Catherine Le Forestier

One of Maxime Le Forestier's two older sisters, they made their debut together in the duo Cat & Maxim. Born on May 5, 1948 to a British father and French mother, Catherine Le Forestier learned to play the violin and began singing in 1965, accompanied by her brother on guitar. They formed the duo Cat & Maxim, who recorded the EP Emmène-moi, featuring two songs by Georges Moustaki, and in 1969 "La Petite fugue", inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major BWV 856. The song appeared on Catherine Le Forestier's first album, L'Amour Avec Lui, followed two years later by Le Pays de Ton Corps and the single "Au pays de ton corps", which won the Grand Prix de la chanson at the Spa Festival in Belgium in 1971. Like her brother, her musical style is largely inspired by folk. However, she adopted a more experimental tone. After a stay with her brother in a San Francisco community, she travels to Morocco, where she finally stays for seven years. She returned in 1980 with the album Music of Aziza, which she considered her new first name. Another, S.O.S., was released in 1982, equally inspired by oriental music. A long silence followed, until the release of the compilation Itinéraires 1969-1981 in 1996 and the album Catherine Le Forestier Chante Rimbaud in 1998. In 2013, Catherine Le Forestier announced her retirement from the stage.

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