Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas with Jérôme Lemay, performing in such venues as The Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.
Born in the region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Jean-François Lapointe first studied piano and violin and, at the age of 16, devoted himself entirely to singing.
The Théry-Lapointe Scholarship was created by Chantal Théry, retired professor at Laval University. It is awarded annually to encourage the dissemination of feminist research and creation by graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and…