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Cathy Varna's - VOYAGE INTEMPOREL CD - Jumps the Musical Charts Across the World - One of France's Greatest Artist
CANNES FRANCE (IFS) -- The French International Recording Artist Cathy Varna and UNESCO Ambassador -- released an album in 2016 called "VOYAGE INTEMPOREL." Since its United States Release in late 2017, Varna has been "burning up" the charts. She is the most exciting recording artist from France in decades to pierce the United States musical vail.'
Varna is so very hot, that offers are pouring in from all over the world for distribution rights to her catalog. . . "SDC/Keristene Music has made an offer for the music and record rights for North America, that was originally "NON- Exclusive". However, at this point in time Varna Records can only envision them for the United States and its' Territories and maybe not that, says of her Varna Records and Music Publishing label.
"Several Music Publishers in Quebec, Canada with "cash in hand" are requesting all of the rights to North America exclusively. Everything is moving at the speed of light with worldwide offers coming in from everywhere. The last time that such an International race for a single piece of product was when Diana Ross auctioned off her RCA Records releases "country by country" back in the 1980's. . . "
What makes Varna one of the most wanted Artists' in the world? With over SIX (6) Top Ten Albums in the European Union over the last six years. This artist is the Author-Composer-Performer-Editor and Producer whose musical universe is Pop Love Spiritual French, Poetic and Mystic music has started to swept across the oceans and into other lands with a great refreshing style of music that's not challenging, but smooth as "ear candy".
Listen to some excerpts: http: //www.varnaprod.com
A CONCURRENT VERSION OF 18 TITLES ON MUZIKCENTER IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESENT BROADCAST ON THE FM AND WEB WAVES. YOU WILL FIND IT UNDER THE NAME:
CATHY VARNA - TIMELESS TRAVEL "THE 3 WORLDS".
http://muzicenter.yacast.fr/pl/1002e/cathy-varna-voyage-intemporel-les-3-mondes-
Album Distributed internationally on all existing and future global platforms since Sept 7 2017.
CATHY VARNA "THE DIVA SENSUAL"
Cathy is an artist-singer-songwriter and producer of character, an exceptional interpreter with many facets who enchants us, astonishes us and surprises us as well with her repertoire of unpublished songs as with the resumption of standards of the French Song , International and even the lyrical world. His talent, his class and his sun-drenched voice transport you to a mystical, romantic universe, focused on universal love and peace. Like a ray of sunshine on a breath of fresh air, romance at the end of the heart, sensitivity to the edge of the soul, Cathy Varna is the new face of the French song of love, a hint of eternal in a ephemeral world ...
She was born in Paris under the sign of the Aquarius in a music-loving family (grand father singer and musician, Mother pianist), she studied singing, classical dance and modern jazz, piano, but lived until 2007 in Belgium where she acquired an important scenic experience. Ball singer in various orchestras, conductor of revue in "Merveilleux" at the Théâtre du TROCADERO in Liège, recitals in various legendary pianos-bars of the Brussels capital such as the BLACK BOTTOM, presentation and 1st part of the European tour of the CANADIAN MEN CHIPPENDALES , many 1st parts of French and Dutch-speaking artists, such as: Fabienne Thibault, Lio, Patrick Fiori, Michel Delpech, Gilbert Montagné, Herbert Leonard, François Valéry, Dave, Franck Michael, Adamo, Will Tura, etc.
Since arriving in France, Cathy has performed:
At THE THEATER OF THE SEA in Golfe-Juan, at the MIRAMAR CANNES AREA, at the CARREFOUR AUX ETOILES in Cannes la Bocca, at the PALM BEACH CANNES Casino, at the Casino Rhul de NICE, at the THEATER DE LA LICORNE (tribute show at Dalida), The COMEDIA in Le Cannet, the annual GRAND GALA of the FRANCE-ISRAEL association, at the GALA Cannes Cercle AZUREA with the grand master of the great east of France, at the ALHAMBRA of PARIS, at the BUSSANG Casino, at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère in VESOUL , Nice Airport Business Center, Casino Terrazur Polygone Riviera, etc ... not to mention its many services in Europe.
His reference artists and his influences are:
Whitney Houston, Liza Minnelli, Dalida, Barbra Streisand, Edith Piaf, Nicole Croisille, Ginette Reno.Mais also: Maria Callas, Julia Miguenes-Johnson - American Musical Comedies.
She has a lot of memories during her concerts with big stars:
- His meeting with Gilbert Montagné who after his staging predicted a great future in the song ...
