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FEQ Awards winners

L'Espoir FEQ presented by Gouvernement du Québec

Since 2014, L’Espoir FEQ presented by Gouvernement du Québec rewards a new generation of promising artists.

Salomé Leclerc, Pierre Kwenders, Dead Obies, Matt Holubowski, Hubert Lenoir, Les Louanges, TEKE::TEKE and Ariane Roy have carried this title so far.

The Espoir FEQ Award winner is determined by a comittee of professionals from the music industry. The selection criterias are the exceptional nature of the artistic proposal, scenic performance quality, potential international influence and the general enthousiasm raised by the artist.

The 2024 Espoir FEQ winner is Rau_Ze.

2024 Finalists

L’Espoir FEQ is awarded :

  • A SiriusXM - FEQ Bursary of $20,000.
  • An appearance in the prestigious european Paléo Festival Nyon, Suisse.
  • The two other nominees are awarded a $2,500 bursary each from SiriusXM.

The 2023 Espoir FEQ jury comittee is made of Salomé Leclerc, singer-songwritter, Marie-Josée Bourbonnais, Programming Director at Théâtre Petit Champlain, Michel Côté, ex-Programming Director at Grand Théâtre de Québec, and two FEQ Music Programmers, Arnaud Cordier and Olivier Lépine.

2024 Nominees: La Force - Rau_Ze - Valence

The 2024 Espoir FEQ winner is Rau_Ze.

Miroir de la Renommée Award

Since 1989, the Miroir de la Renommée awards illustrates the will to highlight the contribution of music monuments.

This prize pays homage to an artist exceptional career.

Over the years, Léo Ferré, Luc Plamondon, Gilles Vigneault, Robert Charlebois, Charles Aznavour, Francis Cabrel, Renée Martel, Daniel Bélanger, Jane Birkin and Les Cowboys Fringants, amongst other, have been awarded this prize.

Festival Paléo - FEQ Award

The FEQ Award, presented by FEQ's programmers, rewards young musicians that think outside the box with an unique artistic approach.

Selected during the Festival Paléo, the awardee has the opportunity to perform at le Festival d'été de Québec.

Previous years awardees

Since the creation of Prix international de la chanson francophone in 1989, the Festival d’été de Québec wanted to pay hommage to creators and entities that ensure the vitality of music.