French singer and musician Enrico Macias will give a concert in Istanbul in September.***
ISTANBUL
Known by his songs "Zingarella", "La Guitare", "Aie Aie Aie", "Solenzara", "Le Femme De Mon Ami", Algerian-born Macias will perform in Harbiye Open Theatre on September 13.
Macias made his career as a school teacher but at the same time he continued practicing the guitar. In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the French residents of Constantine. Macias went into exile in mainland France with his wife, Suzy. Arriving in Paris, he developed a new French repertoire that he performed in cafés and cabarets.
In 1964, he undertook a tour to Lebanon, Greece, and Turkey. He was performing his big hits such as Paris, tu m'as pris dans tes bras. From that time on, he toured throughout the world, recorded hit songs in Spanish and Italian, and met great success on every continent. In 1997, Kofi Annan named him Roving Ambassador for Peace and the Defence of Children.
After the cancellation of a proposed tour in Algeria in 2000, he wrote a book Mon Algerie, a love story of his feelings for his native land. In 2003, he put out a new album Oranges Ameres produced by his son, Jean-Claude Ghrenassia.
