Artist description frensh singer with film-music and poetry in his sky

Music Style Frensh Pop Songs

Musical Influences All of them

Similar Artists Robert Wyatt, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits, Nino Rotta, Léo Ferré, Léonard Cohen, Ennio Morricone, Chet Baker, , Bonnie Prince Billy, T. Rex

Artist History Born in Nancy (France) on the 28th of September 1959, Laurent Petitgand is multi-instrumentalist (guitarist, pianist, saxophonist), singer, author, composer and also actor for the cinema. Raised in a 9 children family, he sang between 7 and 14 years old in a religious choir before undertaking his self-taught artist career, alone first, then within different bands he created like Sale Affaire Patron and Dick Tracy. With the latter, he composed his first movie soundtrack for Tokyo-Ga by Wim Wenders, which marks the starting point of a rich collaboration. Along with writing songs he interprets, what takes most of his time today, he composed for theatre and dance, particularly for the Angelin Preljocaj s ballet, where he met his wife, dancer and actress, Katia Medici. He wrote lyrics for Alain Bashung (Les Grands Voyageurs), chords arrangements for Christophe (Comme si la Terre Penchait) and Daran (L Eau, with Florent Pagny). We saw him in the role of the Alekan Zirkus conductor in The Wings of Desire, and he played in the movies of Solveig Dommartin, Kim Massee, Christophe Le Masne He is the father of two little girls, Margot, born after the projection of Faraway, So Close and to whom the CD of the soundtrack is dedicated, and Louise, born on the 7th of March 2002. Movie Soundtracks : 2002 NATURELLEMENT - Christophe Le Masne ,2000 LES INÉVITABLES - Christophe Le Masne ,1999 FETTE WELT - Jan Schütte ,1998 IL SUFFIRAIT D UN PONT - Solveig Dommartin ,1997 HAPPY NEW YEAR - Kim Massée ,1996 LES LUMIÈRE DE BERLIN - Wim Wenders ,1995 PAR DELÀ LES NUAGES - Michelangelo Antonioni and WimWenders ,LE SECRET DE JULIA - Philomène Esposito ,1994 LE MAS THÉOTIME - Philomène Esposito , GAFFE LOULOU - Philippe Niang ,1993 SI LOIN, SI PROCHE - Wim Wenders , À CRAN - Solange Martin ,1991 ARISHA, THE BEAR AND THE STONE RING - Wim Wenders ,1989 CARNET DE NOTES SUR VETEMENTS ET VILLES - Wim Wenders ,1988 COPIE DE FILM - Pascal Rémy ,1986 LES AILES DU DÉSIR - Wim Wenders (Zirkus musik) ,1985 TOKYO-GA - Wim Wenders ,LES FRISSONS - Laure Deratte Musics for ballets and theatre : 1998 HÉLÈNE D EURIPIDE - Camilla Saraceni ,1994 SIRÈNES DE LUXE - Luna ,1992 HALL DE NUIT (Chantal Akerman) - Camilla Saraceni ,1991 SANG NEUF - Christiane Blaise ,1990 AMER AMERICA - Angelin Preljocaj ,1989 DU SANG SUR LE COU DU CHAT (R.W.Fassbinder) - CamillaSaraceni ,1988 LIQUEURS DE CHAIR d Angelin Preljocaj Author, composer, singer : 2002 ALBUM to be released : JE NE SAIS PAS QUI TUER ! ,FAUTES DE FRAPPES - collection of poems ,1999 MEME LES SINGES Y SONGENT - musical show ,1996 LES LUMIÈRE DE BERLIN - Wim Wenders ,1990 LES GRANDS VOYAGEURS - lyrics for Alain Bashung ,1989 SPACE HYMEN musical show ,1980 DICK TRACY ,1975 SALE AFFAIRE PATRON ,1970 LE FEU JONGLEUR Filmography (actor) : 2001 SOUS PRESSION - Clarence ,NATURELLEMENT - Christophe Le Masne ,2000 LES INÉVITABLES - Christophe Le Masne , MOULINS À PAROLE - Pascal Remy ,1998 IL SUFFIRAIT D UN PONT - Solveig Dommartin ,1997 HAPPY NEW YEAR - Kim Massée ,1989 LIQUEURS DE CHAIR - Angelin Preljocaj ,1988 COPIE DE FILM - Pascal Rémy ,1986 LES AILES DU DÉSIR - Wim Wenders

Albums Dick Tracy (3), Sountracks : Tokyo-Ga, Wings of Desire, Faraway, so close, Liqueurs de Chair, Amer America, Notebook of cities and clothes

Location Paris, Paris - France

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