Became the star of the chanson of the 90s. Her fame was deafening, and her personal life was filled with events and novels.
The famous singer was born on December 5, 1966. The biography of Patricia Kaas begins in the small town of Forbach, on the border of France and Germany. She was the sixth child in the family. Patricia's parents were infinitely in love with each other, so her daughter grew up in love and care.
An unusual and beautiful name for the girl was chosen by her mother (Irmgard). She was an avid fan of actress Grace Patricia Kelly. Even before the birth of her daughter, Irmgard decided that if there was a girl, she would be called Patricia.
The daughter did not look like a famous actress. The character and appearance of the boy distinguished her from her peers. The main hobby of the girl was singing. Irmgard was very happy with her daughter's talent, believing in her bright and successful future.
Irmgard Kaas found out about the city competition of young talents by chance, and immediately got the idea to put her daughter on the list of participants. Several weeks flew by unnoticed. All the days the girls were busy with rehearsals. The noisy family tried not to interfere with the young singer, her relatives supported her in her desire to win. The family was worried and nervous, only Patricia remained imperturbable. Before the competition, she told her mother that she was sure of victory and that the whole struggle was not in vain.
The competition was held in its own way. Teenagers sang, danced and showed competitions. Everything changed when a 10-year-old girl appeared on the scene in boyish trousers and a huge hat. She performed a popular song, and the audience was captivated by her talent. The young talent itself, not paying attention to the reaction of the public, rushed into the arms of his mother backstage.
After everyone knew about the girl's talent, she was invited to perform. Repeatedly she sang at the beer festival, at city events and in cafes. Young Patricia did not like this kind of work. She saw that the audience was not interested in her talent, singing was only the background of the events. She became the main earner in the family, and soon the girl had to leave school.
When Patricia Kaas was 13 years old, a German band came to her hometown on tour. Seeing the performance of the young talent, the musicians were amazed by her voice and talent. They offered the girl to sign a contract for several performances. The girl did not doubt for a minute, so she was tired of singing at the events of her native city. The trip with the group became a springboard for further progress, and Patricia understood this.
Soon the girl was brought together by fate with a producer who accidentally heard her performance in a club. She performed the famous single by Liza Minnelli, and no worse than the famous performer. He immediately offered her cooperation.
The creative biography of Patricia Kaas developed rapidly, and at the age of 19 the singer recorded her first song. She received the name "Jealous". A well-known actor helped to record it. Despite the magnificent voice and performance, Patricia's "Jealous" did not bring fame.
How did the biography of Patricia Kaas develop further? Success came to her after a tragic event in her life. The mother of a young singer died of cancer. The girl was very worried, but decided to succeed in memory of her.
During this period, the singer's second single, entitled "Mademoiselle Sings the Blues", was released. It became a hit, and everyone is finally talking about Patricia. She becomes popular.
Desperate, the girl decided to drown out the insult and disappointment by fast riding a motorcycle. In the company of their faithful admirer Christoph, they rushed along the track. The risk did not justify itself, and the young people had an accident. Christoph was badly hurt, and Patricia broke her nose and was forced to undergo plastic surgery.
After leaving the hospital, the girl decided to change her life. She terminated the contract with the producer who rejected her love. Bernard tried for a long time to persuade Patricia to change her mind, but she wanted revenge. After the collaboration with Kaas ended, Schwartz went bankrupt and was forced to do a completely different thing, far from the stars and their lives. The main thing for the singer was a career, and it was in creativity that she plunged headlong.
The French singer Patricia Kaas, whose biography began very modestly, soon buys a house in the most popular area of Paris. The most famous and wealthy residents of the city lived here. The changes also affected the appearance of the singer. She outgrew the image of a teenage boy and decided to finally become a woman. Transforming her appearance, Patricia became a symbol of femininity for men of that time. Not a single fan could take his eyes off her.
Patricia Kaas, whose songs sounded at every step, enjoyed the success surrounding her. Her discs became platinum, only in the personal life of the singer it was still empty.
