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Enrico Macias is a French singer, musician and composer born in Constantine in Algeria, the 11th of December 1938. His real name is Gaston Ghrenassia, and he is the son of Sylvain and Suzanne Zaouch, a Jewish family of malouf musicians.
In parallel to a normal education, he also played a lot of music, and in particular guitar.
At first a teacher in 1956, he joined Cheikh Raymond Leyris’s orchestra, the great master of malouf music in which his father played the violin.
The death of Cheikh Raymond, killed in June 1961, led him to leave Algeria with his wife Suzy (Cheikh Raymond’s daughter). It’s on the “Ville d’Alger”’, name of the ship that brought them to France, that he wrote with his guitar the song «J’ai quitté mon pays, j’ai quitté ma maison » (I left my country, I left my home). He settled with his family in Argenteuil.
In Paris, Enrico worked irregularly, with small jobs and performed in cabarets, until he became noticed, and performed the first part of a concert of Gilbert Bécaud.
Among the several lyricists who wrote the songs of Macias’ repertoire, Jac
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Algerian-born French-Jewish singer, born Gaston Ghrenassia to violinist Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914-2004) and his wife Suzanne. Gaston began his career at the age of fifteen as a guitarist in the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra. In addition to fronting his band, Leyris was also a virtuoso on the oud (Andalusian lute). His assassination during the Algerian War of Independence had a profound effect on Gaston, who departed for France in July 1961, eventually settling in Paris. His opposition to Algeria's independence has resulted in a lifelong exile from the country of his birth.
During initial gigs in cafés and cabarets Gaston developed his own unique repertoire of French songs, influenced by Arabic and Andalusian styles. In 1962, he adopted the stage moniker Enrico Macias, following his debut recording of "Adieu mon pays". Like many of his later songs, this was a tribute to his homeland. Others included "Les filles de mon pays", "Enfant de mon pays", "Notre place au soleil" and "J'ai quitté mon pays". He became immensely
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Enrico Macias
Algerian-French musician (born 1938)
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| Birth name | Gaston Ghrenassia |
| Born | (1938-12-11) 11 December 1938 (age 86) |
| Genres | Chanson, World |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, singer, songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1962– |
| Labels | EMI |
| Website | enricomacias.net |
Musical artist
Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician.
Early years
Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Jewish family. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004),[1] was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily malouf, Andalusian classical music. Gaston played the guitar from childhood, and started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at age 15.[2]
He pursued a school teacher career, but continued playing the guitar. In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the European colonizers of Constantine. The assassination in 1961 of his fat
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