Georges Moustaki

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Georges Moustaki, 1974

Georges Moustaki (actually Giuseppe Mustacchi ; born May 3, 1934 in Alexandria , Egypt , † May 23, 2013 in Nice , France ) was a French singer , composer and poet .

Life

Moustaki was born the son of the Romaniotic Jewish-Greek bookseller Nissim Mustacchi and his wife Sara in Alexandria, Egypt. The language in his family was not Greek , but Italian . In the cosmopolitan climate of Alexandria, he learned not only his native Italian but also Arabic , French and English . Due to his parents' affinity for French culture, Moustaki attended the city's Lycée français , where he first came into contact with French chanson . Attending concerts with his parents also left a lasting impression on him. After finishing school, he went to Paris in 1951 . During this time he began to write his first chansons. He met Georges Brassens , whose encouragement was decisive in opting for a career as a musician. As a tribute to Brassens, Moustaki chose the first name Georges for his pseudonym. In 1958 he met Édith Piaf , another idol of his youth, and began a brief love affair with the 18-year-old woman. For them he wrote the successful chanson Milord to the music of Marguerite Monnot .

Georges Moustaki died on May 23, 2013 in Nice of a lung disease from which he had suffered for several years. Because of this illness, he withdrew from the stage in 2009 after having to cancel his last concert in Barcelona. His grave is in the Paris Père Lachaise Cemetery (Division 95).

Works

In the 1960s, Moustaki wrote numerous chansons as a musician, songwriter and poet for the most famous performers in this field: Édith Piaf , Barbara , Serge Reggiani , Dalida , Yves Montand , Juliette Gréco and Henri Salvador . In the late 1960s he worked closely with the French singer Barbara and went on tour with her . As Barbara fell ill during a guest performance, he gave his first solo concert in 1968 and began his career as a chanson singer.

Moustaki ended his singing career for health reasons in 2009. Until then he was regularly on vocal tours and was also a guest in Germany. His most famous chansons include Ma liberté , Le métèque , Ma solitude , En Mediterranée , Hiroshima and Nadjejda .

Moustaki wrote the book Son of the Fog with his friend Siegfried Meir, a native of Frankfurt am Main , who was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp at the age of seven . Jewish memories in which both reflect on their different life paths as Jews from Alexandria and Germany.

In 1998, Georges Moustaki played the role of Abbé Faria at the side of Gérard Depardieu in the television adaptation The Count of Monte Christo .

Discography

In the 1970s and 1980s in particular, numerous soundtracks, live and studio albums were released. With a few exceptions, the studio albums are mostly self-titled.

Studio albums:

  • 1961: Georges Moustaki (Ducretet Thomson)
  • 1969: Georges Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1970: Prelude (Ducretet Thomson)
  • 1970: Georges Moustaki in Italiano (Polydor)
  • 1971: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1972: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1973: Declaration (Polydor)
  • 1974: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1975: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1976: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1977: Mon Île De France (Peters International)
  • 1979: Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1979: Georges Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1981: Georges Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1982: Moustaki & Flairck (Polydor)
  • 1984: Georges Moustaki (Polydor)
  • 1986: Georges Moustaki (Blue Silver)
  • 1992: Mediterraneen (Paille Musique / Polygram)
  • 1996: Tout reste a dire (Tristar / Sony)
  • 2003: Georges Moustaki (Virgin / EMI)
  • 2005: Vagabond (Virgin / EMI)
  • 2008: Solitaire (EMI)

Live albums:

  • 1970: Bobino 70 (Polydor)
  • 1973: Concert (Polydor)
  • 1975: Moustaki Live (Polydor)
  • 1977: Moustaki Olympia 1977 (Polydor)
  • 1988: Moustaki au de Jazet (EPM)
  • 2000: Moustaki Olympia 2000 (Polydor)
  • 2001: Presqu'en solo - Live a la Philharmonie de Berlin (Troubadour)
  • 2015: En live au Troubadour Festival 1995 (Troubadour)

Soundtracks:

  • 1963: Le roi du village (Columbia)
  • 1963: Jusqu'au bout du monde (Columbia)
  • 1968: Le temps de vivre (Polydor)
  • 1969: L'americain (United Artists)
  • 1970: Le pistonne (Barclay)
  • 1970: Solo (Polydor)
  • 1972: Le trefle a 5 feuilles (Polydor)
  • 1979: Au bout du bout du banc (Festival)

Film music (selection)

Awards

  • 1992: Grand Prix Nationaux in the chanson category

Web links

Commons : Georges Moustaki  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://jette.bibliotheek.be/en/catalog/georges-moustaki/georges-moustaki/cd/library-v-PbsBrussel_1550957
  2. ↑ http://www.kathimerini.gr/96260/article/politismos/arxeio-politismoy/zorz-moystaki-enas-ptolemaios-ellhnas (Greek, In: Kathimerini , July 15, 2001)
  3. ↑ a b Ζορζ Μουστακί: ένας Πτολεμαίος Ελληνας. In: Kathimerini , July 15, 2001 (Greek).
  4. ↑ Jan Feddersen : The strange Filou. In: Spiegel Online , May 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Marc Zitzmann: Patriarch of the Chanson has died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ Gerd Heger: Globetrotter and gentle poet: Georges Moustaki is dead. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , May 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ The end of a French era. In: Tages-Anzeiger , May 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ Georges Moustaki. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Moustaki, Georges
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mustacchi, Yussef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French singer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria , Egypt
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 2013
Place of death Nice , France