Lara Fabian: biography, best songs, interesting facts, listen

Lara Fabian

Lyrical soprano Lara Fabian conquered the whole world. Europe, America, Canada, Russia, China ... it's hard to name a place where you would not hear the strong, melodic and heartfelt voice of a French-speaking performer.

But singing talent is not the only thing that her multimillion audience admires. Lara has an attractive appearance that resonates with her manner of performance. Refined facial features, large wide open eyes, a divine smile and blond curls in combination with vocals make everyone enjoy her performance. It is time to get acquainted with this charming singer.

A short biography of Lara Fabian and a lot of interesting facts about the singer, read on our page.

short biography

Lara owes her ardent character to her parents. Lara Sophie Cathy Crockart was born into an international family. Mama, Louise, come from sunny Sicily, and her father, Pierre, is from cool Belgium. Their meeting is pure coincidence. A friend asked Pierre to meet his sister at the station. He unlocked for a long time - the young man was preparing for the wedding and did not want to waste time on patrols. But, yielding to persuasion, he goes to the station with his bride and ... falls in love with the temperamental and lively Louise.

City Etterbek, a suburb of Brussels. The calendar is January 9, 1970. In the local maternity hospital the first cry of the future international singer is heard. After her birth, the family goes to Sicily, where, under the hot rays of the Italian sun, the girl spends the first 5 years.

Lara starts singing around 4 years old. This she owes again to her parents. Louise had a wonderful voice. The girl enjoyed her mother's singing and was inspired. My father was fond of guitar and well versed in music.

In 5 years, Lara said to her father: "I am a singer." He wondered what sense the daughter puts into this expression. The little girl replied: "This is what makes me happy." Pierre did not hesitate to contact a friend pianist to evaluate his daughter’s vocal data. The musician advised to develop singing talent. Began a series of training and classes. At this time, the family moves back to Belgium.

Pierre buys her daughter a piano, on which she composes the first melodies. At the same time, the girl attends a music school, which is then replaced by the Royal Academy of Brussels. Together with his father, Lara begins to act in bars and at various competitions. One of the significant events in which she took part was the "Brussels Springboard" talent contest. The young and gifted person won three prizes, among which was the record of the record. So, in 1987, the first record of Lara Fabian "L'Aziza est en pleurs" was recorded.

The next stage in the singer's life is participation at Eurovision in 1988. She speaks to a million people and represents Luxembourg. And let her be given only the 4th place, but her song "Croire" ("Believe") so much pleased the European public that the international career became quite logical continuation of her creative life.

Lara began to actively tour and explore the world. In 1989, she was in Canada. This country fascinated her so much that she decides to stay here and moves to Quebec.

A little later in Brussels, she met Rick Allison, who accompanied her on a creative path for 14 years. He not only helps her to record albums, but also becomes a favorite person. Their romance lasts 6 years and ends with a friendly relationship.

In Montreal, Lara founded her own record label. In 1991, she released the second record "Lara Fabian" with the financial support of her father. Canadians instantly bought up the album and recognized Lara as the most promising singer. And the woman increasingly fell in love with this country and in 1995 received Canadian citizenship.

In 1996 the album "Pure" was released, most of the songs of which are written by Lara herself. With this album, she returns to Europe and gets the Golden Disc for it, and Platinum in Canada. While touring in France, she meets Patrick Fiori, artist of the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris". Their union was swift and painful for the performer.

Europeans are subdued. It remains to achieve recognition at the American Olympus. In 1999, Lara released an English album. The public did not accept it. In America at this time with ecstasy listen Celine Dionwith which Lara was constantly compared. The second attempt to conquer the USA was made in 2004.

Despite this, she continues to work, writes albums, pleases fans with great vocals and artistry, composes songs for other artists, tries herself in the movies. Musical success does not interfere with personal happiness. In 2005, she falls in love with Gerard Pullichino, a French director. He was the one who shot her first video for the song "Croire". Two years later, their daughter Lou is born.

At the age of 40, the singer announced information about her illness, a liver tumor. But it was already in the past, before the birth of her daughter. She defeated the disease, experienced all the emotions associated with her, and found a way out within herself.

Each Lara Fabian album is a personal revelation. "9" becomes a new milestone in the creative career, according to the singer. "Toutes les femmes en moi" / "All the women in me" is in some way autobiographical. In it, she reflected the influence of various women on the formation of herself as a singer. The latest to date album "Ma vie dans la tienne" Lara released in 2015.

