WORLD PLAYBACK WEEK 2012
Mon, 16 Apr 2012
Improvisational theatre ensembles performing in many languages. From Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 May at…
Emilie Simon
Émilie Simon born 1978 in the South of France is a French singer and composer of electronic music, known for her beautiful and soft voice. Her first album “Emilie Simon” was awarded the 2003...…
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Le français j'adore - Music en français - March 7th 2012
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (19 min)
Every year on 20 March, French-speakers around the world celebrate International Francophonie Day. This year, a few months before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, performers from francophone...…
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Édith Piaf
19 December 1915 – 11 October 1963
Édith Piaf was a French singer and cultural icon who became universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Among her songs are "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien"...…
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Emilie Simon
Émilie Simon born 1978 in the South of France is a French singer and composer of electronic music, known for her beautiful and soft voice. Her first album “Emilie Simon” was awarded the 2003...…
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Yémen - Musique au coeur de l'Arabie
Auteur-réalisateur Layth ABDULAMIR
In Yemen, friends meet and listen to music, read poetry and chew qat. These meetings are called magyals, and they occur daily.
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Paris Black Night
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Paris is the stage set for this musical odyssey, even if occasionally we leave it for unknown surburbs. BLACK is the predominant colour of our actors here, even if this black refers less to...…
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Movida Opus 1
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
La Movida est un mouvement né à Madrid dans les années 80, il bouleverse les traditions musicales espagnoles. C’est en effet la naissance d’une musique pour les jeunes très liée au rock...…
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Movida Opus 5
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Si la célèbre Movida des années 80 semble s’essoufler à Madrid, en revanche certaines provinces espagnoles sont devenues aujourd’hui les foyers d’une création musicale très inventive....…
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Movida Opus 6
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Les aspects les plus passionnants de la musique espagnole ont leurs origines dans le Flamenco. Daté du XIX°, il se libère aujourd’hui de son ghetto, et c’est vers un certain retour aux...…
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Paris musette
Réal. Jean-Pierre Beaurenaut
Pendant plus d’un demi - siècle, l’accordéon a fait “toupiller” les couples dans les musettes de la Bastoche et les guinguettes des bords de Marne, tout en devenant le fidèle compagnon...…
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Movida Opus 4
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Pour décrire la scène musicale, il faut aussi parler du show-business. Les radios, les plateaux de télévision, les hits-parade, avec ses stars et leurs millions de disques vendus, ce n’est...…
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Movida Opus 3
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
C’est à Madrid et au Pays Basque que cette spécialité du Rock Heavy Metallico sévit. Cet épisode partira à la recherche des racines de cette nouvelle génération sonique. Ceux qui ont...…
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Movida Opus 2
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
La Rumba, le Mambo et la Salsa ont imprégné le rock et la pop espagnole de références latines. Port d’attache de tous les migrants trans-continentaux, Madrid regorge aujourd’hui de tacos,...…
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SIAKA, MUSICIEN AFRICAIN
HUGO ZEMPMusicien professionnel à Bouaké, seconde ville de Côte d’Ivoire, Siaka Diabaté joue de cinq instruments : le grand balafon sénoufo, le petit balafon mandingue, la harpe « kora », le tambour « dundun » et la guitare électrique. Au coeur de la musi
Musicien professionnel Bouak, seconde ville de Cte dIvoire, Siaka Diabat joue de cinq instruments : le grand balafon snoufo, le petit balafon mandingue, la harpe kora , le tambour dundun et la...…
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Sébastien Martel ou les secrets d'une bonne galette
Auteurs-réalisateurs Sébastien Tézé, Antoine Brochu et Mathieu Parmentier
Sebastien Martil is a guitar player, a singer, a composer and an interpreter! His many collaborations are characterisitc of this cameleon-like musician, both inventive and curious: Matthieu...…
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Samba Opus 5
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Dernière étape de notre déambulation au coeur de la société musicale brésilienne. Sao Paulo, mégalopole effervescente, développe elle aussi des rythmes métissés. 1994, le Brésil et Sao...…
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Samba Opus 1
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Les rythmes de la Samba sont nés dans les Favellas de Rio de Janeiro. Inspirée des rythmes noirs de la région de Bahia, la “world music” tendance brésilienne est le reflet d’une...…
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Samba Opus 2
Auteur-réalisateur Yves BILLON
Les Caraïbes, l’Amérique du Nord, l’Afrique... Toutes les cultures se mélangent pour donner naissance à un genre musical. Marcher dans les rues Bahia, c’est entre autre retrouver les...…
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Mexique : Les troubadours de la Révolution Mexicaine
Auteur-réalisateur Yves Billon & Henri Lecomte
Le Mexique est un conservatoire vivant de musiques, de chansons et de danses, échos sensibles de sa longue et tumultueuse histoire. L’Histoire du Mexique a connu des empires fastueux notamment...…
