Patricia Kaas - a name that has become a legend. The singer, who revived interest in the French chanson, made the whole world listen, translate, study texts in French, the beauty with a unique voice is rightfully one of the symbols of modern French culture.
Childhood and Music
The future singer was born in 1966 in the family of a Frenchman and a German. At home, before school, the girl spoke mostly German. Favorite younger sister of five brothers, Patricia from an early age was fond of vocals and performed popular pop songs. Parents fully supported her endeavors, and by the age of 13, the girl could already boast of victories in various song contests.
She received her first official job as a singer when she signed a contract with the Rumpelkammer cabaret club in German Saarbrücken. Already in her youth, the future star found her own style, the main feature of which was her peculiar, slightly hoarse voice.
Hobbies of a talented girl were not limited to music. At 16, Patricia tried herself as a model.
First albums
The first producer of the future star was none other than the famous actor Gerard Depardieu. The song Jalouse ("Jealous") was written with his financial support in the words of his wife. And although the first single did not have much success, the beginning of the career of Patricia Kaas was laid.
The first Patricia Kaas album Mademoiselle chante le blues (Mademoiselle sings the blues), released in 1988, was a huge success and for a long time consolidated its position at the very top of the ranking of the best albums in France. Some time later, he received platinum status, and Patricia herself was called the opening of the year. Soon, the singer went on a world tour, which she completed in 1990. After giving 196 concerts in 12 countries, she returned to her homeland as a world-class star.
In 1990, Patricia released her second album in collaboration with the record company CBS Records. The album was called Scene de vie ("The Picture of Life") and received a large number of positive reviews. It was presented not only in Europe, but also in the USSR, Canada and Japan. The singer was one of the first among Western musicians to visit Vietnam, traveled through Asia, gave concerts in Cambodia, Thailand, Korea.
International recognition
In 1993, the third album Je te dis vous was recorded ("I tell you" You "), which was the most successful in her career. Photos of Patricia Kaas on the cover of the album were distributed in dozens of countries with a circulation of three million copies, and the album received the status of a diamond.
In 1991, Kaas became the bronze winner of the prestigious international World Music Awards, standing on a par with Madonna, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and Cher.
Later, Patricia will take the honorable third place in the French competition "Marianne", whose goal is to choose the symbol of France.
In 1998, the army of fans of the singer increased, including fans of classical opera sound. Patricia performed on the stage of the Vienna City Hall with the great opera tenor Placido Domingo to the accompaniment of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The recording of this concert was sold in a large circulation.
Patricia in Russia
In 2008, Patricia made a terrific gift to her Russian fans by stepping on the stage with the group UmaTurman. Soon in Russia, her album Kabaret was presented. In 2009, the singer again visited Moscow to take part in Eurovision, the international pop song contest. Patricia Kaas took eighth place and gained new fans who invited her to perform next year in the Kremlin.
In 2001, the creative biography of Patricia Kaas was supplemented with a new line: the singer tried herself as an actress in Claude Lelouch's film "And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen." The singer’s partner on the set was the English actor Jeremy Irons.
In 2002, Patricia Kaas released a new album dedicated to the great Edith Piaf. Patricia presented a concert program entitled "Kaas Sings Piaf" on a tour of many countries, including Russia and Ukraine.
Personal life
The singer admitted to one of the interviewers that she was always afraid of an all-consuming passion that could distort her personality. Patricia spoke of the promise she made to her dying mother: to sing until the end of her life, never stopping in her career. With great success in the profession in her personal life, the singer remains lonely. The press has repeatedly attributed to her novels with the famous actor and no less famous lovelace Alain Delon, with her partner on the set Jeremy Irons and other celebrities, but no confirmation was received to this. Relations with the Belgian producer and composer Philip Bergman were the longest in her life. However, the novel, which lasted 6 years, gradually came to naught. Patricia shares her plans to have a baby by adopting an orphan, and dreams of meeting an ordinary earthly man who would not compete with her main love - her audience. And on tour and in any travels, the singer does not part with a teddy bear, a gift from her beloved mother.