French songster performs in Ha Noi
French songwriter Francis Cabrel will perform romantic ballads tonight, October 6, at a concert in Ha Noi.
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Gallic guitar: French singer Francis will sing songs from his 30-year career tonight at Ha Noi Opera House. — File Photo |
The concert will feature Francis Cabrel and nascent Vietnamese singer, Le Cat Trong Ly.
Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone inspired the young teenager from Agen, France, to pick up a guitar and start writing his own songs. The two singers are planning to perform duet of a Bob Dylan song.
Cabrel also learned English by translating the lyrics of his favourite musicians.
In 1974 he won a contest organised by Sud Radio that landed him a record deal with CBS.
While Cabrel is best known for his French songs, he has also recorded powerful original tracks along with moving Spanish translations of some of his French numbers.
Inspired by Dylan, Francis has released a number of albums falling mostly within the folk genre, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as L’encre de tes yeux and Petite Marie that are dedicated to his wife, have become enduring favourites with his French fans.
Cabrel’s song C’etait I’hiver, which is about a young girl’s suicide, has been widely successful and was also recorded by Canada’s Isabelle Boulay.
His album Des Roses et des Orties last year reached the top of the French charts.
This is the second trip to Viet Nam for the singer, who first performed in the country in 2000 at the first Hue Festival. After his trip, he decided to adopt a Dao ethnic child from an orphanage in Bac Can province, who is now five-years-old.
“My generation has always admired the Vietnamese people. I have loved this country and its people for a long time,” he said.
The songs that will be performed come from different periods of his 30-year career.
“I’m happy to return here, where there are wonderful people and beautiful landscapes,” said Cabrel.” As usual, I always ask the organisers to find a young singer in the city that I can perform with and introduce to the audience.”
Singer Ly was found playing in bars in HCM City by producer Philippe Bouler. Ly’s album was sent to Cabrel a few months, which was met with approval by the artist.
Ly is currently studying viola at the HCM City Conservatory.
“This is a great honour for me to sing Vietnamese songs with a well-known singer,” Ly said at a press conference yesterday.
With her song Chenh Venh, Ly became the youngest songwriter to win the Bai Hat Viet (Vietnamese Songs) show in 2008. She will sing three songs, Chenh Venh, Doc Dao and Troi Oi, to open the concert.
Proceeds from the two shows at the Ha Noi Opera House will be donated to the Bac Can orphanage.
Source:vietnamnet.vn
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