# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-lussier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:12:42.638Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-lussier"
name: "René Lussier"
slug: "rene-lussier"
description: "René Lussier is a jazz guitarist based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a composer, guitarist, bass guitarist, percussionist, bass clarinetist, and singer. Lussier has collaborated with Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Jean Derome, and Robert M. Lepage. He combines elements from several genres and is often referred to within the discourse of contemporary classical music or Musiques Actuelles in French."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugo_Blouin_et_Ren%C3%A9_Lussier_au_Verre_Bouteille.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.73
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.349209333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527265/"
    handle:    "nm0527265"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/177211"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "رين لوسير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lussier"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lussier"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lussier"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lussier"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lussier"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "رینی لوسیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59430b99-95a5-40b3-8a5d-dde6906863df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541306"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1020754"
    title: "René Lussier"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump