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Enrico macias - adieu mon pays

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One of the world’s most beloved Francophone singers and musicians, the French Algerian Enrico Macias has travelled, recorded and performed extensively for fifty years. He has sung in many languages including French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, English, Armenian, Arabic and Yiddish. In addition to millions of sales and sold-out concerts around the globe (including a gold disc for “Melisa” and concerts at London’s Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York), Enrico Macias is celebrated for his outspoken support of world peace, for which in 1965 he was awarded the Prix Vincent Scotto, and later named both Singer of Peace and Roving Ambassador for Peace and the Defense of Children by the United Nations.

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11/08 @ Town Hall – New York, NY [tickets]
11/11 @ Saban Theatre – Beverly Hills, CA [tickets]

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Enrico Macias (born Gaston Ghrenassia December 11, 1938) is an Algerian-born French Jewish singer.
He was born in Constantine, Algeria and played the guitar since childhood. His father was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily maalouf, Andalo-Arabic music. Gaston started playing with the orchestra at 15, and soon replaced the bandleader, Cheick Raymond.
He pursued a career as a school teacher, but continued practicing the guitar. In 1961, Cheick Raymond was killed, and the situation became untenable for the Jewish residents of Constantine. Gaston (Macias) went into "exile" in France with his wife, Suzy, the daughter of Cheick Raymond.
Arriving in Paris, he decided to pursue a career in music. At first, he tried translating the maalouf numbers that he already knew into French. This was not very successful, and he developed a new French repertoire that he performed in cafés and cabarets.
He made his first recording in 1962 titled "Adieu mon pays," which he had composed on the boat to France. He appeared on French television and became an overnight sen

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Algerian-born French-Jewish singer, born Gaston Ghrenassia to violinist Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914-2004) and his wife Suzanne. Gaston began his career at the age of fifteen as a guitarist in the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra. In addition to fronting his band, Leyris was also a virtuoso on the oud (Andalusian lute). His assassination during the Algerian War of Independence had a profound effect on Gaston, who departed for France in July 1961, eventually settling in Paris. His opposition to Algeria's independence has resulted in a lifelong exile from the country of his birth.

During initial gigs in cafés and cabarets Gaston developed his own unique repertoire of French songs, influenced by Arabic and Andalusian styles. In 1962, he adopted the stage moniker Enrico Macias, following his debut recording of "Adieu mon pays". Like many of his later songs, this was a tribute to his homeland. Others included "Les filles de mon pays", "Enfant de mon pays", "Notre place au soleil" and "J'ai quitté mon pays". He became immensely