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L'amour: Mouron will be accompanied by pianist Terry Truck in a concert in Ha Noi next Tuesday. — VNS File Photo |
HA NOI — French singer Bruno Mouron will be performing Hymnes A L'Amour at L'Espace in Ha Noi on April 20.
Mouron and pianist Terry Truck will be performing songs from the 1960s and '70s by Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel such as La Vie En Rose, Boum, and Hymne A L'Amour.
The concert marks the start of Mouron's Asian Tour that will take in Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Malaysia and Cambodia and end on June 20.
Mouron was born into a musical family. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a song writer.
Mouron began performing chansons at the age of 12. When she was just 17 she performed at France's most famous music hall, L'Olympia, with Michel Fugain&Le Big Bazar.
Her first solo performance Made in Moon took place at Le Piano Zinc in Paris. It later transferred to the Festival d'Avignon and was performed at major theatres throughout the country. A successful tour through Belgium, Switzerland, Egypt, Poland and Germany followed.
She has made seven albums including the latest Peut-Etre Demain, a tribute to musician Jacques Brel.
Her first album in 1987 was awarded the Grand Prix Academie Charles Cros, which was established by French music critics and recording specialists in 1948. She was also awarded the France Culture Reperages.
With producers Georgette Dee and Terry Truck she recorded the album Mouron d'Amour.
Vis-A-Vis and Un Dessert Dans Le Desert will be performed at the concert.
Tickets are available at 24 Trang Tien Street, Ha Noi. — VNS