Emmanuel Moire (born 16 June 1979 in
Le Mans
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) is a
French singer
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-songwriter, best known for portraying the role of
Louis XIV
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in the French stage musical ''
Le Roi Soleil
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, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
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''.
Moire has released four albums ''
(Là) où je pars'' (2006), ''
L'Équilibre'' (2009), ''
Le chemin'' (2013) and ''La Rencontre'' (2015). He sings and plays the piano, with a hundred tunes to his credit.
He participated on TV show ''
Danse avec les Stars'', which he won in December 2012.
Career
At 21 years of age, Emmanuel was selected to take part in the 16th meeting of Astaffort, a training course for songwriters and performers. Between 2004 and 2007, he portrayed
Louis XIV
Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was List of French monarchs, King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the Li ...
in the successful musical ''
Le Roi Soleil
, house = Bourbon
, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
,'' whose cast included
Christophe Maé
Christophe Martichon (; born 16 October 1975), better known by his stage name Christophe Maé (), is a French pop singer.
Career
Maé learned to play the violin at age five, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he wa ...
and
Merwan Rim
Merwan Rim (born 13 July 1977 in Sarcelles, France) is a French actor and singer-songwriter.
Biography
At the age of 17, Merwan Rim started to learn and instruments as an autodidact. Realizing his gift in musical arts, Merwan decided to become ...
.
Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled ''
Là où je pars'', on 13 November 2006. With British pop influences, the first album paid special attention to the melodies even more than the emotions. The piano, vocals and beautiful guitar segments led the listener to a place where love, sufferings and the small joys of the life all mixed. On his Facebook site, Emmanuel said his first album was "about the universal topics which I wanted to treat in a personal way. The role of an artist, it is to invite people into his universe, to give all that he has in him so that each one finds his own story there." "This album is the fruit of a lot of collaboration. I wanted it to represent me so that people could discover me, musically, there." "It is easy to see that this album is a reunion of those close to me at Astaffort. Those, who for several years, share in the same hopes and dreams: Claire Joseph, Yann Guillon, Benoît Poher, Davide Esposito, Christophe Beucher..." The first single from the album was "Le Sourire".
His second album, titled ''L'Équilibre'' was released in April 2009, and includes songs such as "Adulte et Sexy" and "Sans dire un mot" which were made into music videos. "Sois Tranquille" is a very personal song for the artist. In an interview by Deborah Laurent for ''7sur7'', the artist said: "The music was already written when my brother passed away. I wanted to speak about my brother, of his uncommon greatness. I lost my brother on 28 January. I just said to myself that it was not necessary for me to speak, because I was going to speak about my suffering. I wanted it to be more positive, a homage, some thing more spiritual. Therefore, I 'lent' my voice to my brother."
Emmanuel Moire represented France at the 2007
Sopot Festival in Poland performing his song "Ça me fait du bien" coming runner-up to eventual winner, the Polish band Feel.
In 2019, Moire participated in the 2019 edition of
Destination Eurovision to attempt to represent France at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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in
Tel Aviv
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,
Israel
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, with the song "La promesse". He placed fourth overall in the final.
Personal life
He and his twin brother Nicolas were born in Le Mans on 16 June 1979.
In early 2008, Emmanuel Moire was hit by a car outside his Paris residence. He received a sprained ankle and three cracked ribs. The accident caused him to miss a performance in Strasbourg and the
NRJ Music Awards
An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisi ...
.
On 12 January 2009, Emmanuel's twin brother Nicolas was run over by a car. Nicolas went into a deep coma and died two weeks later, on 28 January 2009. He was just 29.
Moire came out as
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
in the French LGBT magazine ''
Têtu
( French for "stubborn") is the main LGBTQIA magazine published in France. It was subtitled in French ( en, the magazine of gays and lesbians) until 2007, and reaffirmed itself as a men's magazine since then. As of December, 2012, its certif ...
'' in October 2009. In that interview he said, "I hope to live a normal discreet life. I am at peace with myself."
Philanthropy
Moire is a member of the
Les Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés (, 'The Tossers' or 'The Bastards') is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly charity concert for the Restaurants du Cœur
The Restaurants du Cœur (literally ''Restaurants of the Heart'' but meaning ''Restau ...
charity ensemble since 2014.
"Emmanuel Moire"
(in French). ''Enfoires.com''. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
Discography
Albums
Singles
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
;Other charted songs
;Featured in
References
External links
Emmanuel Moire's official site
Official site of his first solo album
Le Roi Soleil's official site
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1979 births
Danse avec les stars winners
French-language singers
French pop singers
Gay musicians
French LGBT singers
Living people
People from Le Mans
French twins
21st-century French singers
21st-century French male singers
20th-century LGBT people
21st-century LGBT people