Lydie Auvray (born 1956 in Langrune-sur-Mer in Département Calvados in Normandy) is a French accordionist, composer and singer. She lives in Cologne.
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Born | Langrune-sur-Mer, Département Calvados, Normandy, France |
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After finishing school in 1974 she moved to Germany to improve her language skills. She first appeared on stage in Berlin in 1976 and played with folk-singer Jürgen Slopianka. The following year she began touring as an accompanist for various singers in West Germany, including Thommie Bayer and Klaus Hoffmann. With Hoffman she recorded a live double-album, Ein Konzert. From 1980 she began playing and touring with German folk-singer Hannes Wader. In 1982 she founded her own backing group, the Auvrettes.[1]
She recorded several albums in the early 1980s. Her 1987 album, D'accord, was produced by her friend Stefan Stoppok . She then made several trips to Martinique, which influenced her work.
In 2003 she published her autobiography, Jubiläum.
Select Discography
edit- 1981 - Premiere
- 1983 - Paradiso
- 1985 - Ensemble
- 1987 - D’accord
- 1989 - Live
- 1991 - 3/4
- 1992 - 10 Ans
- 1994 - Tango Terrible
- 1995 - Octavons
- 1997 - Bonjour Soleil with Hubert von Goisern, Haindling, Gerd Köster and the Orchester Pro Arte Düsseldorf
- 1998 - Instrumentals
- 1998 - Best of
- 1999 - En Concert
- 2001 - Triangle, with producer Markus Tiedemann, from 2002 guitarist with the Auvrettes.
- 2003 - Tango Toujours
- 2004 - Pure
- 2006 - Regards
- 2008 - Soiree
- 2009 - Trio
- 2012 - 3 Couleurs
Filmography
edit- Lydie und ihr Akkordeon, a children's film for television
- Die schnelle Gerdi, ZDF series with Senta Berger[2]
- Mannsbilder, in the German children's series Sendung mit der Maus (1990)