Eric Vincent...
... Singer, Guitarist, Songwriter... began his career in Paris at the famous "Port du Salut" with Coluche. This amazing performer lives downtown Paris on a beautiful "péniche" and has a special passion for taking his music to every corner of the globe. His name has appeared on marquees in more than 140 countries, where he is often considered one of the best contemporary singer in the tradition of the chanson française. In the USA, where he is touring every year, he has performed in every state except Hawaï and Alaska. He has appeared on radio and television and made a number of very successful tours of college, high school and universities. He has filled the Brooklyn Auditorium in New-York City several times as well as many other prestigious venues in the world.... World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA...Opera of Hanoï (Vietnam), Opera of Manaus (Brasil)...He has recorded several CD's and videos with outstanding musicians, such as Pierre Chérèze, Sylvin Marc, Tony Rabeson, Vincent Hamamdjian, Patrick Huard, Jean-Philippe Audin, Billy Drewes, Eddy Louiss, Roland Romanelli, Justin Vali, Fabien Haimovici...
Si du méringué tu es dingue
Pose ton flingue à Saint Domingue
Si c'est un calypso fais un saut
À Trinidad ou Tobago
Ça sent bon, ça sent beau, ça Samba
San Salvador da Bahia...
( If you're crazy about the meringue
Set your sight on Santo Domingo
If it's calypso that turns you on, jump right over
To Trinidad or Tobago
It feels good, it smells good , it Sambas
San Salvador of Bahia... )
Eric's appearances elicit uniformly enthusiastic responses. With a powerful resonant voice, he is personable and dynamic, as well as an outstanding musician. During his concerts, the language barrier is overcome by his showmanship and by the lively spirit of his music. His songs, a blend of folk, jazz, rock and ethnic rhythms...dealing with universal themes, offer audiences direct contact with contemporary French poetry and songs, and are flavored by his world travels. Eric exhibits an extraordinary presence on stage. His acute sense of timing and charisma dazzles his audiences and makes them beg for more. His songs wed words of substance with sensitive, modern music.
Mon pays ce sera
Là où tu seras bien
Là où je serai moi
Là où tu seras belle
Mon pays ce sera
Là où mes ritournelles
N'ont pas peur de mourir
Sans avoir dit pourquoi...
(My country will be
Wherever you feel free and at ease
Where I can be myself
Where you will be seen as beautiful as you are
My country will be
Wherever my songs
Don't have to die
Without knowing why.)
On Stage Eric VINCENT always leaves his audience in a heightened state of emotion. His electrifying performance charges the audience . The world press affirms this:
"Eric Vincent's return to NEW YORK a success. His Music is universal"
(NEW YORK TIMES)
"Composotor francès ultrapassa fronteiras da linguagem"
(DIARO DA MANHA - BRAZIL)
"Music for a world without borders"
(SINGAPOR TIMES)
"Eric Vincent : Canciòn sin barreras"
(CULTURA - MEXICO CITY)
"French singer Eric Vincent overcomes the language barrier"
(BANGKOK POST)
An excellent musician, Eric Vincent 's virtuosity as a guitar player is impressive. His style is surprizingly sophisticated but in no way interferes with the warm and relaxed atmosphere he creates and which makes us forget that he is alone on stage.
Faut trois notes pour faire un accord
Trois accords pour une chanson
Un peu de terre, d'eau et de feu
Sept couleurs pour un arc-en-ciel
S'il faut de tout pour faire un monde
Si des différences naît l'harmonie
Nos solitudes se confondent
À l'épicentre de la vie...
(
We need three notes to make a chord
Three chords for a tune
A bit of earth fire and water
Seven colors for a rainbow
If we need everything to make a world
If from differences we get harmony
Our lonelinesses are mingling
By the epicenter of life...)
Eric Vincent is featured in various textbooks : "C'est Comme ca", by Valette and Valette (D.C Heath and Co), "Sans Bornes" (Holt, Rinehart and Winston), Si on chantait avec...Eric Vincent" (Hatier/Didier), and in a video "Reflets Français", (Bernard Petit Prod.), promoted by AATF...
In addition to his busy concert schedule, Eric VINCENT has become involved in a world-wide project "Opération Boule de neige" started by school children in the small French town of Bonchamp to oppose violence in children's programming on television. He wrote the music for the song Jamais plus de violence and directed it's recording.
Éric Vincent is appearing in the following books :
« La Chanson de Paris » Jean Lapierre (Aumage editions)
« Georges Moustaki La Ballade Du Métèque » Louis-jean Calvet (Fayard/Chorus)
« Î les » Centre Georges Pompidou (Gallimard)
« J’aime Chéri Samba »Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (Actes Sud)
« Florilège de la chanson de mer » Jacques Yvart (EMOM)
On the new Ricardo Vilas CD "Mon cher ami", released on december 2005 and featuring Bernard Lavilliers, Francis Hime, Wagner Tiso,
Anna Torres, Kay Lyra... Eric sings in duet with Ricardo the song "Les mots en Té"
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