In 2013, an international star tied the knot with Italian illusionist Gabriel Di Giorgio. In the same year, Lara began to refuse concerts - there were problems with hearing.

Now the famous singer lives in Belgium, brings up her daughter and begins to slowly return to the stage after a forced rest.

Interesting Facts

• Lara's Sicilian grandmother shared a legend with her, according to which, if you make a wish on August 12, when a star falls, it will come true. A little five-year-old girl, 12-15 times, wished to make music.
• Lara Fabian is the author of most of her lyrics. She writes and music, but to a lesser extent.
• Lara changed the name Crocard to Fabian in honor of her maternal uncle. She loved him very much and promised to take his last name. In addition, it is Fabian that sounds beautifully in all European languages, in the opinion of the performer herself.
• Up to 7 months, the future French-speaking star was Laura. Left under the impression of an American film based on the work of B.L. Pasternak "Doctor Live", my mother decided to change the name of the girl to Lara, in honor of the main character Antipova Larisa Fedorovna.
• Lara Fabian is one of the first female performers who dedicated the song to same-sex love. To create a composition, she was motivated by a friend who linked her life with a woman. For this work Lara and praised, and harshly criticized.
• Popular French singer performs songs in Italian, Spanish, English and French. It appears in her repertoire and a song in Russian, namely "Love, like a dream" from the works of A. B. Pugacheva.
• The singer dedicated her first record to Daniel Balavouan, a French performer who died in a plane crash. His work inspired the young star and was an example to follow.
• Lara always admires the support and emotional commitment of her fans. An indicative case of boundless love for the performer occurred at one of the concerts. The melody of the song "Je t'aime" sounded, which Lara could not begin to sing because of the strong emotions associated with the recent loss of a loved one. The hall began to sing instead, changing the main line of the song "I love you" to "We love you."
• Among her favorite films, Lara calls "Schindler's List" and "The Fifth Element." A woman is attached to reading with "Jul" by Marie Laberge and "The Simple Charm" by Christian Boben.
• The international singer is inspired by the work of Barbara Streisand and Maria Callas. She is also familiar with some Russian performers. So, she likes Valeria, Philip Kirkorov. Interesting, she calls and creativity Zemfira.
• In addition to music, Lara Fabian has a passion for cooking. She inherited her passion for this activity from her grandmother and mother. Especially the woman succeeds in Italian cuisine with its inimitable taste of tiramisu and risotto. Lara also loves red wine, which allows itself in small quantities due to her musical career.

• As a child, Lara imagined herself the queen of French chanson, a rock and roll star and Broadway musicals.
• Italian language, according to the singer, the most sonorous and melodious.
• Lara takes an active role in charity. She sends the money collected from the concerts for the treatment of children with heart disease. Once the funds raised were even enough to build a hospital.
• To the question: what did you become involved in, if it were not for the music, she answers simply - she would devote herself to the children.
• Morning ardent Sicilian begins with a good coffee.
• At one time, Lara even entered the law faculty, where she studied civil law and children's criminology, but it did not last long - the music took over.
• Her most important critic was and remains her father. She is grateful to him for the scant reviews about her concerts and performances. This gives her the opportunity to be herself, and not an arrogant star.
• For 15 years, the singer kept a personal diary.

• In 1996, Lara received the title "Discovery of the Year" in France, although by this time it was already very popular in Canada.
• In 1999 and 2001, the artist received the World Music Award in the nomination "Best Selling Performer of the Benelux Countries".
• Angelic voice - so criticized by Fabian music. But it was not always so. When the singer conquered the Canadian chat rooms, she had to endure a lot from the press, which literally hated her. After the attacks, she decided to look at the situation from the outside and understand why it so offended the journalists. According to the singer, she was too much, she was too energetic and assertive on stage. After such reflections, Lara began to speak more restrained and calm.
• The brightest episode from childhood is associated with the purchase of a turquoise-beige sweater. Little Lara saw him in the store and asked her father to buy the desired thing. But there was no money. Pierre took the guitar and went with his daughter to the Royal Galleries, where they played for the public. The money from a small performance was just enough for a sweater that a woman has kept for 20 years.

Best songs

If you ask Lara Fabian fans what songs they like most of all, then the following songs will definitely be included in the list.

