks to you that I was able to share this music outside of Quebecshe said, congratulating all the artists nominated in her category, including her friend Alyosha Schneider.

Hat trick! The Cowboys Fringants won a third Félix award on Sunday evening, for group or duo of the year. With the prizes awarded at the Industry Gala and the First ADISQ Gala last Wednesday, the group collected a total of eight trophies this year.

Thank you to the public for these 28 wonderful years. The Cowboys, we are not work colleagues, we are a beautiful, close-knit family, affirmed Marie-Annick Lépine, emotion in her voice. Karl, we miss you very much. Rest in peace my big guy. We love you and you have already done a lot for Quebec.

The Cowboys Fringants won their second Félix of the evening, for song of the year for Let fine you showcomposed by Jean-François Pauzé. A few minutes later, the cast of the musical Pub royal performed the title, with dancers and acrobats.

As the evening flew by, Daniel Bélanger got his hands on the Félix for male artist of the year. He thus beat Bruno Pelletier, Ludovick Bourgeois, Souldia and FouKi, renamed once again Funky by France D’Amour, who thus made a nod to Ginette Reno’s slip of the tongue at the ADISQ Gala last year.

Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais then invited on stage one of his favorite groups from his childhood, Les Trois Accords, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. The Drummondville band performed Shopliftingbefore guitarist Alexandre Parr disappeared under the floor. He left his instrument with the gala host, who performed a short solo with his mouth full of blood.

Violinist Angèle Dubeau, who recently announced her early retirement due to a hand injury, then took the stage with the maestro of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM), Rafaël Payare.

They awarded the Félix for female artist of the year to Alexandra Stréliski, who won ahead of Ingrid St-Pierre, Isabelle Boulay, Roxane Bruneau and Sara Dufour. She invited the other four finalists to come on stage with her.I want to tell the little girls at home that you have the right to look like all kinds of women. Let the music live in you, express yourself and live in your difference, if you have oneshe said.

This is a second Félix for the pianist on Sunday evening.

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Halfway through the gala, ADISQ paid a tribute in images to Jean-Pierre Ferland, a giant of Quebec song who died last April. A few minutes later, Corneille and Sarahmée walked on stage together to present the Félix for revelation of the year. It was the singer Barnev who won, he who launched his first solo album in the spring Who I amafter having lent her voice for a quarter of a century to Celine Dion.

The traditional Acadian music group Salebarbes won the Félix for show of the year for the tour of its album To drink standing up.

I would like to wholeheartedly thank all the artisans, even those who are not here this evening, for bringing your light wherever there is darkness.launched Jonathan Painchaud on stage.

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At 9 p.m., the stage welcomed the five artists nominated for the Félix for Revelation of the Year. Émile Bourgault started alone on the piano, before the performance of Rose Perron and Félix Paul of the duo Rau_Ze. Arielle Soucy followed with There’s nothing I’m not before giving way to Sophie Grenier with Upside downthen to Barnev who sang I try to forgetsong from his first solo album Who I am.