Corinne Chatel

Corinne Chatel (* around 1973) is a German-French singer and television presenter who also appears under the name Nightingale .

Live and act

Chatel has a classic vocal training and debuted at the age of 17. She received several awards from Jugend musiziert . In addition to art songs and opera arias, she also sang church music; She got to know jazz through gospels and spirituals . She sang as a soloist in oratorios, music theater productions and gospel concerts; then she studied jazz in Munich, where she a. a. was also tutored by Sheila Jordan and Delcina Stevenson .

In 1999 Chatel founded her quintet, with whom she recorded her first album in 2000. In 2001 it received the scene award from Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. She has performed regularly with her band on many renowned stages and festivals for more than ten years. Between 2002 and 2003 she also worked with the Jazzpoint Bigband Wangen under the direction of Klaus Roggors ; She also went on tour with the music theater production Barabli Hit , a tribute to Germain Muller , and performed with Marcel Loeffler . She also sang as Nightingale for the soundtrack of Tatort: Murder on the River . With the chamber music ensemble of the Baden-Baden Symphony Orchestra, she interpreted poems by Pierre Louÿs . In 2004 she toured Germany and France with her duo program Piafissimo .

In 2005 she was a soloist in the Jazz Meets Classics production with the Nancy Symphony Orchestra. She also developed the Hymne à l'amour program with her quintet. During this time she also worked as a spokesperson for Arte . In the next few years she toured with various programs. In 2007 she received special recognition at the Crest Jazz Vocal international singing competition . In 2011 she performed with the Ensemble Stanislas at the international jazz festival Nancy Jazz Pulsations . With a band around Alexandra Grimal (with Linda Esjö and Théo Girard) she developed the production Ingeborg Bachmann: Un portrait sonore / Ein Klangportrait . In 2013, she worked as artist in residence at the Musée Würth in Erstein , where her electroacoustic work Métamorphoses was premiered .

Discographic notes

Ma vie en rose (with Stefan Sigg, Davide Roberts, Jürgen Richter, Thomas Elwenspoek; GLM 2000)
Nightingale Métamorphoses (Futura, 2014)

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personal data
SURNAME	Chatel, Corinne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nightingale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Franco-German singer and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1973