MARIANNE DISSARD

For her first time in China, Marianne Dissard presents her new album, “L’Abandon”, a cliff-hanging liaison between Chanson and Americana. The charismatic Tucson chanteuse will perform her multimedia solo at Yugong Yishan on September 14th, 2011, sharing the marquee with compatriot Jean-Sébastien Héry’s folk project, Zhang Sian. The performance includes background video projection from Marianne’s “Lonesome Cowgirls”, a western inspired by Andy Warhol and the companion film to “L’Abandon”. The Franco-American chanteuse is spending three weeks in China, arriving by train from Europe and performing in Beijing and Shanghai at the Black Rabbit Festival and Yugong Yishan.

BIO –

French-born, Tucson-based chanteuse Marianne Dissard was born within sight of the Pyrénées mountains in the South of France but has been living in the American West since the age of 16. Singer, writer of lyrics and poetry, filmmaker and performance artist, Marianne Dissard tours extensively the world over, either solo or backed by her American bandmates. Over the course of four acclaimed albums, unique hybrids of Americana and Chanson, she has collaborated with Tucson’s sweethearts Calexico, Howe Gelb, Naïm Amor, Sergio Mendoza, Jim Waters and Brian Lopez as well as with her extended family outside of Arizona, including French chanteuse Françoiz Breut, Berlin choreographer Ami Garmon, Italian composer Christian Ravaglioli and Rhymesayers producer BK-One.

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Portrait Marianne Dissard by Scott Christensen : http://www.mariannedissard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/MarianneDissard_by_ScottChristensen161.jpg

Album artwork L’Abandon : http://www.mariannedissard.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/MarianneDissardALBUMcover3.jpg

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