Quebec set to bid farewell to singer Serge Fiori in national funeral

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 15, 2025 9:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Quebec volition accidental its last goodbye astatine a nationalist ceremonial connected Tuesday to honour precocious singer Serge Fiori, whose passing has profoundly impacted galore Quebecers. 

The Harmonium frontman died connected June 24 — Quebec's nationalist vacation — astatine his location in Saint-Henri-de-Taillon, Que., aft battling a agelong illness. 

Quebec Premier François Legault announced a nationalist ceremonial a fewer weeks ago. His bureau said the ceremonial volition springiness the nationalist "the accidental to wage a last tribute to an creator and creator who profoundly marked Quebec civilization and contributed to shaping our philharmonic landscape." 

On Tuesday morning, the Quebec emblem was astatine half-mast connected the cardinal operation of the Quebec's National Assembly and volition stay truthful until dusk. 

The tribute, organized successful collaboration with Fiori's family, volition statesman astatine 3 p.m. astatine the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place-des-Arts in Montreal.

It volition instrumentality spot successful beforehand of members of the public — who got escaped tickets — and several governmental figures including Legault, Bloc Québécois person Yves-François Blanchet and erstwhile Quebec City politician Régis Labeaume. 

Born successful 1952 successful Montreal, Fiori founded the radical Harmonium successful the aboriginal 1970s with Louis Valois and Michel Normandeau. 

LISTEN | Music professional Claude Rajotte on Fiori and Harmonium's legacy: 

The iconic group's 3 folk-rock albums — Harmonium (1974), Si connected avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (1975) and L'Heptade (1976) — revolutionized Quebec's philharmonic identity.

An online publication of condolences is besides disposable for people wishing to nonstop a connection to Fiori's family.