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Jean Carignan

Jean Carignan, CM (December 7, 1916 – February 16, 1988) was a Canadian fiddler from Quebec. Carignan was born in Lévis, Quebec on December 7, 1916, later moving to Sherbrooke and then Trois-Rivières with his family; the family moved to Montreal when Carignan was ten years old.[1] As a child, Carignan studied with noted Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard, as well as learning the music of the great Irish fiddlers Michael Coleman and James Morrison and the Scottish fiddler James Scott Skinner. Carignan was a friend of famous violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. In 1974, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada as "the greatest fiddler in North America".[2] He died in Montreal on February 16, 1988 at the age of 71. In 1976, The Folk Music Sourcebook (Sandberg and Weissman) wrote about Carignan : "Carignan's technique is amazing, but more so the joy and energy with which he applies it. There are few players in any music who reach his degree of virtuosity without sacrificing feeling or originality"—p. 84. As a fiddler, he was always aiming for the strictest authenticity in his executions, displaying an attitude of absolute rigor when playing his repertoire of 7,000 pieces learned from Coleman, Skinner, Allard, Wellie Ringuette and many others.


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Born:
Dec 7, 1916 In Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
4
First Appeared:
In the series Numéro un 1975-04-05
Latest Project:
Movie The Devil's Share 2018-02-16
Known For
Poster of The Devil's Share
Poster of The Far Shore
Poster of Jean Carignan, Fiddler
Poster of Numéro un
Filmography
Movie The Devil's Share Self (archive footage) 2018-02-16
Movie The Far Shore Fiddler 1976-07-28
Series Numéro un Self 1975-04-05
Movie Jean Carignan, Fiddler Self 1975-06-24