Vocalist

Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie’s music will get your attention. It will sound familiar, with her lovely, soulful, voice that slides effortlessly from folk to rock and back again. But listen closer. You know the tune—it’s “Time After Time” or “Heart of Glass”—but you don’t know the words: she’s singing in Inuktitut, an Inuit language. She has transformed a pop culture touchstone into a heartfelt moment of beauty; you can hear the nostalgia, the melancholy. Elisapie reinvents iconic pop and rock songs, beautifully and with intention, to connect to her memories of growing up in Nunavik among the people, places, and language she can never forget.

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Elisapie

Somerville Theatre

Elisapie was born and raised in Salluit, a small village in Nunavik (the northern region of Quebec). In this community, accessible only by plane, Elisapie was raised by an extended caring, yet slightly dysfunctional, adoptive family. Growing up there she lived through the loss of cousins who ended their lives, experienced young love, witnessed first hand the effects of colonialism, and danced the night away at the village’s community center.

Since winning her first Juno Award in 2005 with Taima, her band at the time, Elisapie’s body of work has been frequently praised. Her 2018 album The Ballad of the Runaway Girl was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, earned her numerous Félix Awards, and received a nomination at the Junos. Following this critically acclaimed album, Elisapie performed with the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal to the invitation of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, at the SummerStage Festival in New York City’s Central Park and in the NPR office for her own Tiny Desk Session, as well as in several venues and festivals locally and internationally.

FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre

Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie blends modernity and tradition in her captivating music. Her unconditional attachment to her territory and her language, Inuktitut, remains at the core of her creative journey. Elisapie’s latest release, Inuktitut (winner of the 2024 Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year and a 2024 Polaris Music Prize finalist), reinvigorates the poetry of ten rock and pop hits with the raw, intimate sounds of her mother tongue. Joined by a stellar lineup of Montreal’s premier indie and folk talent, Elisapie brings her culture to life with bold, singular artistry.

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Feb 21, 2026

Elisapie · Celebrity Series of Boston

Dec 1, 2025

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