Patrick Fiori (; born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969) is a French singer of

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n descent.

Biography

Beginnings

Fiori was born to a

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father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in

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, France. His father's family were escapees of the

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. He was born in a family of five siblings. He spent part of his childhood in

south of France and part in

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in Corsica. He started music at the age of 12 in 1981 thanks to encouragement from Franck Fernandel, who offered him a role in the musical ''La Légende des santonniers''. In 1985, at the age of 16, he recorded his first song "Stéphanie" with financing from his parents followed by other recordings like "Dans ton regard" and "Le Cœur à fleur d'amour".

Original successes, until 1993

Taking part in

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's show ''Les Habits du dimanche'' gave him more exposure. In 1987 he opened for singer

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for a number of shows. He later opened for other renowned artists like

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and

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. In 1992 he had great success with "Au fil de l'eau" written by his childhood friend Bernard Di Domenico during the

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. He won first prize during Fenouillèdes Song Contest held in Sournia, the

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). That year's event had been sponsored by Fabienne Thibeault who encouraged him to go further in his career.

Eurovision Song Contest 1993

In 1993, as he became well-known with the public, at 23, the songwriters

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and Marie-France Brière (director of variety and entertainment at

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) suggested that he represent France in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "

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" composed by Valéry, a bilingual song mainly in French language but with some additional

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lyrics.ESC Today: France: Patrick Fiori to join ''The Voice Kids''
/ref> The song delivered the first rare occasion in which Corsican language was heard at the Eurovision Song Contest. The next appearance of Corsican was after 18 years with France's entry in

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with

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's song "

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" which was completely in Corsican. On 15 May 1993, Fiori performed "Mama Corsica" representing France in the Contest held that year in

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. He was accompanied by an orchestre led by Christian Cravero. The accompaniment also included two banjo players and two vocalists who joined him on stage throughout the song. Fiori finished fourth with a total of 121 points in between 25 nations competing. The song obtained the coveted "douze points" (12 points) from jury in Denmark and

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Debut albums and ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' (1994-2000)

In 1994, Fiori released his debut album entitled ''Puisque c'est l'heure''. In 1995 he released the self-financed ''Cœur à l'envers''. He also appeared in a number of variety shows notably ''La Chance aux chansons'' hosted by

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interpreting on an occasion "Ma vie" an original song by

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in his presence. After a suggestion by

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, he auditioned for the musical ''

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'' with shows in

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. Convinced by his talent

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offered him the role of

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both onstage and in the recording studio for ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. With

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and Garou, he recorded the song " Belle" for the show. The greatly loved song was released as a single reaching number 1 on the French Singles Chart and the Wallon French Belgian Charts. The song won "Best French Song of the Year" and the staging of ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' "Best French Show of the Year" during ''

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in 1999. Also in 1998, Patrick signed a contract with

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and recorded his third album ''Prends Moi''. He sang in the French

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for ''

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'' singing in the role of Shang and in French version of ''

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'' (in French ''Le Prince d'Égypte'') with songs in the role of

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. In 1999, he took part in

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participating for many years with them. In 2000, he decided to leave ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' to concentrate on his fourth album ''Chrysalide''. The album contains a collaboration with

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in "Que tu reviennes". The same year, he appeared for the first time in the coveted Paris

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. He also wrote "Si je m'en sors" for Julie Zenatti.

Further successes (2000 - present)

In 2002, Patrick Fiori released his fifth album, the self-titled ''Patrick Fiori'' with the first single from the album being "Marseille" dedicated to his home town and written by

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. Fiori had a collaboration with

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who wrote four songs for him for the album including "Je sais où aller". In 2003, he toured France, Belgium with many dates and venues accompanied by his band including guitarist Jacques Veneruso, keyboard player Pierre-Jean Scavino, guitarist André Hampartzoumian and percussionist Patrick Hampartzoumian, drummer Laurent Coppola, bass guitarist Patrick Dupont and bagpipes player and flutist Bruno Le Rouzic with backing vocals by Agnès Hampartzoumian and Véronique Mavros. 2005 marked his new album ''Si on chantait plus fort'' with singles "Toutes les peines", " 4 Mots sur un piano" and "Il paraît". His single "4 Mots sur un piano" was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman. Goldman and Christine Ricol accompany him in the song which reached number in the French charts staying there for two weeks and selling 150,000 copies. He also launched a new long tour from 2005 to 2007 to promote the album including two show at the l'

de Paris on 13 and 14 January 2007, where he introduced the young singer songwriter Tommy. In 2008 he released the album ''Les choses de la vie''. The album includes remakes from various famous films including ''

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'' (in French ''Le Parrain''), ''

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'' (in French ''Les parapluies de Cherbourg''), ''

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'', '' Manon des Sources'', ''

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'' (in French Jeux interdits), ''

Mayrig ''Mayrig'' (''Mother'') is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif as parents of Azad (Henri Verneuil depicted as child ...