• "Je t'aime"In French, the song means" I love you. "

"Je T'aime" (listen)

• "Je Suis Malade". The song was first written for the singer Dalida. Lara quails her in 1995 so sensually that she made an impression on the author of the composition Serzh Lama.
• "Adagio". This lyrical composition was included in the first album, released in Canada, and was loved by millions of listeners. Many people know it as Adagio Albinoni.
• "Immortelle"or" Immortal. "This is Lara's story about a soul that lives forever. The composition is personal. Probably, therefore, the fans are filled with a song.

"Immortelle" (listen)

• "I wil love again"... The fans liked the bright dance tune so much that they took the leading position in the charts for 58 weeks.

"I Wil Love Again" (listen)

Famous Duets

In 2007, she sang the song "Un cuore malato" with the famous Italian singer Gigi D'Alessio. The fate of the composition is not surprising given the vocal data of both performers - the top of the chart in Italy. By the way, with the work of Gigi woman introduced his father, who insisted to listen to his songs.

Lara started the 2008 tour in Greece, where she performed the song "All Alone Am I" with Marios Frangulis in 1963.

In 2010, the singer released the work "Ensemble". The song is a virtual duet with the father of soul Ray Charles.

At a performance in Moscow in 2010, Lara pleased her fans with songs from the new album "All the Women in Me" and the new duet with Igor Krutoy. They performed two compositions. But that was not the end of their collaboration. Together they release the album "Mademoiselle Zhivago". He included songs in 4 languages ​​and became the basis for a new tour and a musical film of the same name, which includes a series of 12 short stories. The video clip maker Alan Badoev worked on the creation of the video series. Lara herself liked this kind of work, but the final product caused disappointment - the screen image was at odds with who she is.

Turkish singer Mustafa Checheli offered Lara a joint duet. As a result, the world saw the composition "Make Me Yours Tonight". The clip was shot under the guidance of the English director Matt M. Ersin.

Lara Fabian about herself, life and work

For those who are not familiar with the works of Lara Fabian, it seems that she achieved success and fame easily and naturally. But it is not. International popularity and recognition - the result of hard and long-term work. The woman compares singing career with sports. She also has to exercise every day, regardless of the concert load, to sing, sing and compose, to always be in shape.

She was always raised as an ordinary child, without any claims for musical talent. Mom cared for her daughter to eat well, get enough sleep, and her father was responsible for her becoming a personality.

Lara is a mixture of emotion and pragmatism. The daughter of Sicilian and Belgian inherited the most characteristic features of both nations. She calls herself an incorrigible laughter, a flighty, wayward and at the same time very anxious person. There is not a single concert with which she would be completely satisfied. The bright, energetic image hides behind itself the vulnerable nature of a beautiful woman. Singing for her is an opportunity to assert herself in her eyes and hide her anxiety.

Francophone performer says that only in 35-37 years she found her voice with a characteristic sound. Before that, she experimented, imitated famous singers, searched for herself. Lara does not limit the repertoire to certain genres. She sings French chanson with recitative, rock'n'rollpop music In her opinion, a true artist should be able to do everything.

Lara Fabian prefers to live for today and worry less about the future. The revaluation of values ​​was largely influenced by the tumor and the birth of a daughter.

Films with Lara Fabian

Despite the passion for music, the international singer did not miss the opportunity to participate in the filming of films. She played in the following films:

• "Favorite" (2004). The film is dedicated to the American king of the musical Cole Porter. The soundtracks are performed by Lara;
• "Mademoiselle Zhivago" (2011) based on the album of the same name.

In 2000, director Lawrence Jordan shot a documentary about a popular singer. The tape is called "From Lara with Love".

The singer also starred in TV shows in which she played herself:

• "Everyone speaks";
• "Hurry to Sunday";
• "The biggest cabaret in the world."

You can hear the melodious voice of Lara Fabian in the cartoon "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," where she voiced the main character Esmeralda.

Lara Fabian's music in films

The gentle, touching compositions of the Belgian performer have become the decoration of the following films:

Fame in Brazil, French-speaking performer acquired through songs in popular TV shows:

• Family Ties (2000);
• Clone (2001);
• "Mistress of fate" (2004).

After the broadcast of serials Lara went on tour in this country.

Lara Fabian’s whole life is reflected in her songs. Thoughts, feelings, experiences ... she is not afraid to impose them on notes and share them with her fans, inspiring and giving hope. Deep and sonorous soprano in combination with sincere performance make the singer's work a favorite among the millions of people who call her an angel.