See also: Lara

Catherine Bodet alias Catherine Lara , born the May 29th 1945 with Poissy, France, is a Violoniste, Chanteuse, Compositrice, author and producing Frenchwoman.

Biography

Catherine Lara studies the Violon as of the five years age. She returns several times homage to her instrument of predilection in her songs. She obtains the 1st price of the Conservatoire of Versailles in 1958, then the 2nd price of violin to the Conservatoire national of Paris in 1965. The 1st price of chamber music is decreed to him with the Conservatoire national of Paris in 1966.

While leaving the Academy of Paris, it creates a chamber orchestra, the Musicians of Paris, from which it is the first violin. It creates then the Lara Quartet which accompanies by the singers on scene like Claude Nougaro. She also played on titles of Francoise Hardy. She writes two songs for Barbara (in the album incestueuses Amours , 1972).

Denise Glaser discovers it and supports it, inviting it in its emission as of 1972, for the exit of its first album, AD Libitum , on texts of Daniel Boublil. It composes the music of Doctor Francoise Gailland in 1975. In 1977, William Sheller pays to him homage with a song in its album Symphoman . From the album Blow of feel in 1979, its music affirms Rock deliberately It appears short hair and barechested on the small pocket of Geronimo in 1980, then out of leather for Rockeuse of diamond , imposing a daring and released look.

Starting from 1981, it records under the label Trema. The album Johan , on words of Pierre Grosz, is his gold first Disque. It composes the music of the films the men prefer the grosses and the Cheating . In 1982, it composes the music of the spectacle Revue and corrected , which is a failure. But in 1983, the song Rockeuse of diamond , written by Elisabeth Anaïs and composed with the guitarist Claude Engel, is a success as well as the album of the same name also comprising " famélique" or " autonome" , song in which it posts its preferences openly. It gives two concerts to the Olympia in 1983. The album " flamenrock" leaves in 1984 and he is written and composed in company of the same team that the preceding album. Then it makes the Zenith in 1985.

In 1986 leaves its album magic Nuit , written by Luc Plamondon. The song title is a large tube, Catherine Lara is crowned better female interpreter with the Victoires of the music and the clip receives a Caméra of gold to the Cannes festival. The album is written by Luc Plamondon and entirely composed and arranged in company of a young Swiss pianist coming from Chile: Sebastian Santa Maria. She then finds it for her two following albums: " once again " in 1987 and " rocktambule" in 1988 in which Bernard Lavilliers, also working with the young musician is invited on a duet. The Eighties of the singer are completed by a olympia in 1988, recalled in an album live " Lara live" left since also in dvd. In 1987, it publishes a Autobiographie, the Adventurous one of the bow lost (Carrère-Lafon editions). Knight of arts and the letters in 1990.

An ambitious project of Opéra-rock Romantique leads in 1991 with the exit of the album Sand and Romantic the , on the texts of Luc Plamondon and the music of Eddie Rosemond and Catherine Lara. She holds to with it the role of George Sand, surrounded by Claude Lauzzana (Alfred de Musset), Veronique Sanson (Marie Dorval), Richard Cocciante (Frederic Chopin), Daniel Lavoie (Eugene Delacroix) and Maurane (the MUSE of the music), and the spectacle is put in scene by Alfredo Arias at the Théâtre of Châtelet in 1992.

She supports the Resto du coeur, Sidaction and Sol in if. She is moreover one of the rare French artists to be expressed publicly on her homosexuality. Starting from Maldonne (1993), Jean-Jacques Thibault writes the words of his songs. She also creates in 1996 the credits of indigo Ground . With Roger Louret for the texts, it arranges the opera of Georges Bizet Arlésienne , played with the Folies Shepherdesses in 1997. In 2000 its album Aral leaves, realized with the musicians of the group Deep Forest. It coécrit the official song for the team of France of Football, interpreted by Johnny Halliday in 2002.

In 2007 Catherine Lara occurs in several towns of France to present in concert its last album studio left in 2005 " To me the ciel" passes; as well as album-film to appear " Behind the wall".

Catherine Lara was made knight (1992), then officer (2004) about the Légion of honor, it is knight about Arts and of the Letters.

Discography

Albums studio

  • Ab libitum (1972)
  • Marche in time (1972)
  • the chalk in the inkpot (1974)
  • the Nile (1975)
  • Board games (1976)
  • Babylon (1977)
  • Coup of feel (1979)
  • Geronimo (1980)
  • Johan (1981)
  • do not be funny for You (1982)
  • Rockeuse de Diamants (1983)
  • Flamenrock/Espionne (1984)
  • Magic night (1986)
  • Once again (1987)
  • Rocktambule (1988)
  • Sand and romantic the (1992)
  • Maldonne (1993)
  • Mélomanie (1996)
  • Aral (2000)
  • Graal (2005)
  • Passes to me the sky (2005)

Albums live

  • "in concert" in Olympia (1984)
  • Live 88 (1988)

Compilations

  • Rock' N roll of Montreal (72-80) - double CD (1992)
  • Best off Lara (72-96) (1997)
  • Best off Lara (1997) - box 5 CDs
  • Catherine Lara (2005) Texts of Andree Lebrun

External bond

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