Henri Tachan

Henri Tachan , of his true name Henri Tachdjian , born the September 2nd 1939 with Mills (To combine), is a French singer.

Biography

He passes his schooling to the catholic boarding school of Notre-Dame de Bury, then in a college in Paris. Then, it joined a hotel school with Thonon-the-Baths and becomes waiter with the Ritz in Paris.

In 1962, it leaves for the Quebec. After its work like waiter, it starts to recite poems “At Clairette” (Claire Oddéra), with 1124 rue de la Montagne with Montreal. Of passage, Jacques Brel encourages it to launch out in the song.

Return in France, it leaves its first album at Barclay in 1965 which obtains the Grand Prix of the Academy of the disc. In same time, it makes curtain raiser it of Juliette Gréco to the Olympia.

In 1968, it makes the first part of Isabelle Aubret and Felix Leclerc with Bobino then that of Pierre Perret in 1970 and of Georges Brassens in 1972, always in the same room. In 1974, it sings with the Pizza pie of the Marsh for its opening.

In 1975, it spends two weeks to the Theater of the City and an evening to Olympia at the head of poster. Then, in 1978, it remains in Olympia.

In 1999, it spends six weeks to the Ten Hour old Theater to Paris.

Its work

Less media than the other singers of his time, Henri Tachan is less one fine well-read man who, like Léo Ferré and so much of others, flirte with Verlaine, Rimbaud and Baudelaire. Its musical taste for Beethoven or Schubert feels in sonorities of its musics.

Unclassable singer, his songs with black humor hustle the entertainment world and denounces a vision of the “connery” and hypocritical bien-pensance. The topics which it approaches are those of the authors of these years: the army, the clergy, the middle-class men, the media and so much of others thus screened of the rebellion of this time while remaining of topicality. Other songs approach more tender topics, passing from its yells to its very favorites.

By his not very commercial side, Henri Tachan is absent from media. Television is unaware of it, certain radios still diffuses its songs but remains very minority as a whole.

Homages

Some celebrities paid homage to Tachan:

“ Crier is a remedy against the tears. To also sing, I think! When Tachan déboule in scene, small and black, étincelant like a break of anthracite, the butted face, the pointed glance, the lip in gutter; already in sweat, already foaming, I have each time the impression to see emerging a swirl, insane furious before even his exit of the torril… ” (Frederic Dart)

“ Initially Tachan, it is never of agreement! He criticizes all. Let us curetons, it has evil to frame them! There makes like Brel, it scoffs the middle-class men, it is not patriotic for two rounds… From there to say that it does not like the war, is that a step! It makes systematic provoc, it utters coarse words, one wonders whether it does it purposely… ” (Pierre Perret)

“ I like Tachan, insolate, triumphing. It knocks, it bites, it devastates, it ransacks, it cuts in parts, it stabs in full heart… He likes, I like it. ” (Serge Reggiani)

As well as a homage paid by the draftsmen of Charlie-Hebdo whose dispute, impertinence and the critical spirit are rather common characters with those of the songs of Tachan.

Discography

Henri Tachan wrote nearly 200 songs, in particular:

“Naive” Y 226.179, recorded the 9/22/2000 with the Bar of the Museum with Barbizon
“Such is the TV” Auvidis AC 6463,1998
“Side heart, side bottom” Audivis AC 6451,1996
“the bridge Mirabeau” Audivis has 6165,1991
“Sleep sleep sleep” Audivis has 6901,1989
“Me, I like the stories of love” Audivis has 6143,1988
Henri Tachan, disc AZ, unknown year

An integral is in hand.

External bonds

Site of fan
Tachan on Chanson rebels

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