Renée Maheu

Renée Maheu (; February 14, 1929 – March 19, 2007) was a Canadian biographer, journalist and soprano. She made her professional solo debut with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec in 1959. Maheu performed in Canada, London, Rome and Paris with the McGill Chamber Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. She switched to journalism following a serious accident in Yugoslavia and author of numerous texts and reviews and books. Maheu was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1990.

Early life and education Maheu was born in Quebec City, Canada, on February 14, 1929. From the age of seven, she studied music. Mateu studied piano and voice at Université Laval and then French opera at the school of Vincent d'Indy in Montreal with Raoul Jobin and Louise André from 1957 to 1960 and was an honor graduate. She then studied German songs with Bernard Diamant between 1960 and 1965;

She turned to journalism and writing following a major accident in Yugoslavia in 1968 that forced her to give up performing. Maheu was the author of numerous texts and reviews in various genres, on international festivals in particular, since she was a member of the and of the Syndicat professionnel de la critique musicale et dramatique de Paris. She was a contributor to Le Devoir from 1974 to 1980. Other publications Maheu contributed to include Harmonie Panorama-Musique, The Canada Music Book, Musicanada, Opera Canada, Opéra international, Sonances, and the EMC. Maheu died on March 19, 2007 at , Cowansville, Quebec. Her funeral was held at Saint-Viateur d'Outremont Church on March 24, 2007.