Claudy Siar

At the end of 1983, whereas Claudy assembles on the boards to the theater in an adaptation of Carmen Matadore, under the direction of Marie-Line AMPIGNY, one proposes to him to make radio! Claudy thus launches out in the adventure by integrating the team of TROPIC FM. In same time, he postulates in Europe1 and becomes the collaborator of Alain MANEVAL and for a few weeks that of Jean-Claude BRIALY.

In 1986, Claudy SIAR knocks on the door of Jean-Louis FOULQUIER in France Inter! Very quickly Mr FOULQUIER proposes to him to interview the West-Indian artists and African guests in the emission “Pollen”, and to take part in the programming of edition 86 of Francofolies of the La Rochelle under the sign of the Antilles.

In 1988, Jacques LESERGENT (Assistant editor of the programs of RFO) proposes to him to animate the musical heading of the Latitude emission diffused on FR3. After its meeting with Yves BRUNEAU (presenter of the emission) this last engages it and on October 30th, 1988, Claudy SIAR makes its beginnings on television! ! ! … In 1991 Latitude becomes Mascarines.

Is very connected then for this compulsive eater of work. 92/93, he is the presenter of Kromatik on M6 and RFO. Summer 92, One finds it at Yves REGNIER in the emission In the baba on TF1. December 31st, 1993, it is on Antenne 2 for It is always midnight some share presented by Georges Beller, Heïlen THIERRY and Claudy…

In same time, it directs the musical programming on Tropical Média before becoming the Director of the Programs until September 2000 about it. Under its impulse, this radio will carry out its best scores of audience. Since March 13rd, 1995 one finds it on RFI, Producteur/Animateur of Tropical the Couleurs emission indicated today like a reference for the amateurs of the musics “Afro” of the whole world. With this program, Claudy SIAR became a genuine star in Africa. The Le Monde January 5th, 2005 devotes to him even a page under the feather of Veronique Mortaigne.

2000/2001, Claudy is of return on RFO and RFO Sat for the TROPICAL HIT, an international hit parade devoted to the sales of albums. One could add that he collaborated in the Tam-Tam emission on TV6, was director of a label of discs of 1989 to 1994, presenter in many Parisian concerts or which he directed from 1986 to 1997 a famous discotheque of the Parisian suburbs which marked a whole generation of afro-West-Indian (the 5th dimension).

Since September 22nd, 2004, Claudy Siar presents the emission Couleur Horizon produced by Basile Boli on Canal Horizon, in which it receives the personalities and the stars of the Afro world.

In May 2005, it presents on France 2, Beyond our differences (52'), an emission on the cultural diversity and ethnic of France, produced by Basile Boli and carried out by Jerome Revon. Claudy Siar received: Emanuelle Béart, Célarié Clementine, Rachida Khalil, Guy Bedos, Richard Bohringer and Jacob Desvarieux.

As of on March 6th, 2006, it presents on France 3 of the daily programs (26') within the framework of the contest of Eurovision 2006. The Co-present March 14th it with Michel Drucker, in premium time, the final France. And on May 20th, always at the sides of Michel Drucker, he comments on Eurovision of Athens on line. It is besides during this premium-time that it fed the scandal of the comments in connection with the group Lordi (“Finland gained forever, it is not with that they will gain”). But it is nevertheless thanks to this television program that many people discovered it.

As a man very committed in the political life and sociocultural French, he does not hesitate to denounce certain injustices as that where Pascal Sevran speaks “to cut the cock of the blacks”. Claudy Siar is the first to organize in France a walk of the place of the Republic in the place of the Nation to commemorate the abolition of slavery. It is also the first, in August 1992, to realize for TF1 in the emission In the baba of the hidden cameras, in order to denounce discrimination in front of the Parisian discotheques. Claudy Siar always militated for a company righter. Thanks to the success of its Tropical Couleurs emission on RFI he plays a great part in Africa where he carries out many combat. It is besides a business man very respected per much West-Indian and of Africans for lequels he pleads an important cause.

“Claudy singer”

Claudy SIAR is also singer! Its 1st album “Rebel” left in 1991 proposed a new definition of the zouk, combining West-Indian varieties and Afro-American influences. This musical tendency more will continue with the album “conscious Generation” left the following year. The style is resolutely Zouk Rnb. Its 4th album, left in November 2000, is entitled “To find its road”. It oscillates between zouk traditional and of the integrist sounds, in the tradition of the zouk new generation, with titles as “you even you know”. In 2005, it joined together on the same pieces African “ambianceurs” and singers of zouk for compilation “Zouké Shifted by Claudy Siar” (Colors Music Publishing - Wagram Distribution).

Since September 4th, 2007, Claudy Siar is officially the managing director of Tropics FM on 92.6 (http://www.tropiquesfm.com/), thus replacing Tropical Média.

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