Christophe Cirillo
Christophe Cirillo is a French singer-songwriter performing in Pop and Chanson music genres.
Biography
[edit]After studying sociology, Christophe turned towards a musical career and participated in the Rencontres d'Astaffort sponsored by Francis Cabrel. Following this participation in the festival, he crossed paths with Louis Chedid and signed a record contract with Universal Music under the pseudonym Monsieur Clément.[1]
In 2005, his first album Monsieur Clément, produced by Albin de la Simone, was released with the single Je n'ai jamais su. He gained attention from critics, including being described as a new Souchon.[2]
He released a second album in 2007, Comme un enfant, and opened for Calogero and Marc Lavoine.[3]
Christophe left Universal and his pseudonym to join the participatory project My Major Company. With the help of online contributors, a third album Funambule was released in 2011.[3][4][5][6]
Christophe also writes for other artists such as David Hallyday and Ariane Moffatt[7]. In 2013, he co-wrote the song Les murs porteurs for Florent Pagny on the album Vieillir avec toi with music by Calogero.[8][9]
His fourth album, Cowboy désarmé, was released in 2015, and Christophe Cirillo opened for Calogero's tour.[10][11]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Singles
[edit]- 2005: Je n'ai jamais su
- 2006: A nous
- 2008: A part ça
- 2011: J'aimais mieux avant
- 2013: La beauté du geste
- 2015: Grand bien nous fasse
Collaborations
[edit]- 2007: Plus vent de toi, Sous les vagues – David Hallyday
- 2007: Grandeur nature – duet with Ariane Moffatt
- 2013: Les murs porteurs – Florent Pagny
- 2014: Fidèle – Calogero
References
[edit]- ^ Monsieur Clément, on tv5.org, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ First album of Monsieur Clément, on next.liberation.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ a b Christophe Cirillo: J'aimais mieux avant, an artist with My Major Company, on archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Christophe Cirillo plays the tightrope walker, on lavenir.net, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Zebda and Christophe Cirillo, on telerama.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ David Parienti and Christophe Cirillo, on lefigaro.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Christophe Cirillo on My Major Company, on mymajorcompany.com, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Florent Pagny: an album of new songs for the fall, on lepoint.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Florent Pagny's Les murs porteurs, on francebleu.fr, retrieved January 24, 2014
- ^ Christophe Cirillo: It will be very acoustic, on lejournaldelorne.fr, retrieved January 30, 2015
- ^ Christophe Cirillo's Cowboy désarmé, on justmusic.fr, retrieved January 30, 2015