One fine evening, a concert by Patricia Kaas decided to visit Alain Delon. He has long been intrigued by stories about a wonderful beauty with a beautiful voice, but the reality has surpassed all expectations. He fell in love at first sight and immediately invited the singer to dinner. Patricia was very pleased with the attention of such a famous handsome man. Their romance quickly took off. The singer did not count on a long-term relationship, trying to enjoy the moment. The glory of the young Don Juan followed Delon on his heels. Despite this, their relationship continued. The only stumbling block was the folly of Delon, who by all means sought to prove his feelings to his beloved.
The decisive moment came during the television show "The Evening of Patricia Kaas", hosted by Alain Delon. Right during the broadcast, he confessed his love to the singer all over the country, despite the fact that he was officially in a relationship with a famous model who was expecting a child from him. Fearing a scandal around her person and a shadow that could fall on her reputation, Patricia Kaas (photo above) decides to end the relationship. She does not accept Delon's attentions, refuses to meet him ...
Her new album, entitled "I call you on you ...", is coming out soon. So she put the last point in their romance. The couple had a hard time breaking up, but Kaas' decision was irrevocable.
Patricia Kaas plunges into creativity. During this period, a series of concerts take place in the main hall of Paris. Before the release of the star, the talented composer Philip Bergman was supposed to perform.
The couple met backstage. It happened randomly and simply. After the concert, they went for a walk and did not leave each other for two weeks. Philip had to leave, then to return forever to his beloved woman. He abandoned absolutely everything that surrounded him in Belgium, abandoned his work and became the producer of Patricia. They became inseparable. Bergman was able to understand the nature of Kaas and give her what she lacked so much. He filled the spiritual emptiness of the singer and became her closest person after the death of her mother. Their relationship developed rapidly, and Bergman dreamed of children and a family, and the singer kept postponing this moment. Patricia Kaas, whose children were of little concern, saw her meaning of life in her career. One fine day, Philip Bergman realized that Patricia would never trade a career for a family, and left her.
However, the love story did not end so easily. Philip Bergman lost a lot by moving to Paris. He no longer pursued his career, immersed in the life of Patricia. At the time of their breakup, he did not have a steady income to maintain the lifestyle he had become accustomed to. The man decided to sue for the division of property that belonged to Kaas. After the incident, the singer is again disappointed in love and in men.
During this relationship, an English-language album, Black Coffee, was recorded but never released. More successful were the albums Dans ma chair and Let mode passe.
In 2012, the heroine of our article publishes an autobiographical book. Patricia Kaas, whose brief biography was known to many, this time told everything about herself. She candidly talks about her work, success, novels and disappointments.
Here the singer admits that she cannot have children. She was in love many times and became pregnant several times, but each time the event took her by surprise, and it all ended in an abortion. As a result, the doctors said that she would never be able to have children.
Patricia Kaas managed to try herself as an actress, starring in Claudy Lelouch's film "And now ... ladies and gentlemen." This picture did not bring success to the singer. During the filming of the film, Kaas had an affair with a partner in the picture, but the relationship did not go further. Jeremy Irons was married, had children and did not want to lose everything for the sake of a new affair.
Patricia Kaas, whose personal life never worked out, celebrated her 50th birthday this year.
As the singer herself admits, it is difficult for her in a relationship. In the presence of a difficult character, it is always difficult for a woman to find a common language with a partner. Kaas is used to being on her own, and she decides questions on her own, even about whether to be a couple together or not. “Men don’t like it,” she admitted in an interview.
Kaas has many friends, among whom there are supporters of same-sex love. This caused rumors that the singer prefers women. In her interview, Patricia Kaas neither confirmed nor denied this statement. "Let the legend live and die," she said.
The creative biography of Patricia Kaas developed rapidly. To this day, she is still alone. Her evenings are brightened up by a faithful friend - a snow-white lap dog Tequila, which the director gave to the singer. The singer adores and pampers her faithful little friend. During the tour, she even orders a separate number for Tequila.
Patricia Kaas (fr. Patricia Kaas). She was born on December 5, 1966 in Forbach, Moselle department, France. French pop singer, actress. Representative of France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 (8th place).
Father - Joseph (Joseph) Kaas, a Germano-Taringian with French citizenship, a miner.
Mother - Irmgard, a German from the Saarland.
Has five brothers and one sister.
Kaas grew up in Stieren-Wandel, between Vorbach and Saarbrücken. Until the age of six, she spoke only the German dialect Platt (Saarländischer Dialekt). Kaas's Franco-German ancestry was the reason for her ongoing interest in improving relations between the two countries.
