Lara Fabian
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Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international Belgian-Canadian francophone singer, known for her vocal prowess and skilled technique.
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About
Lara was born to a Flemish father and a Sicilian mother. Her name comes from her parents' inspiration of the theme song of the film Doctor Zhivago. Lara began singing, dancing, and taking piano lessons at a very young age and began formal music lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels at age eight. Upon finishing her studies, Lara traveled to Canada to promote her song Je Sais and fell in love with the province of Quebec. With two suitcases and $1,000 in her pocket, she decided to embark on a career in North America.
Albums
Lara Fabian (1991) - French debut album Carpe Diem (1994) Pure (1997) Lara Fabian Live (1998) Lara Fabian (2000) - English debut album Nue (2001) Live (2002) En Toute Intimité (2003) - CD A Wonderful Life (2004) 9 (2005) Un regard 9 LIVE (2006) Italian language Album Project/TBA (2007) Multi-lingual Album Project/TBA (2007?)
Awards and Achievements
In the meantime, Lara has just released her new live CD/DVD "Un Regard 9 LIVE." Recorded in March 2006 at the Zenith in Paris, the CD presents 15 live performances plus a brand new song, "Aime," recorded in a studio in Montreal. This song has been recorded in both English and French, though the latter version is the only one officially released so far. It was initially presented live during a few concerts in Belgium as gift for her native Belgium fans, but the enthusiastic response and feedback was so huge that Lara felt she should record the song and include it on a forthcoming release. On TV shows, where Lara has been promoting the song as a single, one can see the audience putting their hands in the air in the shape of a heart, a sign Lara made during her tour and that has now became a symbol for the song and its meaning. The entire live concert features songs from Lara's latest studio album "9" and old songs all performed acoustically. Certain songs like "Tout" for instance were completely re-arranged to fit with this new sound and the concept of the show. A stand-out moment during the concert is the homage Lara makes to her idol Barbra Streisand, singing "Papa Can You Hear Me" and "A Piece Of Sky" both taken from Streisand's 1983 movie "Yentl." These two songs had been previously performed in medley by Lara, back in 1997, during a concert in Québec at the time "Pure" was released. This time around, these songs get the chance to fully showcase Lara's amazing vocals on a record
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Recently...
According to recent messages left by Lara on her official site, www.lara-fabian.fr, her next studio album will be her first Italian-language project. Few details have been released thus far, expect that she has been working with Italian singer and songwriter Gigi D'Alessio, a singer that appeared once at one of her shows, and whose performance is included as a bonus on Lara's recent Live DVD. The two have recorded a song called "Cuore Malato" (Insane Heart). Lara's Italian album is expected to be released around Spring 2007.
