Émilie Simon
Émilie Simon (born July 17, 1978 in Montpellier , France ) is a French singer and composer. Your music is assigned to the Nouvelle Chanson .
She won the 2006 Victoires de la Musique and was nominated for the César Film Prize for composing the film music for The Journey of the Penguins (La Marche de l'Empereur) . Her first album Émilie Simon was also awarded a Victoire for best electronic album and was nominated for the Prix Constantin .
biography
From a young age, Émilie Simon was taken to recording studios and concert performances by her father, a sound engineer , and her mother, a professional pianist , and given musical training. At the age of seven she began her vocal training at the Conservatory in Montpellier (Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Montpellier). From the age of 18, she studied musicology at the University of Montpellier , then early music at the Paris Sorbonne and later contemporary electronic music at the experimental music research institute IRCAM in the Center Georges Pompidou . After four years she completed her studies with a master's degree in musicology.
In February 2003 she released her self-titled debut album Émilie Simon, which she wrote, composed and produced for the most part herself. In addition to cover versions of songs by The Stooges (I Wanna Be Your Dog) or The Velvet Underground (Femme Fatale) , the album also contains a modern musical interpretation of a traditional medieval French love song of the genre Chanson de toile . She was nominated for a Prix Constantin in 2003 for the innovative electronic pop music on this album and received a Victoires de la musique in 2004 .
The French director Luc Jacquet , who became aware of her through the success of her debut album , then engaged her to compose the score for his highly acclaimed debut film The Journey of the Penguins (original title: La Marche de l'Empereur). For this film music, which was released as an album in January 2005, Simon received a Victoires de la musique in 2006 and was also nominated for a César .
Her second studio album Végétal was released in March 2006 , the basic botanical concept of which takes up various floral themes and even musically processes the noises of plants . For this album, too, she received a Victoires de la musique. In November 2006, the compilation album The Flower Book was also released for the US market .
The recording of a concert recorded at the Olympia in Paris in September 2006 was released in February 2007 under the title À l'Olympia both as a live album and as a video DVD . In addition to songs from all three previously released albums, the recording also includes a cover of Nirvana's song Come as You Are . In the same year, Simon composed the score for Véra Belmont's film Survival Among Wolves (original title: Survivre avec les loups).
In late 2007, Simon moved her main residence from Paris to New York City . Based on the nickname of New York (The Big Apple ) , she released her third studio album, The Big Machine, in September 2009 , which, in contrast to the previous albums, she sang entirely in English.
In 2011 she composed the music for the literary film Nathalie kisses . In December 2011 the album Franky Knight was released.
In 2014 (Germany on March 17th) Simon released the album Mue . The single Menteur was released in January 2014 including a self-directed video.
Concerts
During live performances and occasionally when working in the recording studio, Simon is supported by the sound engineer and IRCAM lecturer and researcher Cyrille Brissot , who modulates both the music and Simon's vocals in real time with various effects devices and sequencers and also designed experimental musical instruments, like a theremin modified with laser sensors, for example . Other frequent live musicians are guitarists Medhi Parisot and Steffen Charron .
Simon often performs with classical ensembles or orchestras , such as the, in larger performances, such as at the Festival Eurockéennes 2005, the Festival Francofolies 2006/2007 and several concerts in Paris ( Le Grand Rex 2006, Olympia 2006 and Salle Pleyel 2007) Orchester National de Lyon .
Discography
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Albums
- Émilie Simon (2003)
- La Marche de l'Empereur (2005)
- Végétal (2006)
- The Flower Book (2006, Best of)
- À l'Olympia (2007, live album)
- The Big Machine (2009)
- Franky Knight (2011)
- Mue (2014)
Singles
- Désert (2002)
- Flowers (2003)
- Song of the Storm (2004)
- Fleur de Saison (2006)
- Rose Hybrid de Thé (2006)
- Dame de Lotus (2007)
- Dreamland (2009)
- Rainbow (2009)
- Never Fall in Love (2010)
- Opium (2010)
- Menteur (2014)
Video albums
- À l'Olympia (2007)
Awards
Victoires de la musique
- 2004: Album de musiques électroniques for the album Émilie Simon
- 2006: Album de musique originale de cinéma ou de télévision for the film music for La Marche de l'Empereur
- 2007: Album de musiques électroniques for the album Végétal
Nominations
- Prix Constantin 2003 for the album Émilie Simon
- César 2006 for the score for La Marche de l'Empereur
swell
- ↑ a b allmusic.com: Émilie Simon - biography . Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d rfimusique.com: Émilie Simon - Biography ( Memento of December 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 29, 2010.
- ↑ lexpress.fr: Émilie Simon - Interview . Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ [http://www.urbn-buzz.com/mayakkam-oxymore/cyrille_brissot.html '' Cyrille Brissot - Biography ''] (link not available)
- ↑ lescharts.com: Charts FR
- ↑ hitparade.ch: Charts CH
Web links
- Official website
- Official MySpace page
- Émilie Simon at Allmusic (English)
- Émilie Simon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Émilie Simon on MusicBrainz (English)
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| SURNAME | Simon, Émilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montpellier , France |