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4 unusual facts about French music


Mickael Turtle

Mickael Turtle (a.k.a. Mickael the Turtle) from New Caledonia (France) is a fictional turtle who hit the French music charts with a reworking of the Ghostbusters theme.

Noé Willer

Noé Willer (real name : Hubert Sebban) is a former French singer.

Vincent Monteil

From 1991 to 1996, Vincent Monteil was assistant conductor at the Toulouse Capitole Opera, where he studied thoroughly French Music with Michel Plasson.

Vlastimir Trajković

Ever since his earliest works (Tempora Retenta, 1971; Four Nocturnes, 1972; Duo for Piano and Orchestra, 1973; Bells for piano solo, 1974), his rich erudition has been a logical journey towards a postmodern synthesis imbued with an exploration of the range of avant-garde, and the spirit of 20th-century French music.


Richard Langham Smith

Richard Langham Smith (born 10 September 1947, Barnes, London) is an English musicologist who has written on Debussy and contemporary French music in general.


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Aubé

Stéphan Aubé (born 1971), a French music video director and pianist

Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert

Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert (c.1720- Paris 1774) was a French music publisher who also composed some short cantatas in the rococo style known as cantatilles.

Floyd Soileau

Over the past 40 years, Swallow Records has released 265 45rpm single records and 151 albums of Cajun French music, including recordings by Adam Hebert, Belton Richard, Dewey Balfa and the Balfa Brothers, Nathan Abshire, Jambalaya Cajun Band, Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold, D.L. Menard, and many more, plus recordings by the Cajun French story teller, Marion Marcotte.

Freedom Fry

It was named single-of-the-week by French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.

Jean Aberbach

After the brothers sold the business in 1936, Jean began working in the US as an agent for French music publisher Francis Salabert, while Julian remained in Paris.

L'amour existe encore

In 2009, Lara Fabian also recorded this track for her album Toutes les femmes en moi as a tribute to all the women in the French music scene that have inspired her over the years, being this recording a humble hommage to Céline Dion.

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963

Some months earlier Hardy had broken onto the French music scene with the big hit "Tous les garçons et les filles" and came into the contest with a burgeoning reputation both for her great musical talent and up-to-the-minute trendy appearance, which would see her go on to become one of France's most influential and iconic musicians of the 1960s.

Openwave

In January 2006, Openwave closed the $120 million acquisition of Musiwave, a French music application services provider for mobile phones founded by Gilles Babinet.

Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

The ONBA also participates in such French music festivals as La Folle Journée (Nantes) and the La Roque-d'Anthéron Festival.

Princesses Nubiennes

Princesses Nubiennes is the debut studio album by Afro-French music duo Les Nubians.

Robin Petrie

Though focusing initially on British Isles and French music, her current work includes music from many cultures around the globe.

Solage

French Music of the Gothic Era; Deller Consort, Alfred Deller, director; Concentus Musicus, Wien; with ensemble of ancient instruments.