From an early age, her mother encouraged Patricia's passion for singing. At the age of eight, she was already singing songs by Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, Claude Francois and Mireille Mathieu, as well as English-language songs such as "New York, New York". The first big success came to her when she received a prize in a song contest.
From an early age, Patricia sang with her characteristic "hoarse" voice, which would then be compared with the voice and.
Patricia Kaas took her first step into the professional music business at the age of 13 when, with the help of her brother Egon, she signed with the Saarbrücken club Rumpelkammer. She took on the pseudonym "Pady Pax".
In her youth, she experienced a difficult drama: she buried her mother and father, whom she loved very much. Patricia later said: “This is the saddest moment in my life. But time goes by, everything passes. One day I realized that I had been in mourning for my parents for too long, I was running away from a sense of loss. I didn’t just keep my mother’s wedding ring - I wore it on my hand. This the gesture personified my connection with her. It was only years later that I decided to take it off." Mother died of cancer. A teddy bear - a gift from Kaas to his mother - today accompanies Kaas everywhere as a talisman.
At the age of 16, the girl accepted an invitation from a modeling agency in Metz. Kaas makes the first attempts to break into the music business, which, however, lead to nothing: the producers believed that the world did not need a second one.
However, finally, the producer was found - it was the architect Bernard Schwotz. It is he who will lead Patricia Kaas to her first great successes. In 1985, 19-year-old Kaas found a sponsor in French actor Gerard Depardieu. He noticed the singer in the Saarbrücken "Rumpelkammer", and introduced her to songwriter François Bernheim. Bernheim worked with her and, convinced of her talent, recommended Depardieu to sponsor her.
Gerard Depardieu sponsored Kaas' first single "Jalouse" (Russian for "Jealous"), the lyrics to which were written by Bernheim and Depardieu's wife Elisabeth. The single was released by EMI but was a flop. Nevertheless, working with Depardieu was one of the most important events in the beginning of Kaas' artistic career.
After the release of "Jalouse", French composer and poet Didier Barbelivien became Kaas' new songwriter. His song "Mademoiselle chante le blues" (literally: "Mademoiselle sings the blues") became the singer's first major hit. The recording was released by Polydor in December 1987. The song took 14th place in the French hit parade.
The following year Kaas released his second single, "D'Allemagne" (literally: "From Germany"). The words were written by Barbelivien and Burnham.
On January 18, 1988, Kaas' first album was released. "Mademoiselle chante le blues". The album peaked at number 2 on the French Albums Chart and stayed there for two months, staying in the Top 10 for 64 weeks and being in the Top 100 for 118 weeks. Shortly after the release of the album, in France it was recognized as "gold" (more than 100,000 copies sold), and three months later it was declared "platinum" (more than 350,000 copies). The album was also certified platinum in Belgium and Switzerland, and gold in Canada. Over 3 million copies have been sold worldwide. Mademoiselle chante le blues. In the same year, Kaas won the most important music award in France in the Discovery of the Year category at the annual Victoire de la Musique ceremony.
Patricia Kaas
In 1990, Kaas began her first world tour, which lasted 16 months. In 12 countries, she gave 196 concerts for the public with a total of 750,000 spectators. Kaas' week-long concerts were held at Olympia and Zenith, prestigious Parisian concert halls. Tickets were sold out four months before the start of performances. Kaas also held successful concerts in New York and Washington, USA. By the end of the tour, "Mademoiselle chante le blues" had sold 1 million copies in France alone and received "diamond" status.
At the same time, Patricia Kaas was awarded the Golden Europa - one of the most significant music awards in Germany.
In 1990, the singer refused the services of the Polydor record company, choosing another - CBS Records. Cyril Prieur and Richard Walter, from the Parisian firm Talent Sorcier, replaced Bernard Schwotz as Kaas' manager. Prieur and Walter made a significant contribution to the success of the singer. Kaas even referred to them as "her family".
With a new record company, in 1990 she created the album "Scène de vie" (literally: "Picture of Life"). The songs reached the top of the French hit parade and stayed there for 10 weeks. This album repeated the success of "Mademoiselle chante le blues", becoming "diamond". On the song "Kennedy Rose" Kaas again worked with Elisabeth Depardieu and Francois Burnheim. The song was dedicated to Rose Kennedy, mother of the American President.
