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A
barge moored right downtown
Paris... When he is not
touring around the world, this
is where you might have a chance
to meet Eric Vincent,
one of the best French
Singer-songwriter, in the pure
tradition of la Chanson
Française, in the line of Jacques
Brel, Claude Nougaro,
Georges Brassens,
Georges Moustaki... Eric
Vincent who began his
career in Paris at the
cabaret Le Port du
Salut, with Coluche,
has a passion for taking his
music to every corner of the
globe. He has performed in more
than 140 countries.
Born in Forcé
(Mayenne), Eric Vincent began
playing banjo and violin. After
years of classical studies, he
gets his first guitar, composes
his first songs and becomes the
guitarist of a local rock group,
then of a Jazz quartet. His main
passion remains to sing and his
only goal is to become a
professional singer. Winner of a
song-contest, he gets the award
to open a Jacques Brel
concert in Quiberon (Brittany).
Jacques Brel compliments
the young singer and encourages
him to try his luck in Paris. A
few months later, he decides to
settle in the capital where he
is invited by France Inter,
for a live performance, with Claude
Nougaro. Eric
signs his first contract with Eddie
Barclay, a Major French
record company and, to live, he
performs in cabarets rive
gauche, like Le Port du
Salut. He gets also
gigs all around France, by
opening the shows of stars like
Johnny Hallyday, Charles
Aznavour, Gilbert
Bécaud, etc... A first
record is released and his songs
are broadcasted on the French
radios.
A
concert-tour in the Indian Ocean
Islands (Madagascar, Mauritius, La
Réunion, les Comores...) turns out
to be such a success that he is
requested to come back, a few
months later... It's the beginning
of an amazing international
career... first, in the French
speaking countries, and soon,
everywhere in the world, proving
that there is no language barrier
for his songs. In France, we can
hear his songs on the radios and
see him on TV (Le Grand
Echiquier/Jacques
Chancel, Philippe
Bouvard, etc...).
To day, Eric
Vincent is performing on
the five continents,
from the Opera of Hanoï
(Vietnam) to the Opera of Manaus
(Brasil). In the USA,
where he is touring every year,
he has given concerts in
universities, high and middle
schools of every state (except
Hawaï and Alaska), as well as in
congresses (ACTFL, AATF,
MAFLA, etc...) He has filled,
several times, the Brooklyn
Auditorium in New-York, followed
by his New-York Haïtians fans.
His song Haïti Kimbe fo,
a hit in Haïti. is also a great
success among the american
haïtian community. Just before
the terrible hearthquake in
Haïti, he was performing
in Jacmel in front of 5000
persons, place Toussaint
Louverture, as well as in
Port-au-Prince, where a
crowd had filled the
gardens of the French
Institute...
Si du méringué tu es
dingue
Pose ton flingue à St
Domingue
Si
c'est un calypso
fais un saut
A
Trinidad ou tobago
Ca sent bon ça sent beau
ça samba
San Salvador da Bahia...
LP Lula
CD Survol
Opéra de Manaus (Brésil)
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 Eric's
appearances elicit
enthusiastic responses.
The language barrier is
overcome by his
showmanship and by the
lively spirit of his
music. His songs, a blend
of jazz, rock and ethnic
rhythms, flavored by his
world travels, offer
audiences
direct contact with modern
music and French contemporary
songs and poetry. His
concerts leave us in
a heightened state
of emotion. His
electrifying preformance
charges
the audience.
His style, personal
and unique is surprisingly
sophisticated, but, in no
way, interferes with the
warm and relaxed
atmosphere he creates.
Even when he performs a
one man band show, he
makes us forget that he is
alone on stage. His songs
touch everyone regardless
of their language,
as the International
press points out:
" Éric
Vincent's return
to New York a
success. His Music is universal (NewYork Times)
Compositor
francès
ultrapassa
fronteiras da
linguagem
(Diaro Damanhia
- Brésil)
Music for a world
without borders
(Singapour
Times)
Eric Vincent :
Canciòn sin barreras (Cultura
- Mexico)
French singer
Eric Vincent overcomes
the language
barrier (Bangkok
Post) "
Mon pays ce
sera
Là où tu seras bien
Là où je serai moi
Là où tu seras belle
Mon pays ce sera
Là où mes ritournelles
N'ont pas peur de mourir
Sans
avoir dit
pourquoi...
