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Grande Médaille De La Chanson Française
The Grande médaille de la chanson française is an award given by the Académie française to prominent singers in French. It was created in 1938. The award takes the form of a silver-gilt medal, hence its other name, "médaille de vermeil". Winners * 1988 : Gilles Vigneault * 1989 : Claude Nougaro * 1990 : Louis Amade * 1991 : no award * 1992 : Mireille * 1993 : Barbara * 1994 : Guy Béart * 1995 : Charles Aznavour * 1996 : Robert Charlebois * 1997: Yves Simon * 1998: MC Solaar * 1999: no award * 2000: Henri Salvador * 2001: Michel Sardou * 2002: Alain Souchon * 2003: Pierre Perret * 2004: Renaud * 2005: Catherine Lara * 2006: Françoise Hardy * 2007: Serge Rezvani * 2008: Georges Moustaki * 2009: Anne Sylvestre * 2010: Francis Cabrel * 2011: David McNeil * 2012: Maxime Le Forestier * 2013: Serge Lama * 2014: William Sheller * 2015: Véronique Sanson [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Perret
Pierre Perret (born 9 July 1934 in Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne) is a French singer and composer. Pierre Perret resides in the city of Nangis. Biography He spent a long part of his childhood in the café which his parents owned, where he learned to work with jargon and slang. At the age of 14 he signed up to the ''conservatoire de musique de Toulouse'' and to a dramatic arts institute. But he wasn't admitted to the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris because he had some problems with military justice during his military service.'' Sax, Mule & Co'', Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, Paris, 2004, p. 56-57. In the meantime, he set up his first band of four musicians in his own name, with whom he played at events throughout the region. In 1957, he was snapped up by Eddie Barclay who signed him on. It was in the studio of Barclay where he met his future wife, Simone Mazaltarim. In 1958, Perret carried on touring round Parisian cabaret bars and crossed Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véronique Sanson
Véronique Marie Line Sanson (; born 24 April 1949) is a three-time Victoires de la Musique award-winning French singer-songwriter and record producer with an avid following in her native country. Ten years after Barbara, Véronique Sanson became one of the first French female singer-songwriters to break into stardom with her debut album Amoureuse in 1972. She also became one of the most successful and most prominent members of the Seventies "Nouvelle chanson française" ("New French chanson"), alongside Alain Souchon, Bernard Lavilliers, Jacques Higelin, Michel Polnareff, Catherine Lara, Yves Duteil, Maxime Le Forestier, Renaud, William Sheller, Michel Jonasz, Michel Berger, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Louis Chédid, or Francis Cabrel. Unlike most previous French artists of the Sixties Yé-yé era, who mostly released EPs consisting of a collection of singles, B-sides and covers, Sanson and her counterparts of the "nouvelle chanson française" established the dominance of singer- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sheller
William Sheller (born William Desboeuf on 9 July 1946) is a French classical composer and singer-songwriter. A prominent artist of French popular music since the 1970s, William Sheller has the particularity of being one of the few singers of French chanson who has benefited from a solid background in classical music. This has influenced his repertoire with a sophisticated musical style, combining elements of classical music with chanson and symphonic rock. Biography Born in Paris to an American soldier and a French mother, William Desboeuf was raised in Ohio until he was 7. He then went back to France to live with his mother's parents, who worked in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Palais Garnier. William left school at 16 to study composition with teacher Yves Margat (himself a student of Gabriel Fauré) and later harmony, fugue and counterpoint at the Paris conservatoire. He was training for the Prix de Rome but turned to pop music after hearing the Beatles. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Lama
Serge Lama (born Serge Claude Bernard Chauvier on 11 February 1943 in Bordeaux) is a French singer and songwriter. His most famous song is '' Je suis malade'', written with Alice Dona. It has been written for Dalida and later performed by a number of artists including Lara Fabian. In 1971, Lama represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ''Un jardin sur la terre'', which was placed tenth. Eurovision Discography Albums *1964 : ''L'humanité'' *1964 : ''Bel Air'' *1965 : ''La voix de son maitre'' *1966 : 4 chansons d'Emile Stern et de Serge Lama *1966 : ''La voix de son maître'' *1967 : ''La voix son maître'' *1968 : ''D'aventures en aventures'' *1970 : ''Et puis on s'aperçoit'' *1971 : ''Superman'' *1973 : ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Le Forestier
Maxime Le Forestier (; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Life and career Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917–2010) who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Annette (born 1943) and Catherine (born 1946). His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature. In 1965, he formed a duo (''Cat et Maxime'') with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including ''Ma Liberté'' and ''Ma Solitude''. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed ''Ballade pour un traître'' which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani. Le Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McNeil (writer)
