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Nicolas Peyrac

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Nicolas Peyrac (born 6 October 1949 in Rennes as Jean-Jacques Tazartez) is a French musician, writer and photographer.

Jean-Jacques spent his youth in the small town of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès in Brittany together with his brothers and parents, both of whom were physicians. As a youngster, not partial to the advance of rock 'n' roll, he had a passion for Ferré and Brel. When his parents divorced in the early 1960s, he went to live with his mother in New York, allowing him to broaden his musical horizon and discover American music. While studying at the Lycée français, he learned to play the guitar. After returning to France to live with his father, he entered a TV talent show but was unsuccessful. Refusing to let him live the life of a "vagabond", his parents pressured him into studying medicine.

During his studies he discovered a passion for photography, which brought him into contact with the music business: through a family friend he had a chance to make record sleeves for artists like Alice Dona, Hervé Vilard and Gilbert Bécaud. The latter introduced him to producer Patrick Legrand (brother of composer Michel Legrand), to whom he showed some lyrics he had written. This started his career as a songwriter, writing for artists like Marie Laforêt and Gérard Lenorman. Soon after he signed a contract with Pathé-Marconi.

In 1974, Jean-Jacques, now using the stage name Nicolas Peyrac, released his first two singles, but to limited or no success.

Just when he was about to lose his record deal with Pathé due to failure of success, Nicolas released the critically acclaimed 1975 song So far away from L.A., which made him an overnight star. Dropping his medical studies almost near the end (in his sixth year), he concentrated on his musical career, releasing his next hit song Et mon père ("And my father") for which he received a 'French Grammy', the prix de l’UNAC. Within a few months, he became part of the most talented musicians of his generation.

Continuing the 1975 success, Nicolas released several albums, and was supporting act for stars like Serge Lama, Marie-Paule Belle et Dalida. He also regularly headlined, taking him all the way to Japan.

After the death of his mother in 1978, to whom he dedicated his fifth album J't'aimais, j'ai pas changé ("I loved you, I haven't changed"), Nicolas continued touring and releasing albums, but the times of hit records seemed a thing of the past. Although writing songs for stars like Johnny Hallyday and Plácido Domingo, his own career lost ground, and by the mid-eighties he focused on different passions, writing novels and directing. At the end of the eighties, Nicolas faced a relational crisis and professional difficulties, and he fell into a severe depression, abandoning the music scene and failing to finish his novel and songs he was writing.

In 1992, Nicolas' close friend and colleague Michel Berger suddenly died of a heart attack, prompting him to take control of his life again. He started writing again, helped by former colleagues and friends, and released an album less than a year later. This marked his return to the spotlights, although it took some time for him to be fully back on track. ...

Source: Article "Nicolas Peyrac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Nicolas Peyrac, de son vrai nom Jean-Jacques Tazartez, est un chanteur français, auteur-compositeur-interprète, et romancier, né le 6 octobre 1949 dans le 14e arrondissement de Paris.

Nicolas Peyrac a passé une partie de son enfance en Bretagne, près de Rennes, dans la petite commune de Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, à une vingtaine de kilomètres de Fougères. Lorsque ses parents divorcent, il passe un an à New York avec sa mère, avant de retourner vivre avec son père en Bretagne.

Fils de médecins, il suit des études de médecine (durant 6 années), tout en se passionnant pour la photo, l'écriture et la guitare.

Nicolas Peyrac crée son pseudonyme en associant le prénom qu'il a toujours eu envie de porter, Nicolas, au patronyme Peyrac, en référence à l'œuvre de Jules Romains, Les Hommes de bonne volonté.

Il compose des chansons qu'il propose à des éditeurs. Entre 1974 et 1980, après des titres chantés par Marie Laforêt, Gérard Lenorman, Patrick Juvet, il interprète ses propres chansons, enchaînant les succès: So Far Away From L.A., sorti le 12 avril 1975, Et mon père, sorti le 1er novembre 1975 et Je pars (1977). Cette dernière chanson, qui évoque un départ en avion, de nuit, vers des destinations lointaines (Bahia au Brésil, Buenos Aires en Argentine ou Cuba), est interprétée par l'artiste le 5 juin 1977, dans l'émission Musique and Music.

Après ce succès, il se produit à l'Olympia en 1979, Bobino en 1981. La même année, il interprète le rôle d'un chanteur dans le film de Serge Pénard Ils sont fous ces Normands. Il apparaît également en 1985 dans le téléfilm de Franck Apprederis Le Passage.

Nicolas Peyrac participe à la comédie musicale Le Rêve de mai, un album conceptuel sorti à l'occasion du dixième anniversaire des événements de Mai 1968, avec notamment Nicole Rieu, Jean-Michel Caradec et Didier Marouani.

Au début des années 1980, il écrit et compose la chanson Je ne t'oublierai jamais, interprétée par Johnny Hallyday.

En 1990, il écrit et compose la chanson Au cas où pour Caroline Verdi. En 1991, il signe avec son ami Christian Reyes un documentaire, Capital mental ou les chemins de la performance, pour France 2.

Après une période de dépression (à la suite de la disparition de sa mère) et de difficultés personnelles, il s'éloigne de Paris en 1993, tout d'abord pour s'installer en Californie, puis à Montréal, où il résidera jusqu'en 2008. Il ne peut faire une promotion durable de son album de 1993, Tempête sur Ouessant, sorti sous le label WMD Mad in France, en raison de la faillite de la maison de disques éditrice.

En 1994, Nicolas Peyrac publie un premier roman, Qu'importe le boulevard où tu m'attends, et poursuit sa carrière au Québec, se partageant entre composition de nouveaux albums et concerts. De retour sur les scènes parisiennes en 1996, il se produit au Casino de Paris, puis à Bobino en 1997. Il sort plusieurs albums et effectue des tournées de concerts à la suite.

En 2005, en même temps qu'un nouveau titre, Ne me parlez pas de couleurs, sort un double album, compilation retraçant trente ans de carrière: Toujours une route. ...

Source: Article "Nicolas Peyrac" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Nicolas Peyrac

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Nicolas Peyrac ist ein französischer Musiker, Schriftsteller und Fotograf

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