Ghislaine Doté
Singer. Songwriter.
Composer. Actor. Dancer.
lISTEN ON
About Ghislaine
Ghislaine started her career as a dancer and choreographer. Born in France, Ghislaine grew up in Cote d'Ivoire and spent her adulthood in Montreal where she completed a double BA in Contemporary Dance.
After being cast as a dancer in STARMANIA, she fell in love with singing and has been pursuing it since. In Vancouver, while pursuing a career as an actor, she rekindled her love for la chanson française, and decided to introduce Beautiful British Columbia to the beauty and poetry of french melodies.
As a lead singer for Stranger Brew, she made her mark in Festivals Pacifique en Chanson and Chant'Ouest. Ghislaine released her first EP "O Soleil" in 2020.
KIND WORDS
"A magnet in performance. Radiant and grounded"
- Philip Spzorer (journalist from Montreal)
"Spellbinding...Ghislaine Doté, does not hesitate to borrow non conventional paths as she skillfully plays with a repertoire that brings hints of African folklore has well as the feel of traditional French Chansons. Sublime." - Mondo-Blog
"The multidisciplinary artist from Vancouver is one of the 5 recipients of the Philip Akin - Black Shoulders Legacy Award received last February. Ici Colombie Britannique ( 2023)" - Lyne Barnabé
I love the freedom with which Kate Bush created her music... Yet her work was so rigorous. Likewise, I am rigorous in my quest for harmonies and chords, and I have no tolerance for melodies that are too plain...Still I keep listening for what the music wants to say. In the end, it probably creates itself...I just like to butter it with suggestions!
