Louis Stanislas Renoult (born 29 May 1972), just known as Stanislas, is a French singer. After several musical collaborations since 2000, he met success in 2008 with his first solo album ''L'Équilibre instable''.

Biography

He was born in

Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissemen ...

, Seine-et-Marne, the son of François Renoult, a musician who had worked with

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, notably on the song "Je l'appelle Canelle". Stanislas entered the Conducting program at the

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when he was 19. Three years later, he left the school with honors and became the assistant of musical director of the Orchestra of Massy Dominique Rouits where he regularly continues to direct classical works. He also composed, works on arrangements and produced many pop singles for artists such as

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, Calogero (with whom he recorded a duet),

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. In 2000, Stanislas formed with Gioacchino (Calogero's brother) the band Pure Orchestra and signed with Atletico Records, the label of

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. Their first single "U&I" was aired on radio in summer 2001 and the album ''Singing' dog'' was released in February 2002. In 2004, Stanislas began to write his first solo album and decided to start a new collaboration with his brother Thibaud. They recorded Thibaud's first studio album, entitled ''Les Pas perdus'', then Stanislas' debut album ''L'Équilibre instable'' released in late 2007 (Polydor/Universal). His first single "Le Manège" achieved success in France. It was followed by "La Belle de Mai", then by "La débâcle des sentiments", a duet with Calogero. After a great success of his two concerts at the Alambra of Paris in March 2008, Stanislas was on stage in France and Belgium in November and December 2008 ( Massy,

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, the Olympia of Paris,

Ludres Ludres () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle ''département'' in north-eastern France. The inhabitants are called ''Ludréens''. In the past, inhabitants of Ludres were known by their neighbours as ''rôtisseurs'' ("roast meat sellers"), hav ...

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, Toulouse, Bordeaux,

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, Brussels, Sanary, Lyon). He revealed that he first wanted to participate as a contestant in the French version of

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. A fourth single off the album was released, "Les lignes de ma main" in March 2009. Stanislas was nominated at the 2009

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 ...

in the categories 'French group/duet of the year' and 'Music video of the year' for his single "La débâcle des sentiments", but didn't win.

Discography

Albums

Singles

¹ Duet with Calogero

References

External links

Official site

Stanislas-official on Dailymotion
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanislas 1972 births Living people People from Fontainebleau French pop singers French singer-songwriters 21st-century French singers 21st-century French male singers French male singer-songwriters