Ève Cournoyer | |
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Born | May 15, 1969 |
Origin | Quebec, Canada |
Died | August 12, 2012 | (aged 43)
Genres | pop, rock |
Occupation(s) | singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1990s–2012 |
Ève Cournoyer (May 15, 1969 – August 12, 2012) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec, most prominent in the 2000s. [1] She was most noted for winning the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in the French division for her song "Tout arrive" in 2006. [2]
Cournoyer began her career in music by writing songs while raising her daughter. [1] She began performing at music venues in Montreal in the late 1990s, before participating in the Francofolies de Montréal in 1999. [1] She released the demo recording Stéréotype 1 that year, before releasing her debut studio album Sabot-de-Vénus in 2002. [1] She won a MIMI Award from the Montreal International Music Initiative in 2003 for her single "Dans les bois". [3]
She followed up with the albums L'Écho in 2005 and Tempête in 2010, [1] and composed music for François Delisle's film Happiness Is a Sad Song (Le bonheur c’est une chanson triste) [4] and You (Toi). [1]
Cournoyer died on August 12, 2012, just days after the release of her final album Le labeur d'une fleur. [5]