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On many occasions this year, La Presse has had privileged access behind the scenes of important cultural events. Here are ten photos that showed us behind the scenes.

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PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

Fred Pellerin will have spent much of 2023 on the road. We see him here preparing to go on stage at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield last February. His “Descent to Business” tour lasts at least until December… 2024!

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PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

The press was able to take a look behind the scenes at a historic gala: the last Just for Laughs Gala, where none other than the great Yvon Deschamps performed last July.

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PHOTO CHARLES WILLIAM PELLETIER, SPECIAL COLLABORATION LA PRESSE ARCHIVES

Musicians from Salebarbes agree before taking the stage. The brotherly warmth that we feel when we see the quintet perform is also evident behind the scenes, testifies our journalist Josée Lapointe, who accompanied the group on tour in Abitibi.

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PHOTO CHARLES WILLIAM PELLETIER, SPECIAL COLLABORATION, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

For 15 seasons, Live from the Universe has been broadcast live every week – as the title suggests – after two days of intensive rehearsals at Studios Grandé in the southwestern arrondissement. To meet this ambitious challenge, the France Beaudoin team applies a “Zero Energy Waste” policy based on reducing unnecessary fuss.

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PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

Montreal Symphony Orchestra musical director Rafael Payare minutes before taking the stage on September 21st

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PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

Stéphane Rousseau visiting the film set of STAT, the daily series from ICI Télé. The sets of the medical drama cover an area of ​​15,000 square meters, spread over two studios at MELS in the Saint-Hubert district.

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PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

The big names in comedy came together for the ultimate Just for Laughs gala last July. Louis-José Houde, Normand Brathwaite and Laurent Paquin took the stage for this historic event. We see her here in a moment of relaxation.

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PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

Sitting on a chair, Ginette Reno speaks to an audience of kneeling journalists in the press room of the ADISQ gala. She just delivered an opening number (with FouKi) that everyone is talking about, but also won the Félix for Album of the Year (popular success).

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PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE

Moment of complicity between Katherine Levac and Phil Roy, who have just rehearsed the number that they will perform this evening during the Laurent Paquin Gala at the ComédiHa Fest! Quebec.