Paris Match “Hommage mondial à Charles Aznavour”

People & Surprises at Ambronay 2018

An evening dedicated to the dramatic music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France makes the event in Ambronay.

Soprano Véronique Gens and Ensemble Les Surprises tackle orchestral arias and suites by Rameau, Campra, Lully, Rebel and Destouches. Lyrism, tragedy and virtuosity are at the rendezvous for this 39th edition of the festival dedicated to Baroque music.

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Charles Aznavour, the ‘French Frank Sinatra’, is dead at 94

Aznavour was best known for his 1974 hit ‘She’

French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94, French media reported on Monday, citing his spokesman.

Aznavour, who was born Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian in Paris to Armenian parents, sold more than 100 million records in 80 countries.

He was often described as France’s Frank Sinatra and was best known for his 1974 hit She. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.

Aznavour, who was was born on May 22nd, 1924, began his career peddling his music to French artists of the 1940s and 1950s such as Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and Charles Trenet [ . . . ]

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