Vincent Baguian, born Vincent Pambaguian ( in
Armenian
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), 21 October 1962 in
Saint-Ouen,
[Vincent Baguian. In ]
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Retrieved 7 March 2015 is a French singer of Armenian origin.
Biography
Baguian's parents were both civil servants in the
PTT, and at 18 he began to work as a runner in an
advertising agency
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where he became a director-editor, notably for albums by
Serge Gainsbourg
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.
At the same time, he began a career as a singer: in 1991, he recorded his first album, ''Triste'', which sold 71 copies. More success came in 1996 with ''Pas mal'', and particularly with ''Mes chants'' in 2000, a collection of caustic and poetic songs, full of
pun
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s. In 2007 came the album ''Ce soir, c'est moi qui fais la fille''.
Vincent Baguian is a friend of the singer
Zazie
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, for whom he has written many songs, and opened many concerts. They have recorded duets such as ''Simple comme bonjour'' (on ''Mes chants''), and ''Je ne t'aime pas'' (on ''
Ze Live !!
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'' by Zazie). They also worked together on the musical
tale ''
Sol En Cirque
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'' (2003) for the anti-AIDS
association
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Sol En Si
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Vincent Baguian is also the author of many songs on the album ''Je ne mâche pas les mots'' (2006) by
Elisa Tovati
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. He also wrote the musical comedies ''
Mozart, l'opéra rock
''Mozart, l'opéra rock'' ("Mozart, the rock opera") is a French musical with music by Dove Attia, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau, Nicolas Luciani, Rodrigue Janois and François Castello, lyrics by Vincent Baguian and ...
'', ''
1789 : Les Amants de la Bastille'', ''
Mistinguett, reine des années folles'' and ''
Le Rouge et le Noir''.
Discography
* ''Triste'' (1991)
* ''Pas mal'' (1996) (Cargo/Columbia)
* ''Mes chants'' (2000) (Columbia)
* ''Ce soir c'est moi qui fais la fille'' (2007) (Mercury)
Notes and references
External links
Taratata pageMyspace of Vincent Baguian
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20th-century French male singers
21st-century French male singers
1962 births
People from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
Living people