Mouron - Born in Marseille, she was the fourth child of a father “who wore make-up” (an operatic tenor) and of a mother who was a singer-songwriter mother and a grandfather who was a comic-actor. Under the influence of the great artists of the golden age of French chanson such as Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf, Mouron fell in love with this style of music and at the age of 12 started writing her own chansons. She began her singing career with Michel Fugain and Le Big Bazar when she was barely 17. For five years, the group achieved considerable success in Europe and Quebec, notably in the famous Olympia Music Hall in Paris. During this period, Mouron released two 45 rpm singles, which impressed the entire French music industry with Le Chemin de Papier (Paper Path) and Le Revers de sa Veste (Lining of his Jacket). Her solo career began in the 80s and was dotted with important encounters. The first encounter was with the singer and composer Romain Didier, who clothed Mouron’s words with his music and thanks to whom she began to build her own repertoire. Then she met producer Jean Garetto, offered her the chance to sing every Sunday for three years, not at mass but at l’Oreille en Coin (Ear in a Corner), a famous radio show on France Inter listened to by 17 million people. Her career as an interpreter of the French chanson repertoire had begun.

In the 90s, she was chosen by director Alfredo Arias to sing in the new Folies Bergere production, Fous des Folies (Madman of the Folies). One evening in 1995, she had, by chance a fateful meeting in a small cabaret in Paris, “Le Piano Zinc”, where she met Georgette Dee and Terry Truck, two German Cabaret stars who then invited her to sing and produce in Germany. Terry Truck has become her musical partner since that first trip in Germany. They have toured around France, Germany, Eastern Europe and in the rest of the world, especially throughout Asia in recent years. Mouron has released seven solo albums and obtained the Charles Cros Academy Grand Prize for one of them.

This new double CD is her eighth album. Hopefully this lucky number in Asia will bring her happiness!

木蘭出生於馬賽的一個音樂世家，是家中第四個孩子。她的父親是歌劇男高音，母親是唱作人，祖父是喜劇演員和幻想家。木蘭熱愛音樂，深受伊迪斯‧琵雅芙和賈克‧布萊爾等法國香頌黃金時期偉大歌手的薰陶，十二歲便開始編曲撰詞，還未滿十七歲便與Michel Fugain和Le Big Bazar開創她的歌唱事業；五年間在歐洲及加拿大魁北克成功闖出名堂，尤其是在巴黎著名的奧林匹亞音樂廳公開演出更大受歡迎。期間木蘭推出了兩張個人四十五轉黑膠細碟， 憑《Le Chemin de Papier》(紙徑) 及《Le Revers de sa Veste》(他外套的襯裡) 兩首歌曲，令整個音樂行業刮目相看。80年代，她展開個人獨唱事業，而且有幾個機緣巧遇。首先她遇上唱作歌手Romain Didier，以他的音樂配搭她的歌詞，令她可以開始建立自己的曲目。之後又認識了監製Jean Garetto，獲邀每個星期日到法國電台France Inter的著名節目《l’Oreille en Coin》(洗耳恭聽) 演唱 ，聽眾多達一千七百萬人，為期三年。自此之後，她演繹法國香頌的歌唱事業亦正式開始。 九十年代大導演阿爾弗雷德‧阿裏亞斯邀請她為其Folies-Bergeres歌劇的新作《Fous des Folies》(瘋癲漢子)主唱。1995年的一個晚上，她在巴黎一間細小的歌舞劇院「Le Piano Zinc」，偶遇兩位德國歌舞劇紅星，Georgette Dee及Terry Truck(泰利‧瑞特)，並獲力邀到德國演唱和灌錄唱片。德國之旅一拍即合，泰利與木蘭便從此成為長期音樂夥伴，二人合作無間，先後在法國、德國、東歐及世界其他地區巡迴演出，近年尤其是在亞洲享譽盛名。

Masterpieces of French Chanson

Live Concert with City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong