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Richard Clayderman is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville, Olivier Toussaint and Marc Minier, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music.
Monaco is a sovereign city-state, country, and microstate on the French Riviera, along the Mediterranean coast. The country has long been under the control of the Grimaldi family, who have encouraged musical development. Prince Rainier III introduced the Prince Rainier III Prize for Musical Composition to reward Monegasque musicians.
Isabelle Aubret (French pronunciation:[izabɛlobʁɛ]; born Thérèse Coquerelle; 27 July 1938) is a French singer best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with the song "Un premier amour".
Monaco has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in 1959. The country's only win in the contest came in 1971, when Séverine performed "Un banc, un arbre, une rue". As a result, Monaco was expected to host the contest in 1972, but it ultimately declined. Monaco is the only microstate to have won the contest to date.
"Charlie Chaplin" was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in Greek by Tania Tsanaklidou.
Raymond Lefèvre was a French easy listening orchestra leader, arranger and composer.
"Ballade pour Adeline" is a 1977 instrumental by Richard Clayderman, composed by Paul de Senneville. Paul de Senneville composed the piece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline. As of 2020, worldwide sales of the recording have reached 22 million copies in 38 countries. It remains Clayderman's signature hit.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Monaco:
Anarchic System was a French pop group formed in the early 1970s.
Generation is the second album of the Anarchic System released in 1975.
"Song of Ocarina" is a 1991 song recorded by the musicians Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena. It is entirely instrumental and is played on ocarina by Modena and cello by Audin. Released as the first single from the album Ocarina, it achieved a huge success in France where it topped the chart and remained in the top 100 for almost eight months.
Danielle Licari is a French singer who was active in the 1960s and 1970s. She's now remembered primarily as the vocalist in Concerto pour une Voix.
Jean-Claude Borelly is a French trumpeter and composer.
Delphine Records or Delphine Productions is a French record label, founded in 1974 by French composer Paul de Senneville and his partner Olivier Toussaint.
Paul de Senneville was a French composer and music producer.
Jean Baudlot was a French music composer, most notable for composing music for videogames in the 1980s and 1990s and collaborations with Richard Clayderman, Nicolas de Angelis, Michèle Torr and Joe Dassin. He also represented Monaco in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest under the pseudonym Laurent Vaguener.
Shani Diluka is a Monegasque pianist of Sri Lankan descent. She was among those to benefit from a programme initiated by Princess Grace of Monaco, which allowed children to receive music lessons integrated into their schooling. She received the first prize in the Académie de Musique. She subsequently studied with Odile Poisson, a pupil of Pierre Sancan. Enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris in 1997, she studied with Georges Pludermacher and François-Frédéric Guy and later with Marie-Françoise Bucquet, Nicholas Angelich and Bruno Rigutto.
Thierry Joseph-Louis Escaich is a French organist and composer.
Hervé Roy was a French musician, singer, composer, and record producer.
Jean-Marc Fessard is a French classical clarinetist.