While touring with "Scène de vie", the singer gave 210 concerts in front of 650,000 spectators in 13 countries such as Japan, Canada and the USSR, where she sang in Moscow and Leningrad. At the end of 1991, her first live album "Carnet de scène" (Russian: "Stage diary") was released, which became very popular not only among her fans.
In 1991, Kaas received two more internationally renowned awards - the World Music Awards and "Bambi". The following year, at the ECHO competition held in Cologne, she took 3rd place in the nomination "Best International Singer". At the same time, she competed with such famous performers as Cher (won first place), Tina Turner, Madonna and Whitney Houston.
Kaas' album Je te dis vous, released in 1993, was another major achievement on the international music scene. It has sold about 3 million copies in 47 countries. In the US and UK, the album was released under the name "Tour de charme". Kaas' first song on the album was the German-language song "Ganz und gar", written by the German poet Marius Müller-Westernhagen. The album also included three songs in English, including a cover of James Brown's "It's A Man's World". British rock musician Chris Rea accompanies Kaas on guitar on "Out Of The Rain" and "Ceux qui n'ont rien".
"Je te dis vous" is still considered Kaas' most successful album in the German-speaking world, spending 36 weeks in the top 100 of the German hit parade.
On her next world tour, Kaas visited 19 countries. She became the first Western singer to come to Hanoi (Vietnam) after the Vietnam War. During this tour, Kaas gave a concert to raise funds for the victims of the Chernobyl accident.
Patricia Kaas
In the mid-1990s, the album "Black Coffee" was recorded, a real mystery in Kaas's career. In 1995, it was decided to create an album for the American market that would contain only English lyrics, but it was never officially sold. The album's title track is a cover version of a Billie Holiday song. With the same title, in 1997 it was included in the demo compilation "Jazz à Saint-Germain".
In 1997, the album "Dans ma chair" (Russian: "In my flesh") was released.
In December 1998, Kaas sang with tenors Placido Domingo and Alejandro Fernandez at the Vienna City Hall, in Austria. They were accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1999, Patricia recorded another solo album called Le mot de passe, produced by Pascal Obispo. The album also includes two compositions by Jean-Jacques Goldmann entitled "Une fille de l'Est" and "Quand les chansons commencent".
In the summer of 1999, Patricia takes part in the Michael Jackson charity concert program in Seoul and Munich. In addition to Kaas, other well-known artists also took part in the concerts, including Mariah Carey and Status Quo.
In the fall of 1999, Patricia Kaas became the third in the Marianne competition, which determines the national symbol of France. She was outstripped only by the famous top models Laetitia Casta (first) and Estelle Haliday (second). According to the results of this competition, Kaas was recognized not only as the best singer in France, but also as the most attractive among them.
In June 2001, Kaas released the Best of the Best disc, which included the new song Rien ne s "arrete, as well as her most famous and best compositions.
In September 2001, Kaas takes part in Claude Lelouch's film "And now, ladies and gentlemen ...", with the famous English actor Jeremy Irons. Patricia got the main role - the mysterious singer Jane, who comes to Morocco to perform at a prestigious resort hotel, where she finds her love.
In January 2002, Patricia starts recording her 6th solo album "Piano-Bar". For the first time in his career, Kaas is recording an album in English. The first single titled "If you go away" was released in early October 2002, and the album itself on December 4, 2002. The success of the album was also facilitated by the release of the picture "And now, ladies and gentlemen ..." in cinemas in France and around the world.
In early December 2003, Kaas released their 7th studio album Sexe Fort (Strong Sex). In this disc, Kaas radically changes his style of performance, making it more solid, with elements of rock. In July 2004, Kaas embarked on his new tour "Toute la musique". After the tour ended, Kaas announced a two-year hiatus.
In early February 2008, Patricia released the first Russian-language duet "You won't call" together with the famous Russian group UMA2RMAN. The single topped the national charts in Russia in 2 weeks and stayed in the top five for a long time.
