Emily Loizeau (born 7 February 1975) is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled ''L'autre bout du monde'' (The Other Side of the World).

Biography

Loizeau was born in

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, near Paris, France. Her father, Pierre Loizeau, was French, and her mother, Eliza Hutchinson, was British. Her maternal grandparents were actress

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and barrister Jeremy Hutchinson."Dame Peggy Ashcroft – Memorial service"
''The Times'', 30 November 1991, accessed 14 May 2016 Around 1980, when she was five years old, Loizeau began to learn piano. After studying classical music for many years, she turned to studying philosophy and then theatre in London, then worked assisting composer and stage manager Georges Aperghis. Loizeau cites

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and

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as her primary influences. Besides

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and

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, she also loves

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. She has also been influenced by

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and

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. At the end of 2001, at the age of 26, Loizeau began to perform at a small Parisian cabaret, which became for her a one-person cottage industry, printing flyers, doing publicity. She then began to collaborate with like-minded artists such as Vincent Segal, Franck Monnet, Nils Tavernier, Jean-Louis Foulquier. She signed with at the age of 31 (their first French artist) and released her first album "L'Autre Bout du Monde". She later performed at the Comedia, where she sold out for three weeks straight.

Discography

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'' (2005) *''L'autre bout du monde'' (2006) *''

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'' (2009) *''

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'' (2012) *''Revisited: Piano Cello Sessions'' (2014) - with Olivier Koundouno on violincello *'' Mona (Emily Loizeau album), Mona'' (2016) *''Origami'' (2017) *''Run Run Run (Hommage à Lou Reed)'' (2020) *''Icare'' (2021)

References

External links

Emily's Official site
1975 births Living people French people of English descent Fiction Records artists 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers {{France-singer-stub