MICHELINE
VAN HAUTEM SINGS "SONGS OF JACQUES BREL"
After
her sell-out shows at the 2004 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Micheline
Van Hautem returns to play the Melbourne International Festival and
then comes to Sydney for four special shows at KABARETT VOLTAIRE at
The Seymour Theatre Centre (City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale,
NSW, AU - 9351 7940 - http://www.showtune.com.au/
) before returning to New York. Belgian singer Micheline Van Hautem
will perform the songs of her fellow countryman, the extraordinary
Jacques Brel, featuring Frederik Caelen on accordion and piano. Performances
wil be Wednesday through Saturday, October 27th througt 30th at 8:15
pm. There is a $35 Show only cover charge. Food and beverages available
from 7:00 pm.
Van Hautem's
interpretations of Brel's dense, complex lyrics and stunning melodies
keep the essence of the originals; elegiac angry, funny, heartrendingly
beautiful songs.
In the summer
2003, the singer's performance won her the much-coveted Herald Angel
Award at the annual Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Indeed, with the
hit CD Songs of Jacques Brel (2001) and sell-out concert tour of Northern
Europe, this Belgian chanteuse has played a most significant role
in fomenting the Brel-renaissance that, now a quarter century after
his death, has recently ignited much of Europe.
When still
a teenager, Micheline first took to the stage as a singer with Flemish
rock-bands and worked for several years as a radio DJ. But then in
1998, eager to make a personal statement in the world's greatest musical
melting pot, she relocated to New York City. It was only then, in
her self-imposed exile, that she felt driven to reinvent, one could
say reincarnate, the oeuvre of her legendary countryman, the late
Jacques Brel.
For more
information, see http://www.michelinevanhautem.com/
.
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