Philippe Tatartcheff (born in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Canadian poet and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist who wrote French language songs recorded by folk duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle.
Origins and early life
Tatartcheff's family was originally from the Swiss Cantons of Geneva, Vaud, Neuchatel and Fribourg. After moving to Montreal in the early 1950s, they eventually settled in Timmins, Ontario, where his father, Dr. Michael Tatartcheff, was a physician and surgeon, and the town doctor. While at McGill, he met Anna McGarrigle, who was studying at Beaux-Arts at the time (1964-1968).
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In 1974, after Tatartcheff's return to Montreal, Anna McGarrigle asked him to help her write a song, which became "Complainte pour Ste. Catherine", featured on the sisters' debut album, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- "Naufragée du Tendre"
- "Mais quand tu danses"
- "Excursion à Venise"
- "Arbre"
- "Forever and the Same"
;with Kate McGarrigle
- "Side of Fries"
- "Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse"
- "Hang Out Your Heart"
- "Ah tournesol"
- "Approaching Montreal" (2011)
- "Cows in Snow" (2008)
- "Dogs in Snow" (2008)
- "Frelighsburg morning" (2008)