Date of Birth
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02-August-1942
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Place of Birth
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Saint-Pacôme, Quebec
(Québec)
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Nationality
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Canada
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Also know as
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アンドレ・ギャニオン, Andre Gangnon, ì•™ë“œë ˆ 가뇽, Andre Gagnon, Gagnon, André, André Gagnon, OC
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Profession
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Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger, Actor
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André Gagnon, OC, a renowned Canadian composer, conductor, arranger, and actor was born 2 August 1942 in Saint-Pacôme-de-Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. The youngest of nineteen children, Gagnon began composing at the age of six and according to the Canadian Encyclopedia, "He took theory lessons with Léon Destroismaisons in Ste. Anne-de-la-Pocatière from 1952-53 and studied at the Conservatoire de musique à Montréal with Germaine Malépart, Clermont Pépin, and Gilberte Martin from 1957 to 1961."
Extremely notable for his fusion of classical and pop styles,
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