U-ZAZ (Isabelle Geffroy) ufaniswa no-Edith Piaf. Indawo okwazalelwa kuyo umculi omangalisayo waseFrance kwakunguMettray, indawo engaphansi kweTours. Lesi sihlabani sazalwa ngoMeyi 1, 1980.
Intombazane, eyakhulela esifundazweni saseFrance, yayinomndeni ovamile. Ubaba wakhe wasebenza emkhakheni wezamandla, kanti unina wayenguthisha, wafundisa iSpanishi. Emndenini, ngaphandle kwe-ZAZ, kwakukhona izingane ezimbili ezengeziwe - udadewabo nomfowabo.
Ubuntwana buka-Isabelle Geffroy
Le ntombazane yaqala ukufunda umculo ekuseni kakhulu. U-Isabelle wayeneminyaka engu-5 kuphela lapho ethunyelwa e-Conservatory of Tours, futhi umfowabo nodadewabo nabo bangena lapho naye. Ukutadisha kulesi sikhungo kwathatha iminyaka engu-6, futhi isifundo sasihlanganisa izifundo ezinjengokuthi: upiyano, ukucula kwekwaya, isiginci, i-violin, i-solfeggio.
Lapho ngineminyaka engu-14, u-ZAZ washiya i-Tours eya e-Bordeaux, ngemva konyaka waqala ukufunda amazwi lapho, futhi wayethanda ezemidlalo - kung fu. Le ntombazane yaphenduka iminyaka engu-20 lapho iba umnikazi wezifundo zomuntu siqu, futhi lokhu kwamnika ithuba lokufunda eSikhungweni Somculo. Uhlu luka-Isabelle lwezintandokazi zomculo luhlanganisa: u-Ella Fitzgerald, u-Vivaldi, u-Enrico Masis, izingoma ze-French chansonnier, ngisho ne-African and Cuban motifs.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculi
Njengomculi wezwi, u-Isabelle Geffroy waqala ukucula ngasekuqaleni kwawo-2000 ngeFifty Fingers, ibhendi yeblues. Futhi njengomculi we-quintet ye-jazz, wayecula namaqembu e-orchestra e-Angouleme, futhi e-Tarno wamenywa ukuba azocula nabanye abaculi abathathu nge-orchestra ehlukahlukene, okwakunabaculi abangu-16 kuphela.
U-ZAZ uchithe iminyaka emibili esohambweni nabo. Ngemva kwalokho, u-Isabelle wenza esikhundleni sokucula yedwa weqembu uDon Diego, esebenza ngesitayela se-Latin rock. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwavela i-pseudonym, eyaba igama lesiteji somculi - ZAZ. Inhlanganisela yezinhlobo ezahlukene zomculo iyisici saleli qembu. Ngeqembu elifanayo, umculi wabamba iqhaza emkhosini we-Angulen womculo wezinhlobo eziningi.
O Paris, Paris!
Kusukela ngo-2006, i-ZAZ isiqalile ukunqoba iParis. Uchithe iminyaka emithathu ekuculeni ezindaweni zokudlela nasemakilabhini ahlukahlukene aseParis, okuthe unyaka nesigamu - ku-Three Hammers club. Isici semidlalo ukuthi umculi akazange asebenzise imakrofoni.
Kodwa-ke, i-ZAZ iphupha ngenkululeko yokudala nokuthuthukiswa, ngakho wangena "ukubhukuda" mahhala emigwaqweni yaseParis futhi wahlabelela e-Montmartre, kanye nase-Hill Square. Kamuva, umculi wakhumbula ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi wakwazi ukuzuza ama-euro angu-450 ngehora eli-1. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-ZAZ ihlanganyele neqembu le-rap i-LE 4P, futhi umphumela waba amavidiyo amabili - i-L'Aveyron ne-Rugby Amateur.
Okudume kakhulu kwe-ZAZ
Ngo-2007, ulwazi lwavela ku-inthanethi mayelana nokuseshwa komqambi nomkhiqizi uKerredin Soltani komculi oyedwa omusha "onomsindo oshisayo" ngezwi lakhe. I-ZAZ iphakamise ukuthi ingenele ukhetho - futhi ngempumelelo. Ikakhulukazi kuyena, kwabhalwa i-Je Veux, kwatholakala isitudiyo sokuqopha kanye nenkampani yokushicilela.
Kodwa umculi waqhubeka efuna indlela yakhe yokudala. Ngo-2008, wacula neqembu le-Sweet Air futhi wakhipha i-albhamu ehlangene, kodwa engazange ikhishwe. Futhi ebusika 2008, ZAZ wahamba emadolobheni Russian izinsuku ezingu-15, futhi umlingani wakhe kwaba umdlali wopiyano Julien Lifzik, naye wanika 13 amakhonsathi.
NgoJanuwari 2009, umculi wathola impumelelo emangalisayo - wawina umncintiswano ehholo lekhonsathi ye-Olympia eParis. Ngemuva kokunqoba okunjalo, iminyango yazo zonke izitudiyo zokuqopha ezidumile zavulelwa i-ZAZ ngokunikezwa kokurekhoda i-albhamu, futhi wathola umklomelo wama-euro ayizinkulungwane ezingu-5 nethuba lokudubula isiqeshana sevidiyo. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu, kwadlula unyaka owodwa nezinyanga ezi-1, lapho umculi waphinde waya eRussia, wabe eseya eGibhithe naseCasablanca.
I-albhamu yokuqala ka-Isabelle Geffroy
Entwasahlobo ka-2010, irekhodi le-ZAZ lenzeka. U-50% wezingoma ze-albhamu ubhalwe umculi ngokwakhe, kanti ezinye zibhalwe ngu-Kerredin Soltani kanye nomculi odumile u-Rafael. I-albhamu ye-ZAZ yaba "igolide" futhi yathatha indawo ehamba phambili ezilinganisweni.
Ngemva kwalokho, kwaba nohambo olukhulu lwaseFrance nokubamba iqhaza emikhosini edumile yomculo yaseYurophu. I-ZAZ yaba inkanyezi yamashadi aseBelgium, e-Austrian naseSwitzerland.
Kusukela ngo-2013, ngemva kwe-disc yesibili, futhi kuze kube manje, umculi akazange alahlekelwe ukuthandwa ezweni lakubo, usebenza ekukhipheni ama-albhamu amasha futhi enikeza amakhonsathi aphesheya njalo.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Isabelle Geffroy
I-ZAZ ibhekise kubaculi abagcina izimpilo zabo ziyimfihlo. Kuyaziwa kuphela ukuthi isikhathi esithile wayeshade nomuntu waseColombia, amkhumbula ngokufudumele.
Abasanda kushada badlale umshado eColombia ngokuhlanganyela kwezihlobo eziningi zomkhwenyana. Nokho, lo mbhangqwana washeshe wahlukanisa, okuyinto umculi akazisoli nhlobo. Lo mbhangqwana ubengenazo izingane, futhi, ngemva kokukhululeka, i-ZAZ yaphinde yagxila ekudaleni.
Umsebenzi wamaciko namuhla
Njengamanje, ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yokudala, i-ZAZ yenza umhawu, ngoba ungomunye wabesifazane abacebile kakhulu ezweni lakubo. Uthando lwabalandeli be-chanson baseFrance kulo mculi aluzange lunyamalale kuze kube yilolu suku.
