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.
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