In the early seventies, Mario played on tour and recorded with several well known Quebecker artists.  Among them, Plume Latraverse with whom he played piano, accordion an Hammond B3 organ on his very first album titled Triniterre.  On Plume Pou Digne his second album , where he was given the nickname of choir after his performance in singing six back-ups vocals parts for the song: "Quel calvaire!", Mario's percussionist talent  where also put into contribution.   

Those where the days of the famous cabaret "La Casanous" on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal.  That's where his piano tuner carreer began.  No money to call the tuner and Mario couldn't stand playing an out-of-shape piano so he decided to do it himself.  As the house pianist, he accompanied number of artists like Raoul Duguay and Steve "Rocking-Blind Cassonade" Faulkner. 

In 1995, we saw him at the Montreal Spectrum playing with Hélène Cardinal, Renée Claude, Sylvie Tremblay and Geneviève Paris.  We can hear him at the accordion, piano, synthesizers and classical organ on the CD album "Les Orgues Barbares" that he produced with Hélène Cardinal.  Diane Dufresne hired him as a programmer and piano specialist on her most recent album.  Plume Latraverse also called him back last year to record some tracks for his new album "Mixed Grill".  Three cuts from his very first album "Triniterre" recorded in 1970 with tracks of piano and accordion by Mario are also included in mixed grill.

In 1987, Mario Bruneau discovers the "musette" repertoire from an audio cassette that Plume brought back from a visit in Paris.  From now on, he decided to adopt this style and to make it his specialty. Influenced by the "Manouches" (Gipsies) and stemming from the "Auvergnates" and the Italian communities who came in Paris at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, the musette represents a world patrimonies that deserve to be preserved. Just like the tango from Buenos Aires and the bossa nova from Rio de Janeiro, the musette from Paris is one of the rare urban folklores to resist time.  Molded by the "bad guys" that frequented the bals musette of the 11th arrondissement in Paris or else, fed by the torment of the poets and artists who hanged around the Montmartre's cafés, the musette carries all the range of the human's emotions.  For a nostalgic, joyful or poetic atmosphere, nothing beats the musette for the variety of moods it is capable. 
 

Big fan of the accordion, Mario Bruneau participate at its broadening thanks to his historical and technical knowledge which he share in the accordion world.  Being a professional piano tuner for almost 30 years now, he puts this knowledge into contribution to develop new fabrication an tuning techniques.  His multimedia presentation  is always a big success everywhere it is presented.
 

Several CDs are available from him.  "cité lumière" is the music him and Hélène Cardinal plays at le BATEAU-MOUCHE in Montréal.  Songs from Edith Piaf and musette accordion is on the program.  "Je Thème" is an album of solo piano recorded on his vintage Blüthner 7' grand piano (1893) consisting of some of his compositions.  You can also get Hélène Cardinal's first CD entitled "Les Orgues Barbares" by e-mail.  An accordion CD of his compositions "Un Soufflet Au Coeur" will soon be available.

To learn more about Mario visit his web site at:
 http://www.mariobruneau.com/