Renowned French singer Helene Segara, the current queen of the French chanson, will perform for two consecutive nights at the Casino du Liban in Jounieh on August 11 and 12.
“She is currently the number one singer in France and Belgium,” one of the organizers from the radio station Nostalgie 88FM told Thisiscyberia.com, “so we decided to bring her to Lebanon and give the young generation a chance to enjoy themselves.”
Segara’s many songs include hits such as Vivo Per Lei with Andrea Bocelli, Elle tu l’Aimes, Mrs. Jones, Il y a Trop de Gens qui t’Aiment, Sempre Sempre, Je te Perdrai, Rebelles, Loin du Froid de Decembre, Vivre, Parlez Moi de Nous and Vallee d’Irlande.
Born on February 26, 1971 to an Italian father and Armenian mother, Segara grew up in the south of France. At the age of eight, her parents divorced and she went on to live with her mother. At the age of 11, she first showed her exceptional singing talents by winning a Nana Mouskouri contest.
As she didn’t get along well with her mother, she moved in with her father at the age of 14, before hitting the club scene of the Cote d’Azur and releasing her first maxi-single Segara Loin.
It was only in 1996 that she left for Paris, where she met Dalida’s brother Orlando, who turned her into an immediate star with the hit Je Vous Aime Adieu. In 1997 Segara was granted the Rolf Marbot prize, while in the same year she played the role of Esmeralda in the musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante.
In 1998 her first album Coeur de Verre went gold right away. After a much-needed period of rest in New York, where she is said to have worked with Celine Dion, she returned to the music scene with the ballad Il y a Trop de Gens qui t’Aiment.
Faithful to her reputation as a romantic singer, Segara issued her latest album in 2000, entitled Au Nom d’Une Femme, a mix of French chansons and more oriental and even Celtic influences. In no time, she sold 1.5 million copies, which once more confirms her undisputed status as today's queen of French music – Albawaba.com
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