David McNeil(l) may refer to: * David McNeil (footballer) (born 1995), Scottish footballer * David B. McNeil (1818–1897), American politician from New York * Dave McNeil (1921–1993), English footballer *David McNeill Glenn David McNeill (born 1933 in California, United States) is an Americans, American psychologist and Author, writer specializing in Research#Scientific research, scientific research into psycholinguistics and especially the relationship of ... (born 1933), American psychologist and writer * David McNeill (athlete) (born 1986), Australian long-distance runner {{hndis, Mcneil, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voici
''Voici'' is a French language weekly celebrity and gossip magazine published in Paris, France. History and profile ''Voici'' was founded in 1987. The magazine is published on a weekly basis and is based in Paris. The weekly is owned by the German media company, Bertelsmann/Gruner + Jahr Gruner may refer to: People * Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader * Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer * Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter * Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), Swiss cartographer and geologist * Klaus .... The publisher is the Prisma Presse, a subsidiary of Gruner+Jahr. ''Voici'' claims the title of best selling French celebrity magazine, and second or third most widely read French women's magazine. It includes beauty, fashion, health, society and entertainment sections. Circulation ''Voici'' had a circulation of 602,000 copies in 1991. Its circulation was 576,000 copies in 1998. In 2000 the circulation of the magazine was 514,180 copies and it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Cabrel
Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as "L'encre de tes yeux", "Je l'aime à mourir", "Le chêne liège" and "La corrida", have become enduring favourites in French music. Since the start of his career, Cabrel has sold over 25 million albums. His first hit song was "Petite Marie" in 1974, which was about the woman who soon became his wife, Mariette. His song "Je l'aime à mourir" was covered by Shakira; this version, both sung in French and Spanish, became a major hit single. An unauthorised biography was published in 2015. Cabrel, who is one of the most private French singers, attempted to have the book suppressed. Biography Francis Cabrel was born in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne into a modest famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Sylvestre
Anne Sylvestre (, born Anne-Marie Beugras; 20 June 1934 – 30 November 2020) was a French singer-songwriter. Biography Anne Sylvestre was born in Lyon on 20 June 1934. She was the daughter of Albert Beugras and the sister of writer Marie Chaix. Her father was a politician turned collaborationist during the Occupation of France.Daniel Pantchenko''Anne Sylvestre: Et elle chante encore?'' Fayard. 2012. Marie Chaix wrote a book about their father's role during the Occupation, ''Les Lauriers du lac de Constance'' (1974). While studying Literature in Sorbonne University, Anne Sylvestre started singing in cabarets in the fifties and was discovered by Michel Valette.Cécile Prévost-Thomas"Anne Sylvestre, sorcière, comme les autres…" ''Travail, genre et sociétés''. 2010/1. No 23. Accessed on line 11 December 2015. Jean-Claude Pascal recorded her song "Porteuse d'eau" (Waterbearer) under the title "La terre" (The Dirt, 1958). She started recording in 1959, and Georges Brassen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Moustaki
Georges Moustaki (born Giuseppe Mustacchi; 3 May 1934 – 23 May 2013) was an Egyptian-French singer-songwriter of Jewish Italo-Greek origin. He wrote about 300 songs for some of the most popular singers in France, including Édith Piaf, Dalida, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Barbara, Brigitte Fontaine, Herbert Pagani, France Gall, Cindy Daniel, Juliette Gréco, Pia Colombo, and Tino Rossi, as well as for himself. Early life in Egypt Georges Moustaki was born Giuseppe Mustacchi in Alexandria, Egypt, on 3 May 1934. His parents, Sarah and Nessim Mustacchi, were Francophile, Greek Jews from the ancient Romaniote Jewish community. Originally from the Greek island of Corfu, they moved to Egypt, where Giuseppe was born and first learned French. They owned the Cité du Livre bookshop in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, where many ethnic communities lived together. Moustaki's father spoke five languages and his mother spoke six. The young Giuseppe and his two older sisters spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Rezvani
Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is a French painter, engraver, writer (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary") He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak. Life Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father, Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900–1962), and a Jewish mother who had immigrated from Russia. His mother moved with him to France when he was age seven and spoke only Russian. He attended a boarding school for Russian immigrants, where he learned French.Alexie Lorca''Serge Rezvani or nostalgia for the present'' '' L'Express'', 1 June 2004 Rezvani has written more than 40 novels, 15 plays and two collections of poetry. He is the author of more than 150 songs, including the famous ', sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film ''Jules and Jim'', as well as ', also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian). Rezvani also wrote two songs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
