On January 23.1.2018, XNUMX, the “Chanson Paris” show will be held in Tel Aviv. The following section deals with just one of the chansonniers whose songs will be sung in the show. Tickets for the show can be purchased here.
Edith Piaf's childhood
Edith Piaf – they say – was born on the sidewalk on December 19, 1915, and her fate was decided from the day she was born. She always said she came from the street, and that was what gave her the strength to continue. The street always loved her.
Shortly after she was born, her mother abandoned her and gave her up as a baby to grow up in a brothel. Edith said that in the brothel it was discovered that she was blind, and that she had cataracts until the age of 3. She loved to feel the sand between her hands, and her musical ear was very developed. The prostitutes collected money for the operation, and Edith's eyesight returned, which was a great miracle. Edith said that the first thing she saw was the sinter, and from then on she believed with complete faith in God and would always thank Him for her life and the sight she received as a gift again.
Louis Leplée
After she began to see, Edith's father Louis Gassion decided that a brothel was not a suitable place for a child. He was afraid that she would understand what was happening around her and took her to him. He was an acrobat who made a living by performing acrobatics on the street. At first, she and Edith would collect the money. That's how they lived and moved from place to place on foot. One day he said to her: "If you sing to the audience, I'll buy you a candy." Edith sang and the audience loved her very much, and that's how it started and continued. At the age of 15, Edith had already started working independently to support herself and took her stepsister Simone with her. There, on the street, the promoter Louis Lefélé discovered her. He invested in her and gave her the name Piaf (Encore), a small, free bird. When she finally began to become famous, Lefélé was suddenly murdered and everything went down the drain. She returned to the streets and poverty again. But Edith did not give up. She performed on the street and found friends to perform with, until she received more serious contracts, and began to conquer Paris, France And then the whole world.
Marcel Cerdan
Edith had many loves and men. One of her great loves was Marcel Sardan. He was married, and for him it was actually an affair. Marcel Sardan was a world boxing champion. Edith admired and loved him. It is said that when she was on tour in the United States, he asked him to give up the ship and take a plane, because she missed him terribly and couldn't wait for Marcel Sardan to board a flight. The plane crashed in Corsica, and she never saw him again.
That evening she went on stage and sang for him. Just for him "l'hymne a' l'amour" is a hymn to love.
At the end of the song she says: God unites lovers. dieu reunit ce qui s'aiment … There is no doubt that she took Marcel's death very hard, she was in love with him to the depths of her soul.
The film “la Mome”, presented the Edith Piaf In a very tragic and melancholic way. The message conveyed to the viewer from the beginning is that the great Edith Piaf ended her life alone. The film begins with her dying. Singer Uri Yehezkel, who toured Israel and France with a show about Piaf's life, disagrees with this message: "Edith was full of life when she lived and did only what she wanted. She was quite whimsical. She was able to do and have experiences that no one else was able to: she performed on a tower The Eiffel Tower For example, before all of Paris. Even the poorest person could hear her singing from his room. Under the tower they put a table and all the great people of the world sat at it, such as: Jean Cocteau, many other playwrights and musicians.
Michel Emer
One more story is particularly moving for Uri, who is now putting on a show of all the beloved chansonniers like Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Sylver Becque and others. This is the story of Edith Piaf's acquaintance with the composer Michel Aime. One day he knocked on Edith's window, and she didn't want to see him. He literally begged to come in. In the end she agreed. Michel played her the song he wrote and composed, "The Accordionist."
Edith beamed with joy and sang the song that very evening at a concert at the Bobino Hall. Edith asked her mother for more songs, but he told her there was no chance. It was a wartime period and Michel was Jewish. He told her he had to wear a yellow badge, and it would probably be the last time he would see her. Edith did not agree. She sent documents, paid for fake certificates, and saved Michel from being threatened, and he did return and compose for her.
Théo Sarapo
In the last period of her life, a book named Theo Serfo fell in love with her. There was a difference of over 20 years between them. Despite everything, he married her! Theo loved her very much, and Edith included him in her shows and began to work with him on his poetry. He took care of her and loved her. He did not care that she was older than him. Edith passed away while being loved by an impressive young man, which was what she had wanted throughout her life.
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