'' and many others.Charts in France: Découvrez le nouveau clip de Patrick Fiori
The album went platinum. Singles from the album include "Liberta" from ''Borsalino'' with new Italian lyrics from Bernard Di Domebico. This was followed up in 2009 by "Les Montagnes d'Arménie" a tribute to the

and taken from the soundtrack of the French Armenian-themed film ''Mayrig''. Also in 2009, he recorded with the Budapest Philharmonic a duo with

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. The track "Si j'avais le temps" appears in ''Un autre univers'' an entirely

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album by Australian singer Arena. Fiori also engaged in a tour taking him even to Moscow. In 2010 he released ''L'instinct masculin''. It included the single "Peut-être que peut-être" with lyrics and music by Jean-Jacques Goldman.Visionnez le nouveau clip de Patrick Fiori "Peut-être que peut-être"
The album also included "À la vie!", "Dieu qu'elle était belle!" and a collaboration with

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in "Je viendrai te chercher". The album was accompanied by three tours one acoustic in small venues,Patrick Fiori en tournée acoustique cet automne et en 2013
one electric in various

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French venues and one in big venues. In 2011, he released a live album recorded at Marseille's Dôme. The concert was available on CD and DVD. In 2014, he released the album ''Choisir'' with a Valentines release of "Elles" written and composed by Goldman.L'Avenir: Patrick Fiori à l’heure des choix
The album had collaborations with

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, Ariane Quatrefages, Robert Goldman, Jacques Veneruso, Eric Chemouny and Patrick Hampartzoumian. It was certified platinum. Patrick Fiori toured with a hundred dates between October 2014 and December 2015, appearing again at Le Zénith of Paris and at the Paris

. In 2015, he took part in a Corsican musical project ''Corsu Mezu Mezu'' containing 16 Corsican-based songs. He reinterpreted three songs in album, "Corsica" with

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accompanied by a music video, "Ci hè dinù" with Chjami Aghjalesi and "Ô Corse île d'amour" with Antoine Ciosi. In September 2017, he released his tenth album ''Promesse'' with the single "Où je vis" from the album. It contained two collaborations with

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and with French-Comorian singer and rapper

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. The Soprano collaboration "Chez nous (Plan d'Aou, Air Bel)" written by Jean-Jacques Goldman was a tribute to immigrants to France, particularly the immigrant inhabitants of Air Bel, a suburb of Marseilles. It was accompanied with a music video where Fiori's parents appear in roles of Armenian immigrants. Additional writing collaborations included Arianne Quatrefages,

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and

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. Fiori went on tour in the summer of 2018 interpreting the album. He has collaborated with a great number of artists. In addition to artists mentioned above, we can add

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, Anne Etchegoyen. In 2015, he was a coach in season 2 of France's ''The Voice Kids'' joining Jenifer and

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. Jane, the finalist from his team won the season. In 2016 he was invited again to coach for season 3 alongside Jenifer and

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Personal life

Patrick Fiori had a relationship with Julie Zenatti for 8 years. They met during the musical ''

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'' where they both had acting roles. The love relation led to an artistic collaboration with Fiori and Zenatti co-writing and co-composing for each other and for others. Zenatti's first and greatest success was "Si je m'en sors" written by Fiori. Despite separating, they remained friends and continued meeting each other. Between 1998 and 2000, Fiori was in a relationship with Canadian-Belgian singer

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. Patrick Fiori married Ariane Quatrefages in June 2008. Quatrefages was a beauty pageant contestant who was crowned Miss Rhône-Alpes 1999 and came fourth in Miss France 2000 elections.Téléstar: Qui est Ariane Quatrefages, la femme de Patrick Fiori?
The couple had their first child Sevan in 2009. In 2014, the couple had a second son. Ariane co-writes certain songs with her husband Fiori.

Charities

Fiori is heavily involved in charities. He is a member of the

the big charity ensemble since 1999, Fiori has persistently taken part in the show in aid of Restos du Cœur charity for a decade and a half . Fiori actively supports many charities including Les enfants de la Terre, Solidarité inondations,

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, Opération pièces jaunes, Les blouses roses, Téléthon, Sol En Si (Solidarité Enfants Sida), Les Vendanges du cœur, Les Étoiles de l'espoir, Televie, Association européenne contre les leucodystrophies (ELA) etc. He is a ''parrain'' (godfather) of Association Grégory Lemarchal, and on 7 January 2017, appeared in Le Zénith de Paris directly broadcast on TF1 in the event ''Grégory Lemarchal, 10 ans après l'histoire continue'', singing an unreleased new song written Grégory Lemarchal titled "Pour mieux s'aimer" with all benefits going to the Association Grégory Lemarchal.Charts in France: "Pour mieux s'aimer" : Patrick Fiori chante un titre inédit de Grégory Lemarchal
Fiori also is a ''parrain'' of the Corsica-based La Marie-Do against cancer and of the French Armenian Foundation.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Singles

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chart.

Filmography

*1998: ''

'': "Shang" (European French dubbed version) *1998: ''

'':

(Ramsès II) (European French dubbed version)

Theatre

*1998: ''

'' (musical) in the role of

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. From the musical, the song " Belle" interpreted by Patrick Fiori,

and Garou was chosen "Song of the Year" and the show the "Show of the Year" in France. *2010: ''La Femme du boulanger'' of

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, in the role of the

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(mise en scène by Alain Sachs, a French version of ''

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'' costarring with

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Philippe Caubère Philippe Caubère (born September 21, 1950 in Marseille, France) is a noted French film actor, writer and producer. He is known for his memorable performances as Molière in the 1978 French movie and the TV series as well. His other movies incl ...

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, Laëtitia Milot and others) It was rebroadcast on French TV station

, on 30 December 2010 from the

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theatre.

References

External links

Official website

Biography of Patrick Fiori
from

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