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| radio & tv france culture radio show by frédéric mitterrand "ça me dit l'après midi " live musical participation in 18 shows since 2007, with guests such as jeanne moreau, simone veil, catherine breillat, alfredo arias ... "singer nicole renaud blends her classical training and accordeon skills to create an astonishingly original and otherworldly universe". france culture listen to excerpts of show with jeanne moreau listen to excerpts of show with simone veil |
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| arte live on arte television, for "die nacht, la nuit" by paul ouazan "she sings, writes, sets poems to music, designs her own costumes, composes film soundtracks. shares her time between new york, italy, japan and france. yet it would be more accurate to say she inhabits a land of her invention, a perpetual nomad, usually found travelling... on board her accordion." arte see excerpts of show may 30th 2006 |
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| fréquence protestante ici new york - "nicole renaud trouve sa voix" a 15 minute interview by alexis buisson march 1st 2008 listen |
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| radio david byrne "a friend who relocated to california from new york said she missed hearing all the odd variety of music that was played around the office here. "i missed hearing what you are listening to" she wrote. this radio is my response." david byrne. nicole renaud "tu crois au marc de cafe" on the launching 3 hours playlist, looping for several weeks. (march 28th 2005) |
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| delta airlines and bangkok airways on flight radio the song "mon coeur est un bouquet" selected on delta airlines on flight radio playlist for all delta flights world wide through the month of april. (april 2006) |
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| sveriges radio sommar, a popular sweedish radio show hosted by karl magnus stolt on sweedish national radio sveriges radio, features nicole renaud's song "les amants solitaires". (july 26th 2006) |
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| new york times "ethereal soprano voice... modern take on cabaret inspired by blade runner and fifth element." (january 14th 2000) |
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| the new yorker "nicole renaud's voice earns the overused descriptor "ethereal". she sang "bei mannern, welche liebe fuhlen" from "the magic flute" and then "der holle rache kocht in meinem herzen". it was the kind of serendipitous moment one hopes to have in a new york cafe, but rarely does...." (march 20th 2006) |
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| accordéon-accordéonistes review "couleurs" " ... in this album, nicole renaud's sound is white as snow. pur, transparent, lyrical, electroaccoustic. intangible beauty, undefinable. unknown magical landscape bathed with enchanting visual music." |
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| accordéon accordéonistes portrait nicole renaud "sophisticated chanteuse" ... she has created her own unique style, with an emphasis on the visuals and the esthetics ... (february 2008) |
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| time out new york “captivating parisian songbird... sexy ethereal voice... bizarre beautiful costumes ... with a couturier’s flair... her beautiful crystalline voice is cool, quirky and refreshingly different... hand made costumes that rival galliano’s couture...” (march 4-11 1999) |
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| time out new york- annual guide 2001 “light fantastic: cosmos and cabaret tunes make torch a bright idea...” |
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| time out new york “soul soothing music... this quirky parisian applies her crystalline voice to ancient chants, songs from hip french movies, and hauntingly original numbers that enya only wishes she could sing...” (january 17-24 2002) |
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| côté femme " -to be borne on the wings of music, swept away by its beauty.to create a musical and visual world of my own, joyful to the ear and pleasing to the eye, that is my true quest- says nicole renaud. as any artist worthy of the name would say." (march 2006) |
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| me - the keren ann's issue singer songwriter keren ann has asked 15 of her friends to answer a proust's questionnaire ... (summer 2006) |
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| capri review “an ethereal soprano voice. in the background, villa lysis columns, the palace where baron fersen lived, at the turn of the century... the cd evoke the melancholy of love...” (september 2003) |
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| cronache di napoli “renaud and zweifel magical sounds ... immersed in the sublime garden of... axel munthe ... they gave an extraofinary and sublime concert...” (tuesday june 1st 2004) |
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| corriere del mezzogiorno "pure and relaxing music..." (august 18th 2005) |
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| corriere del mezzogiorno “after her shows at the capri palace, the exclusive anacapri hotel, her musical performances on the blue island continue ... a sound that could be defined as neo classical with an electronic touch...” (sunday september 7th 2003) |
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| vip in capri “a special applause from the audience went for her interpretation of songs by luigi tenco... also ...latest remarquable work: poems by fersen she has set to music ... the inspiration to focus on baron fersen comes from her fascination for capri’s turn of the century elegance, mystery and melancholy...” (saturday september 2003) |
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| l’eco di bergamo “cristalline quality of her voice and sense of scenography ... ” (tuesday december 3rd 2004) |
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| la voce di bergamo "nicole's voice has a rare quality and the music composed by the singer is extremely elegant... (january 2005) |
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| mood - moda.design “the gracious musical presence of nicole renaud, accompanied the journey through the four elements conceived for the event by turin chef and artist, davide scabin”. (number 57, 2003) |
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| w “the big bash on august 10 featured betsey’s spring 2003 fashion show, on the day that coincidentally, happened to be her birthday - number 60 ... the poolside runway show opened with an accordion playing opera singer.” (September 2002) |
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| the santa barbara independent “space-age cabaret and off-kilter costuming...” (3-10 october 2002) |
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| santa barbara news press life “spare inventive uses of light and appealingly surreal costume ... an urbane mermaid ... what makes ms renaud’s work ... memorable and worth tracking is that her ideas about drama and what constitutes cabaret, are her own.” (october 8th 2002) |
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| santa barbara news press scene “a case of euro-sci-fi couture meeting perfomance artist sensibilities ... nicole renaud’s sound on accordion is something surreal and hypnotic ... retro futuristic costumes and creative lighting design, in addition to the dulcet tones of her opera-trained voice. (september 27th - octobert 3rd 2002) |
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