k.d. lang to Receive Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Canada’s Highest Honor in Performing Arts

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Congratulations to k.d. lang, who has been named a recipient of the 2023 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honor in the performing arts. The award recognizes artists for having made an indelible contribution to cultural life in Canada and around the world. The six 2023 laureates will be honored at an Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Saturday, May 27. "I can’t even actually fathom being placed in the same company as the people, the artists who have influenced me so tremendously,” lang says. "Canada has such an embarrassment of riches, so many tremendous artists, and to be bestowed with this honor is unthinkable really ... So, thank you."

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Congratulations to k.d. lang, who has been named a recipient of the 2023 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honor in the performing arts. The award recognizes artists for having made an indelible contribution to cultural life in Canada and around the world. The six 2023 laureates will be honored at two events in Ottawa, culminating in the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre on Saturday, May 27.

“I can’t even actually fathom being placed in the same company as the people, the artists who have influenced me so tremendously,” lang says in the video message below. “Canada has such an embarrassment of riches, so many tremendous artists, and to be bestowed with this honor is unthinkable really, because you just sort of go through your life with blinders on doing the work ... So, thank you.”

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k.d. lang: Governor General’s Performing Arts Award 2023 photo by Jason Quigley
  • Thursday, February 23, 2023
    k.d. lang to Receive Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, Canada’s Highest Honor in Performing Arts
    Jason Quigley

    Congratulations to k.d. lang, who has been named a recipient of the 2023 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honor in the performing arts. The award recognizes artists for having made an indelible contribution to cultural life in Canada and around the world. The six 2023 laureates will be honored at two events in Ottawa, culminating in the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre on Saturday, May 27.

    “I can’t even actually fathom being placed in the same company as the people, the artists who have influenced me so tremendously,” lang says in the video message below. “Canada has such an embarrassment of riches, so many tremendous artists, and to be bestowed with this honor is unthinkable really, because you just sort of go through your life with blinders on doing the work ... So, thank you.”

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