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    Célestin Lavigueur

    Lavigueur, Célestin. Violinist, composer, teacher, b Quebec City 19 Jan 1831, d Lowell, Mass, 11 Dec 1885.

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    Celia Bizony

    Celia Bizony. Musicologist, soprano, b Berlin of Hungarian parents in 1904, naturalized British, d London 12 Mar 1950. A specialist in early music, particularly the medieval repertoire, she studied at Columbia U in 1948 prior to settling in Montreal in 1949.

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    Celia Franca

    Nita Celia Franks (a.k.a. Celia Franca), CC, OOnt, dancer, choreographer, director, teacher (born 25 June 1921 in London, England; died 19 February 2007 in Ottawa, ON). As founder of the National Ballet of Canada and Canada’s National Ballet School, Franca — a strong-willed, dynamic woman — played a central role in the development of ballet in Canada. She joined the Order of Canada (Officer, 1967; Companion, 1985) and was one of the first elected to join the Order of Ontario (1987). She won the Molson Prize (1974), the Canada Council of the Arts Diplôme d'honneur (1986) and the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (1994). She was inducted into the Dance Collection Danse Hall of Fame (2024).

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    Céline Bonnier

    ​Céline Bonnier, actress (born 31 August 1965 in Lévis, Québec). In a career spanning some 20 years, Céline Bonnier has shown that she has the stuff of the greatest actors—a presence that has an impact in any medium, be it stage or screen.

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    Céline Dion

    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC, OQ, singer, entrepreneur (born 30 March 1968 in Charlemagne, QC). Céline Dion has been a global pop superstar for more than 30 years. She is the most commercially successful Canadian singer of all time and one of the best-selling music artists ever. A Québécoise icon since she was a teenager, she is equally successful in French and English and has sold more than 220 million albums worldwide. Known as the “queen of power ballads,” she has won five Grammy Awards, 20 Juno Awards and more than 40 Félix Awards, in addition to a myriad of other honours. Named the Best Selling Canadian Recording Artist of the Century in 1999, she has been inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada, an Officière of the Ordre national du Québec, a Compagne of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec and a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.

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    Céline Dussault

    Céline Dussault. Soprano, b Thetford-Mines, Que, 14 May 1946; B MUS (Montreal) 1968, premier prix voice (CMM) 1973.

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    Céline Marier

    Céline (also known as Célina, Célinie, Célanie) Marier. Soprano, teacher, b Montreal 17 May 1871?, d there 4 May 1940.

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    Celtic Languages

    The Celtic languages belong to the family of languages known as Indo-European and as such are related to most of the languages of Europe and many others found as far east of Europe as India. Linguists recognize 2 main divisions of Celtic: Continental Celtic and Insular Celtic.

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    Celtic Music Reels in New Fans

    Lamond, best known for Sleepy Maggie - a hit single she performed with fiddler and fellow Cape Bretoner Ashley MacIsaac on his 1995 album, Hi, How Are You Today? - is only one of the latest Celtic acts to receive a major-label release.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 7, 1997

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    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie

    Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, CC, FRSC, engineer, research manager (born 10 July 1888 in St. Stephen, NB; died 26 February 1984 in Ottawa, ON). Chalmers Jack Mackenzie was the single most important figure in the postwar growth of Canadian science. He was Companion of the Order of Canada, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Society of London.

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    Chamber Music Composition

    Chamber music composition. The term applies to works for from 2 to about 12 parts, intended for one performer per part.

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    Chamber Music Performance

    Chamber music performance. Early evidence of the cultivation of classical chamber music in Canada, mainly by amateur performers, both as an edifying leisure activity and in public concerts, dates from the period 1790-1820.

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    Chamber Players of Toronto

    The Chamber Players of Toronto. A 15-piece string ensemble, formed in 1968 by the players themselves and directed until 1977 from the first chair by the violinist Victor Martin (b Elne, France, of Spanish parents, 24 Sep 1940; a pupil of Antonio Arias, Lorand Fenyves, and Max Rostal).

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    Chan Hon Goh

    Goh comes from a Chinese family deeply immersed in dance, especially on the side of her father, Choo Chiat Goh. Both her parents were principal artists with the National Ballet of China. A paternal uncle, Choo San Goh (1948-87), became a celebrated choreographer in the United States.

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    Chan Tep

    Chan Tep, journalist, presenter, creator, producer, researcher, columnist, diversity and inclusion advisor (born 11 December 1978, in Mongkol Borey, Cambodia). Tep is a leading figure in francophone Quebec media (see Quebec). From 2015 to 2017, her program Mosaïque en lumière presented on MAtv innovatively covered cultural communities in Montreal. She has collaborated with numerous media including Radio-Canada, MAtv, 98.5 FM, Noovo Info, HuffPost Québec, TVA and Vidéotron. Throughout her career, she has fought tirelessly for diversity and representation in Quebec’s francophone media.

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