Beginning his career as a radio and television host, Didier Morissonneau became
the youngest artist agent in Quebec at 22, representing such established stars as
Gilles Carle, Chloé Sainte-Marie, Claude Laroche and an entire
generation of young talent from television and film (Mahée Paiement,
Johanne Mackay, Annie Dufresne, Gino Chouinard, etc.) in the early
90's. He began his career as a producer in 1992 with the Quebec presentation
of the Parisian play Le Petit Prince. Further success followed with cross-Canada
tours by such notable American acts as The Platters, The Glenn
Miller Orchestra, Steppenwolf and The Mamas and the
Papas. In 1994, Morissonneau opened an office in Paris on
rue Francois 1er to strengthen his relations with key producers and agents
in France. He crowned his career as an independent producer with tours by such immense
French stars as Michel Sardou (1998) and Johnny Hallyday
(2000). From that point, he worked for Zone3 as a producer and member of the team
responsible for programming the concert extravaganza organized for the 2001
Summit of the Americas and televised worldwide. In 2002, Morissonneau
moved over to Cirque Eos to handle their international sales. He
also negotiated their deal with ICM in Los Angeles (who represent Julia Roberts,
George Clooney, The Beach Boys and Rod Stewart, to name a few), making
Cirque Eos the first Quebec artist or performance group to be represented
by one of the world's ‘Big Three' artist agencies (the others being William
Morris and CAA). In 2002, Didier moved to L'Equipe Spectra as an independent
producer.
Since that time, Morissonneau has produced shows for Spectra in Halifax, Quebec,
Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Sacramento
CA and Portland, OR with an independent promotions team in place for each city.
His most recent shows include Georges Moustaki, Battle
of the Bands 2009 (with the Glenn Miller Orchestra
and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra), Air Supply,
The Four Tops and Piaf, une vie en rose et noir. In
the autumn of 2006, Morissonneau premiered the original musical Joe Dassin
in Quebec City and Montreal. The show grossed $5.6 million in its first run
and toured all major American urban markets.
In 2009, Morissonneau bought the rights to Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Ma
vie avec Mozart and presented it on stage at the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival.
In 2010, he enjoyed his biggest success ever with the musical Big Bazar,
based on Michel Fugain's famed 1974 show.
Mission: To promote international talent across Canada and Quebec
talent around the world.