- An improvised duet of some titles with Lara Fabian in the heart of L'ilot Sacré in Brussels.
- The encouragement of Gloria Gaynor in the studios of RTL-TVI Brussels.
-The meeting of the following artists: RJ Gibb (son of Robin Gibb), Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet), Rejane Magloire (Technotronics), Olga de Souza (Corona), The Rare Birds, Ten Sharp, Leee John (Imagination), Earth , Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, Maitre Gims, Kendji Girac, Uncapped, Europe, Patrick Fiori, Roland Magdane, Keen V, Jenifer, Patrick Sebastian, Gerard Lenorman, Jean-Pierre Savelli (Peter & Sloane), The Chocolat's, Fred Blondin, Amy Stewart, Luz Casal, Liz Mac Comb, Stacey King, Martin Fontaine (Elvis Story), Bobby Kimbal (Toto), Samantha Fox, Tony Carreira, Philippe Lavil, Jean Patrick Capdevielle, Francois Feldman, Ottawan, and many more others ...
Discography:
The 2 singles 4 tracks "But I live", "I'll be there" and the single 2 tracks "Between you and you" from his first album "Between the sky and water" and the single 2 titles "Feline" are available on all legal download platforms as well as on its official website: www.cathyvarna.com.
Discover his single "In the ink of love" and "without the smells of incense" on an electro music, broadcast on many French and international radio stations
(More than 120 radios and No. 1 in Mexico for example) ...
Without forgetting, the video and the single 2titles "la vita loca" realized with a prod. Belgian.
And also, his single 2 titles in French version "Je suis en danger" and English version "I know a stranger" recorded in London at the Red Bus Recording Studio produced and edited by Mr Eliot M Cohen (Sound & Vision Management / AMI -Sony ATV).
The single Gypsie-Oriental "In the Hereafter" whose clip directed by John Farber
today reaches nearly 159,000 views on youtube.
The single "The Hidalgo" she wrote and composed in honor of
Michel Hidalgo, Monument of the World of Football at the request of his friend the artist
Painter Adélia Martins and she officially presented on May 13, 2016 in
Nice Airport during the exhibition of the paintings D'Adélia Martins under the presence of Mr
Michel Hidalgo himself.
A first literary opus "poetry, it is sung ..." collection of poetry containing all the texts of his songs, written with his
http://www.cathyvarna.com/en/category/news-news/
Cathy Varna at U N E S C O - United Nations. June 24 · Paris, Ile-de-France ·
What pride and honor to have received this Friday, June 23 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris the silver medal of the great humanitarian prize of France which has been awarded to us for all our works (song texts, compositions musical, literary works "poetry is singing" and our various humanitarian actions (concerts, donations etc ...) ... we are very moved by this beautiful recognition, a huge thank you to our godfather Richard Marty de Malans and Lucy Calderon
Cathy Varna
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Marcy Requist
Marcy Requist is a singer/songwriter/pianist/voice talent from Iowa. She grew up on a farm in Red Oak, Iowa, the only child of Marvin and Barbara Requist. Her parent’s love of music had a very important influence early in her life. She remembers her father singing, records playing on the console cabinet stereo, and her mom’s guitar as her first memorable sounds. Marcy’s grandmothers also played a vital role in her appreciation for music. Her maternal grandmother had sung and played the guitar in a band, and her paternal grandmother was a pianist who saved money for Marcy to buy her first piano at the age of 6. It’s a Wurlitzer, and to this day is the only piano she has ever owned, and where she does most of her writing.
Marcy’s Songwriting
Marcy’s interest in writing began as a child when she would write for her friends and family. The first song she wrote was called “Rainbow’s End”, and was written for a friend’s installation as Worthy Advisor in The International Order of Rainbow for Girls (a Masonic organization). At her own high school graduation ceremony, she performed a song she had written called “One Last Goodbye”. She also sang it for the 50 other candidates while Miss Iowa USA. (It was the last night of the contestants being together at the Miss USA pageant.)
In 1993, Marcy wrote “Christmas Eve 1973” for a very specific reason. Her paternal grandmother was living with Alzheimer’s and had lost most of her family memories. This sad reality inspired Marcy to write a kind of “Christmas Carol of Remembrance” to remind her grandma of the special times the family had spent at their home in the country.
She was hoping the intimate details of the “snapshots” she held in her mind and transcribed into lyrics, would inspire her grandma to remember what that Christmas scene looked like. Marcy titled it “Christmas Eve 1973” because she remembers that year as a kind of charmed moment. Everyone was gathered together, healthy and safe. On the day before her grandmother’s passing, Marcy stood by her bedside. She thanked her for the many years of delicious baking, her most cherished piano, and for making every Christmas Eve so special.
