Assis au piano, Aznavour se confie au journaliste Alain Blanchoud sur sa manière et son besoin de composer et les thèmes qu’il chante, en l’illustrant autour de la chanson “Je te réchaufferai”. Cette émission a été diffusée le 13 novembre 1965 sur la TSR.
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.
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 [ . . . ]
A 57-minute live-stream concert from French composer/musician Yann Tiersen playing from a “secret” location (a tiny island in the English Channel named Ushant.)
You probably know Tiersen for his lovely, poignant music for the French film Amelie.