Biography
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Vent D'Est
Effective period / Period of releases: 1964
Members: Chorale À Cœur Joie Vincennes-Fontenay, Claude Boulicot, Jean Boulicot, Chorale "A Cœur Joie" De Nogent - Le Perreux
Created in 1961 by Michel Giraud, this choir belongs to the movement À Coeur Joie since 1966.Vent d'Est is an association of 2 choirs: Chorale "A Cœur Joie" De Nogent - Le Perreux & Chorale À Cœur Joie Vincennes-Fontenay
Key dates:
1963: first record released
1964: win the "Concours de l'Ange d'Or des Chorales de France" with Chorale À Cœur Joie Vincennes-Fontenay. Affiliation to the À Coeur Joie movement
1966: twinning with the "Cécilia" choir from Siegsburg, Westphalia, Germany.
1967: release of L'Amour Et Paris. Travels to Canada and the USA.
1968: Claude Boulicot becomes choir master.
1971: travel to Scandinavia, numerous concerts, live show at the Danish radio.
1973: featured in the French radio show "Les Musiciens du Soir ".
1974: twinning with the "Eintracht" choir from Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany.
1976: beginning of a long collaboration with the South-American group Los Calchakis.
1977: Sing Faure's Requiem at La Sainte Chapelle, with harpist Lily Laskine.
1979: travel to Eastern Europe, numerous concerts, live show at the Polish radio.
1980: inauguration of "Centre Culturel du Perreux", series of concerts at La Sainte Chapelle in Paris, singing Mozart's Coronation Mass.