Then she told her grandma about the song she had written on that piano dedicated to those enchanted Christmas Eves and sang a few of the lines from the song to her. Most would say that under the medical circumstances, there was little chance her grandma was able to understand. But Marcy would tell you that the look in her Grandma’s eyes proved otherwise. Music was a gift her Grandma had given her, and it was what they shared the last time they were together.
She was hoping the intimate details of the “snapshots” she held in her mind and transcribed into lyrics, would inspire her grandma to remember what that Christmas scene looked like. Marcy titled it “Christmas Eve 1973” because she remembers that year as a kind of charmed moment. Everyone was gathered together, healthy and safe. On the day before her grandmother’s passing, Marcy stood by her bedside. She thanked her for the many years of delicious baking, her most cherished piano, and for making every Christmas Eve so special.
Then she told her grandma about the song she had written on that piano dedicated to those enchanted Christmas Eves and sang a few of the lines from the song to her. Most would say that under the medical circumstances, there was little chance her grandma was able to understand. But Marcy would tell you that the look in her Grandma’s eyes proved otherwise. Music was a gift her Grandma had given her, and it was what they shared the last time they were together.
During the years that Marcy stayed home to raise her three children (even though she loved her role of “Mommy”), there was little time to sit down at the piano, so writing took a long hiatus. But, she kept her song ideas collected in a box, and promised herself when the time was right she would return to doing what she had always wanted to do.
Unable to find a magic permission slip that granted her the right to do what she loved, she decided to take a chance anyway. She hoped she could find a “spare room” in her life that would give her the space to work on the things she had been “leaving off the list”. This room ended up being a cold, unfinished basement, but it worked. With only an old yellow lab named Bo at her side, she sat down at the piano and opened the long-awaited door of creativity.
That brings us to today, and a few more chances are taken. There were doors opened (and closed), and places found to work that supported her visions. People came into (and out of) her life who would either embrace her passion for music – and join her in sharing it with others, or turn from what they didn’t understand, and run from what threatened them.
Life is happening all around her and now she is grateful for the chance to turn her ideas into songs on her piano, and not just ideas hidden in a box.
Marcy’s Singing
As a child, Marcy became fond of the human voice while being rocked to sleep by the sweet, soothing melodies of her mother’s beautiful voice, and hearing the deep, rich voice of her father singing along with Jim Reeves records. Lucky to be from an extended musical family, Marcy gained a deep appreciation for song phasing and lyric interpretation from the gorgeous, velvety voice of her Aunt Kathy. With her cousins, Marcy spent many hours around the piano, and in front of the record player practicing and planning “shows” that were graciously attended by other members of the family.
Marcy’s love of singing in a group began as a child in the First Baptist Church choir in Red Oak, Iowa. She remembers her Junior Choir Director, Mrs. Ruth Stevens, telling the kids to “sing like you mean it because you know you DO!” In grade school, she was encouraged to sing and play the piano alone in front of her classmates by her chorus teacher Mrs. Marlys Conrad. This was very helpful in learning to combat stage-fright at an early age. And, from the distinguished leadership of her first band director, Mr. Richard Simpson, she learned how to respect the music, and give rehearsing the dedication it deserved for the best results.
In Jr. High, Marcy met the man who would have the greatest influence on her love of music performance when she became a student of Mr. Larry Mannasmith. He guided Marcy through auditions and contests, directed her in musicals, coached her on singing techniques, and spent countless hours with her and her best friends in school around the baby grand piano in his chorus room singing, and sharing stories. During her pageant years, Larry and his wife Rhonda were a constant source of support.
In 1989, Marcy was able to share her love of music as she traveled as “Miss Iowa USA”. She often sang the National Anthem and performed at a variety of community events and occasions.
Marcy has also sung for a host of charities and fundraisers over the years. Some of these include Children’s Hospital Omaha, Child Saving Institute, Make-A- Wish, American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, Joslyn Art Museum, The Salvation Army, American Heart Association, etc.
It is an honor for Marcy whenever she is invited to be a part of a milestone event in a family. It always amazes her how just the right song choice can mean so much. Whether it’s the union of two hearts through marriage, or bidding a sad farewell to someone gone too soon, she finds music to have incredible powers. It’s either the perfect accompaniment for a celebration, or warm embrace of comfort when saying “goodbye”.
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