Cécile Corbel

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Cécile Corbel (2014)
Cécile Corbel (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Arrietty - Le petit monde des chapardeurs
  FR 109 January 15, 2011 (4 weeks)
La fiancée
  FR 57 October 18, 2014 (7 weeks)
Vagabond
  FR 47 10/15/2016 (3 weeks)
Enfant you vent
  FR 123 04/05/2019 (2 weeks)
Corbel with her band in Tokyo (2010)

Cécile Corbel (born March 28, 1980 in Pont-Croix , Finistère ) is a French folk singer , harpist and composer. She comes from Brittany .

Life

Cécile Corbel learned to play the Celtic harp from the age of 15 . She toured numerous European countries, but also to Myanmar , Australia and the USA . She performed at several festivals and played the lead role in the musical Anne de Bretagne by Alan Simon , which deals with the life of the eponymous heroine . Numerous other renowned artists took part in the musical.

Corbel composed the music for the Japanese cartoon Karigurashi no Arrietty , which was released in Japan in July 2010. For this she was awarded for best music at the 2011 Tokyo Anime Awards .

Corbel's backing band consisted of 2010

Zorgnotti and Mondoloni were later replaced by Julien Grattard (violoncello) and Christophe Piot ( percussion ). Occasionally, Corbel's husband Simon Caby also appears as a band member. The two have a son born in 2015.

Corbel sings in French, English, Breton and Irish , and occasionally also in German. Her repertoire includes the Turkish song Yarim Gitti .

Discography

  • 2005: Harpe celtique & chants du monde
  • 2006: Songbook vol 1
  • 2008: Songbook vol 2
  • 2009: Anne de Bretagne , 2 CD
  • 2010: Arrietty's Song (single)
  • 2010: Kari-gurashi
  • 2010: Karigurashi no Arrietty (film music)
  • 2010: Le Coffret (compilation, includes the first three albums)
  • 2011: Songbook vol 3 - Renaissance
  • 2013: Songbook vol 4 - Roses
  • 2014: La fiancée
  • 2016: Vagabonde
  • 2019: Enfant du vent

Web links

Commons : Cécile Corbel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chart discography France
  2. ↑ Official website , accessed February 10, 2017
  3. ↑ Tokyo Anime Award 2011
personal data
SURNAME Corbel, Cécile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French folk singer, harpist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Pont-Croix