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Dantès Dai Liang live, Lyon, France, 2009
Christophe Hisquin (also known as Dantès, or Dai Liang 戴亮 in mandarin Chinese) is a French singer-songwriter. He is also a trilingual host (french, chinese, english) and a writer.
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Biography
Dantès is an intercultural artist who intertwines Chinese language, the French way of thinking and pop rock.[1] Dantès' LP, One of a Kind, allowed the French singer to be invited several times to the most prestigious and popular TV shows in China.[2]
In 2006 he released a double album entitled Parfums d’extrêmes or Wo jide ni 我记得你 in mandarin Chinese.[3] The same year, the album is distributed in China. In 2007 Dantès is signed and distributed by Jiesheng Record Company.[4]
The Chinese media readily welcomed the professional sinologist.[5] Since 2006 several media considers Dantès as the first foreigner who writes and sings is own songs in Chinese.[6][7]
In April and May 2007, various press conferences were organized for Dantès in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the artist was even mentioned during the television news.[8]
Furthermore, in January 2007 Dantès is interviewed by the famous host Yi Wen during the Zui ai K ge bang 最爱K歌榜 program in Shanghai Love Radio. Suzhou, Hangzhou and the French Radio of Beijing (RCI) organized long interviews (over an hour each) of Dantès.[9]
In the year 2008 Dantès is invited by the French Television France 3 to talk about his experience and cutural matters.[10] French medias start to focus on Dantès work. At the end of the year, Dantès completes his PhD about the Music Industry in China at the Lyon Jean Moulin University.[11]
In 2009 Dantès releases Dailiang with the Chinese record company Jiesheng. This is his second Chinese-french album. Dantès includes traditional Chinese music aspects to his pop rock tunes: dizi flute, erhu violin, Beijing Opera.[12] The album is distributed the same year in France with the Mosaic music label.[13] Dantès is often invited to perform at the International Channel of Shanghai ICS.[14] He also becomes a host at the Channel Young, a Chinese TV Channel. The same year Dragon TV broadcasts Xia you Dailiang, a Dantès cover story.[15] At the end of 2009 Dantès also organizes a concert in France and will be interviewed by the French médias.[16]
In 2010 Dantès releases Shanghai (single) and Franc Péret shoots a MTV of it.[17] The single (two versions, a French-chinese one, and a Chinese one) is recorded at Ulys Music Shanghai by the music producer Ulys who worked with the greatest names of the electro music scene.
The same year, Dantès is invited by the French Consulate to perform during the first Shanghai French Music Festival (Fête de la musique) and is promoted as the French man who writes and sings in Chinese. Dantès is interviewed by french journalists who came to cover the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Dantès stands as an ambassador of french culture toward Chinese people along as french politician Jack Lang. Numerous Chinese journalists interview the singer. One of the most complete interview is the one gave at the Shanghai Expo Site CCTV Studio.[18] Chinese media considers Dantès as a cultural ambassador of the city of Lyon.
In June and July 2010 Dantès performs more than twenty concerts in Shanghai, from the very famous Shanghai Music Hall to the French Week and the Shanghai French Music Festival.
Discography
- 2006 : Parfums d’extrêmes 我记得你 (China, Zhongguo kexue)
- 2007 : Parfums d’extrêmes 我记得你 (China, Jiesheng)
- 2009 : Dailiang 下有戴亮 (China, Jiesheng)
- 2010 : Shanghai (single) (Ulys Music)
Books
- 2008 : The Music Industry in China at the beginning of the 21st century, Phd Thesis, University Jean-Moulin Lyon 3
- 2010 : The Music Industry in China at the beginning of the 21st century, Editions Universitaires Européennes, 264 p.
Video Clips
- 2010 : Shanghai (single), shot and directed by Franc Péret
Filmography
- 2006 : Tomorrow I am not a Lamb 明天我不是羔羊 (soap opera) : John
References
- ^ , Dantès 戴亮, The First French Pop Rock Singer Who Writes and Sings His Own Songs in Mandarin Chinese , Chine Informations, 2007
- ^ , Unplugged Performance of the song In 2000 I came to China, CCTV3, February 2007
- ^ , A French Man in the Way of Becoming a Rock Star in China, Radio 86 BFM, May 25, 2008
- ^ , Dantès CD on sale on Amazon with Jiesheng Record Company labeling
- ^ , The Music Industry in China at the beginning of the XXIst Century, Lyon 3 Jean Moulin University, 2008
- ^ , Dailiang : A French Man Who Writes Chinese Songs, Sina Suzhou News Center Agency, April 6, 2007
- ^ , Paradise is in Heavens, Dailiang is on Earth : the French Man who sings Chinese Songs, Zhejiang News Agency ,April 25, 2007
- ^ Suzhou News, http://www.dantesdailiang.com/MediaCN.asp
- ^ http://www.dantesdailiang.com/MediaCN.asp
- ^ , It's Better in the Morning Tv Show, November 8, 2008
- ^ , Thesis soutenance, Christophe Hisquin, October 28, 2008
- ^ , Dailiang, the New Chinese-french Album of Dantès, May 18, 2009
- ^ , Dantès Dailiang : Dailiang, February 2009
- ^ Shanghai Quest, www.utube.com,
- ^ Dantès is on the Earth, www.utube.com
- ^ www.dailymotion
- ^ Dantès – Shanghai, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_SAGw2H4Xo, December 2010
- ^ When Music meets Expo : Exclusive Interview with French Singer Dantès, CCTV.com, July 2010
External links
- Official Site of Zhongguo kexue Recording Company
- ecrit-interprete-chinois-mandarin_1663.html Biography and Titles
- Official Trilingual Site of Dantès
- Dantès at the CCTV3
- http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/bn/2007-03-30/16319257.html
- Press Conference in Suzhou
- Interview by the city of Hangzhou
- http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/2006-02-27/1002998389.html Name list of the main actors of the soap Tomorrow I am not a Lamb
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