Pigalle - Music of Edith Piaf

Chanteuse Derby Browne performs her personal tribute to The Little Sparrow – Edith Piaf, with performances of ‘La Vie En Rose’, ‘No Regrets’, ‘Autumn Leaves’ and ‘Under The Bridges of Paris’, this Winter at The National Concert Hall.

Pigalle is packed with music from the cabarets, cafes and music-halls of Paris, with romantic interludes from Parisian tea-shops, carnivals and market-places.

‘My personal favourites of the Festivities’ The Chichester Observer.

‘Tour de Force!’ Dun Laoghaire Gazette

‘Dreamy and Dripping with Romance’ – The Irish Times

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Edith Piaf

Edith Piaf was one of the most beloved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930’s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe.

As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Parisian music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance in the Second World War, and
mentored younger singers like Yves Montand and Charles Aznavour. Yet her path to stardom was full of tragedies – the death of her daughter in infancy; the death of Marcel Cerdan, her greatest love, in a plane crash; her many illnesses, affairs and addictions, all of which nourished her passionate performances and strengthened her enduring bond with audiences.

Presented by Derby Browne