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Charles Aznavour
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22 May 1924 - 1 October 2018
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Charles Aznavour (Charles Aznavour), full name Shahnur Vaginak Aznavouryan, songwriter, chansonnier, actor, was born on May 22, 1924 in Paris, France, in a family of Armenian immigrants. He studied at an art school for children, after which - at the central school TSF. From an early age, the boy sang and performed on stage, and at 12 he starred in films.
First of his creative career, Charles performed in a duet with Pierre Roche, and gifted teenagers noticed Edith Piaf, and invited them to participate
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Charles Aznavour (Charles Aznavour), full name Shahnur Vaginak Aznavouryan, songwriter, chansonnier, actor, was born on May 22, 1924 in Paris, France, in a family of Armenian immigrants.
He studied at an art school for children, after which - at the central school TSF. From an early age, the boy sang and performed on stage, and at 12 he starred in films.
First of his creative career, Charles performed in a duet with Pierre Roche, and gifted teenagers noticed Edith Piaf, and invited them to participate in her tour of France and the United States. It was after that that that Aznavour’s career began as a French chanson performer.
But the ascent to the musical Olympus of the future chansonnier occurred only in 1956, after concerts in Casablanca and Paris, where his performance took place three times a day.
In the early 60s, Aznavour gave concerts in New York concert halls, and soon with support.
Julio Iglesias .
Celine Dion .
In his music archive Charles Aznavour has more than 1000 songs written by him, he starred in 60 films, sales of his CDs exceeded 100 million pieces. In the arsenal of Aznavour more than 16 awards and honorary titles. The permanent residence of Aznavour is Switzerland, but chansonnier does not cease to consider himself a Frenchman and of course an Armenian. From the songs of Aznavour, one cannot but mention - "Eternal Love", "Hail Mary", "Take Me Away", "Isabella", "Yesterday", "Youth", "You must be able", "As they say", "Mother", "Because".
In addition to his musical career, Aznavour starred in films, the audience had the honor to see him in more than 60 films from such directors as Claude Chabrol, René Claire, Claude Lelouch.
He has been married three times and has six children.