Damien Robitaille (French pronunciation: [damjɛ̃ ʁɔbitaj], born June 1981) is a Canadian musician from the village of Lafontaine, Ontario in the Georgian Bay area, two hours north-west of Toronto.
[2] He studied classical music at the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, where he was a member of the rock band The Mezameeze (made to sound like "Mes Amis" in French, meaning "My Friends").
In the fall, Damien Robitaille participated in the Radio-Canada[5] show Le Garage, hosted by Véronic DiCaire, which brought together emerging artists from Ontario, Quebec and the Outaouais region.
The video was reshared by former basketball player Rex Chapman, actor Elijah Wood and star Jennifer Garner.
[13] As part of the School culture days of 2020, he offered the song Il me semble in a karaoke version so that all the students of Quebec and the Francophonie could sing in together.
[14] During the 2011 summer season, Damien Robitaille hosted two radio shows on ICI Musique: Jamais trop tard pour les standards, which highlighted pop and jazz classics from the 1930s to the 1950s, and La Chaîne musicale, which brought together singer-songwriters to present their musical world.
[17] Damien Robitaille also hosted the show Voyage de chien on the Unis TV channel (filmed in Ontario and Manitoba) with his dog Suki (an American Akita) in 2016.
[18] He has also performed three of his songs: Mambo Mètissè, Homme Autonome, and Bienvenue a Longueiul during two different episodes of the quiz show *100 Gènies.
During the 2021 summer, Damien Robitaille collaborated with dance artist and educator Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon, and their collab video registered 4 million views.
[19][20] Damien Robitaille was nominated for two Juno Awards in the "Francophone Album of the Year" category in 2008 for L'Homme qui me ressemble[8] and in 2014 Omniprésent.