Georges Ivanov (Georgii Ivanov,
Brest-Litovsk
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30 October 30, 1902 - Chelle near Paris, 3 September 1979) was a
Russian performer of Russian traditional music in
France
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during the 1950s-1960s. He sang and played guitar in
Paris
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concerts of Russian and
Gypsy music, and from 1955-1960 appeared at the restaurant "Cabaret at Mysi."
[Biographical Lexicon "ИВАНОВ Жорж (Георгий) (30 октября 1902, Брест-Литовск Гродненской губ. – 3 сентября 1979, Шелль, под Парижем, пох. на местном клад.). Певец, гитарист. В эмиграции во Франции. С 1945 выступал в Париже с концертами русских песен и цыганских романсов. Участвовал в вечерах и балах, в том числе благотворительных. В 1955–1960 выступал в ресторане «Кабаре у Myси»."] He released one album in France, ''Ivanov Chante La Vieille Russie''.
References
1902 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Russian male singers
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France
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