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Les grandes villes du Jazz: Paris
Pourquoi le Jazz, né au début du siècle dernier dans le sud des Etats-Unis, a-t-il connu au cours des décennies suivantes une diffusion aussi universelle ?…
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LES COMPAGNONS DE LA CHANSON AU CANADA
Claude Vernick
La collection “Sixties” propose des documentaires inédits sur le monde des années 60, une période qui a connu un rayonnement économique et culturel sans précédent. Pour commencer, cette...…
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Le français j'adore - Music en français - March 7th 2012 - Highlights
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (6 min)
Every year on 20 March, French-speakers around the world celebrate International Francophonie Day. This year, a few months before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, performers from francophone...…
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Le français j'adore - Music en français - March 7th 2012
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (19 min)
Every year on 20 March, French-speakers around the world celebrate International Francophonie Day. This year, a few months before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, performers from francophone...…
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PETULA CLARK AU FAR-WEST
Claude Vernick
La collection “Sixties” propose des documentaires inédits sur le monde des années 60, une période qui a connu un rayonnement économique et culturel sans précédent. Pour commencer, cette...…
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ALAIN BARRIÈRE OU “MA VIE” EN AUTOMNE
Claude Vernick
La collection “Sixties” propose des documentaires inédits sur le monde des années 60, une période qui a connu un rayonnement économique et culturel sans précédent. Pour commencer, cette...…
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GILBERT BÉCAUD CHEZ NATHALIE
Claude Vernick
La collection “Sixties” propose des documentaires inédits sur le monde des années 60, une période qui a connu un rayonnement économique et culturel sans précédent. Pour commencer, cette...…
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Georges Méliès Revival - Live at The French Institute with John Garden
John Garden
Music composed, improvised and performed by John Garden. Recorded live at the French Institute, London on 14th December 2011, as part of a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of...…
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AIR
AIR is typically French yet altogether worldly.…
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Culturethèque met Camille
(6 min)
Camille's album came out on 24th October 2011 in the UK. You can catch her gig at the Hackney Empire on 3rd November 2011.
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Camille
Camille is known for her innovative vocal effects and for the way she segues effortlessly between English and French.…
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Tété live at the Institut français, 24th April 2011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni (4 min)
One France's greatest current exponents of music sung in the French language, Tété, took part in an evening of very special live French music to the Institut français in celebration of the...…
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Françoise Hardy
17 January 1944 -
Françoise Hardy is a French singer, actress and astrologer. She grew up in Paris and received a guitar on her sixteenth birthday as a reward for passing her baccalaureat. After a year at the...…
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Charles Aznavour
May 22, 1924 -
Charles Aznavour is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Aznavour is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice; clear and ringing in...…
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Édith Piaf
19 December 1915 – 11 October 1963
Édith Piaf was a French singer and cultural icon who became universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Among her songs are "La Vie en rose" (1946), "Non, je ne regrette rien"...…
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Arnaud Fleurent-Didier live at the Institut français, 24th March 2011
Institut français du Royaume -Uni (4 min)
Arnaud Fleurent-Didier took part in an evening of very special live French music at the Institut français in celebration of the Francophone week. Arnaud Fleurent-Didier has followed in the...…
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Claudine Muno & The Luna Boots live at the Institut français, 24th March 2011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni (4 min)
Claudine Muno & The Luna Boots took part in an evening of very special live French music at the Institut français in celebration of the Francophone week. As the finale of the show, Claudine is...…
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Serge Gainsbourg
2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991
Serge Gainsbourg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize. His legacy has been firmly...…
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Jacques Dutronc
April 28, 1943 -
"Jacques Dutronc is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. He has been married to singer Françoise Hardy since March 30, 1981. Some of Dutronc best known hits include "Il...…
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Jacques Brel
8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-song writer. "Brel composed and recorded his songs almost exclusively in French, although he recorded a number of songs in Dutch. Brel's songs are not especially...…
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Georges Brassens
22 October 1921 - 29 October 1981
"Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier. Now an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his simply orchestrated, harmonically complex, elegant songs and...…
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