Serge Reggiani
238 videos • 525,278 views • by musicadicuore Serge Reggiani (2 May 1922, Italy, Reggio Emilia - 23 July 2004, France, Paris): One of the world's best ARTISTS ever, a multifaceted talent (actor, singer, painter, writer), shortly, Mr. Serge Reggiani... Born in Italy (Reggio Emilia); left Italy at the age of 8, with his parents, and settled in France, first at Yvetot (1930), then moved to Paris, in 1931. Made his debut as an actor, in 1942, in the play ''Les parents terribles'', by Jean Cocteau. Throughout his career, he appeared in more than 70 films, playing along with Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Jean-Paul Belmondo and many others. His career as a singer began quite late, in 1964, at the age of 42, and was the result of a first important musical encounter, with Jacques Canetti. His first album, ''Serge Reggiani chante Boris Vian'', issued in 1964, won the ''Prix de l'Academie Charles Cros'', the next year. The second important musical encounter was that with Georges Moustaki, who wrote for Reggiani some of his best-known songs: ''Madame Nostalgie'', ''Sarah'', ''Ma liberte' '', ''Ma solitude'', ''Votre fille a vingt ans'', ''Ce soir, mon amour'', ''Les amours sans importance''. He recorded 13 original albums of music (the last one, in 1984), and other 7 albums, published until 2000. An artist who loved poets, such as: Baudelaire, Verlaine, Villon, Apollinaire, Hugo, Rimbaud, Boris Vian, Jacques Prevert (the latter being a close friend of his). So, no surprise that he was the first to have ever recorded an album of poetry (''Poetes 1'', in1973, followed by ''Poetes 2 & 3'', one year later, then ''Poetes 4'', in 1980). Other important moments of his career(s) are: 1985 - ''Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur''; 1989 - the first exhibition of his paintings; 1995 - publication of ''Dernier courier avant la nuit'' (a mixture of confessions and tributes to the people who have marked or shared his life); 2002 - ''Prix special de la Sacem pour l'ensemble de sa carriere''; 2003 - ''Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Merite''. So, finally, meet Serge Reggiani. If I may play with words, I would rather say Serge Re-genie, because he really was a genius, in all the above-mentioned fields. I hope you'll agree with me.