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Eric
exhibits an
extraordinary and
amazing presence on
stage. With a charming
and beautiful voice, as
well as an impressive
virtuosity, as a guitar
player, he is dynamic
and personable.
his universal themes
touch deeply the young
as much as adult people.
His charisma dazzles
everybody. They always
ask for an encore...
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| Some
years ago, He has been involved
in the world-wide project Opération
Boule de neige,
initiated by school French
children who thought that
violence on TV was a very bad
exemple for the kids and they
wanted to demonstrate that all
the kids in the world were on
the same wavelengh. Eric helped
them to write the song Jamais
plus de violence, directed
its recording and, then, carried
and promoted the project
all around the world. |
Faut
trois notes pour
faire un accord
Trois accords pour
une chanson
Un peu de terre,
d'eau et de feu
Sept couleurs pour
un arc-en-ciel
S'il faut de tout
pour faire un monde
Si des différences
naît l'harmonie
Nos solitudes se
confondent
À l'épicentre de la
vie...
CD
Harmoniques
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The
program
Sous les Etoiles
exactement on the
French National Radio (France
Inter) gave to Eric Vincent
a Carte Blanche to host
his friends artists from the
world, on the show
e.g. Emily Saliers (Indigo
Girls), Georges
Moustaki, Chéri Samba,
Lokua Kanza, etc…
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Eric Vincent
is featured in several
textbooks:
Discovering French
Today: Blanc (Level 2)
by Valette and Valette
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ©
2013),
SAM Contacts: Langue et
Culture Françaises, 9th
edition, by Valette
and Valette (Heinle Cengage, ©
2014)
C'est
Comme ça, by Valette
and Valette (D.C Heath and Co)
Sans
Bornes (Holt,
Rinehart and Winston)
Si on chantait
avec...Eric Vincent
(Hatier/Didier),
and in a video:
Reflets Français,
(Bernard Petit Prod), promoted
by AATF... |
The following
Eric Vincent CDs can be
found on line at CD Baby:
Faut-il
Encore 2000 Ans ?
recorded after his
meeting with James
Taylor. This album
includes eight James
Taylor tunes
written into French, by
Eric Vincent.
Survol,
Un Pays Quelque part
(featuring Haïti
Kimbe Fo
and A la Claire
Fontaine), Lula,
Harmoniques, Il
n'y a de nouveau que
c'qui est oublié....L’or
de l’Instant (his
last CD) features
the eponym song,
inspired by Albert
Camus (Le
Mythe de Sisyphe). Alfred
(Alfred Jarry),
Les bosses dans le
Jardin (homage
to Dino Buzatti),
Peinture Hongroise
(tribute to the
Hungarian painter Tivadar
Csontvary) and...
Etrange Mélancolie, written
with his friend Georges
Moustaki, is the
last music composed by
the author of Mylord
and Le Métèque.
Éric
Vincent
is
published in:
Les Arrangeurs de la chanson française Serge Elhaïk (Editions Textuel ©
2018)
Petit
abécédaire
d'un amoureux
de la chanson
Georges
Moustaki
(Éditions de
archipel-2012)
SAM
Contacts:
Langue et
Culture
Françaises,
9th edition,
by Valette
and Valette
(Heinle
Cengage ©
2014)
Discovering
French Today:
Blanc (Level
2) by Valette
and Valette
(Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt
©2013)
La Chanson de Paris Jean
Lapierre
(Aumage
editions)
Georges Moustaki La Ballade Du Métèque
Louis-jean
Calvet
(Fayard/Chorus)
Îles Centre
Georges
Pompidou
(Gallimard)
J’aime Chéri Samba
Fondation
Cartier pour l’art
contemporain
(Actes Sud)
Florilège
de la chanson de mer Jacques
Yvart (EMOM)
C'est
Comme
ça
by Valette and Valette
(D.C Heath and Co),
Sans
Bornes (Holt,
Rinehart and Winston)
Reflets
Français
(Bernard Petit Prod.)
Si
on chantait avec...
Eric VINCENT (Didier/Hatier)
On
the Ricardo
Vilas CD Mon
cher ami,
featuring Bernard
Lavilliers, Francis
Hime, Wagner
Tiso,
Anna
Torres, Kay
Lyra...
Eric sings in
duet with Ricardo the
song Les mots en
Té
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