In November 2008, a new, long-awaited album "Kabaret" is released in Russia. The name of the album "Kabaret" is misspelled (in French, the word "Cabaret" is spelled through "C" - "Cabaret"). The initial "K" is a slight allusion to "Kaas".
February 26-27, 2010 Patricia Kaas performed in Moscow with Russian artists in the State Concert Hall of the Kremlin. The concert was recorded by the 1st channel of Russian TV and was broadcast on March 8, 2010.
In 2009, Patricia Kaas represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest. The final was held on May 16, 2009 in Moscow. According to Kaas, the leadership of the French channel France 2 itself asked the singer to perform at this well-known competition. Patricia performed the song "Et s`il fallait le faire" from her new CD "Kabaret". With 107 points in the voting, Patricia Kaas took 8th place, becoming the best representative of France at that time.
In 2016, she released the album Patricia Kaas.
She was the face of the L'Etoile cosmetics company, signing a contract in March 2008 and advertising products until the end of 2013. She starred in an advertisement for Lipton tea, which was released on television at the end of summer 2009.
Patricia Kaas Height: 165 centimeters.
Personal life of Patricia Kaas:
Even in her youth, doctors diagnosed her with infertility, so she knew that she would not be able to have children. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Patricia did not marry.
She was credited with an affair with her manager, Cyril Priyère, who always accompanied her to concerts. However, she herself said: "Cyril is my best friend, he helps me a lot. But we do not have a romance, Cyril has her own life."
There were rumors of an affair with, however, according to Kaas, he was the sponsor of her first song, no more: "He is a partner, there was nothing between us."
At one time she loved very much, but refused to marry him. "With Delon ... He is like a father, but at the same time a lover, although he did not become one in the full sense of the word. There was so much love and tenderness between us! And this is more important than being his hundred and first wife or woman. I, of course , I don’t want to offend those great women who appeared in Alain’s life, but we have our own story with him. It was a game of a seducer. I loved him, but didn’t go further. Even despite the fact that all my friends told me: “You got off crazy!". You see, I'm from a miner's family, and to find myself in front of a great actor, the great Alain Delon ... Or maybe it's all about my character, which I inherited from my dad. He worked at great depths and drew strength from the earth. In general, the daughter of her father found the strength to say “no” to Delon.
She was in a relationship with the Belgian composer Philippe Bergman. They planned to get married, but the marriage never came to fruition. When parting, he claimed the property of Kaas, which was a real shock for her.
The singer also had a long-term relationship with chef Yannick Alleno, but they did not grow into marriage.
Lives in Paris. Kaas said: “My Parisian apartment is my refuge. She furnished and decorated it herself. People who know me and visit the house say that it looks like me. On the one hand, everything is designed in a modern style, very neutral in color, on the other hand, there are baroque elements, some interior details are made of crystal."
Filmography of Patricia Kaas :
2002 - And now, ladies and gentlemen ... (And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen ...) - Jane Lester
2012 - Killed (Assassine)
Discography of Patricia Kaas:
1987 - Mademoiselle Chante...
1990 - Scene de vie
1993 - Je te dis vous
1997 - Dans ma chair
1999 - Le mot de passe
2002 - Piano Bar
2003 - Sexe fort
2008 - Kabaret
2009 - 19 (The best of)
2012 - Kaas Chante Piaf
2016 - Patricia Kaas
From an early age, Patricia was fond of music and singing. Already at the age of nine, she performed as part of the Black Flowers group (Black Flowers) on dance floors in local clubs and at festivals. At the age of 13, Patricia signed a contract with the cabaret club Rumpelkammer in the German city of Saarbrücken and performed there every Saturday for seven years under the pseudonym "Pady Pax".
Her fees became the main source of income for a large family. In addition to performing in clubs, from the age of 16, Patricia began working in a modeling agency in the city of Metz in northeastern France. So her childhood ended very quickly.
In 1987, Patricia Kaas signed a recording contract with PolyGram Records. In the same year, the famous single Mademoiselle chante le blues ("Mademoiselle sings the blues") was released, the author of the text of the song was the French poet and composer Didier Barbelivien. The song took 14th place in the French hit parade and was sold in the amount of about four hundred thousand copies. On her birthday, December 5, 1987, Patricia Kaas performed on the stage of the Parisian Olympia - the most prestigious hall in France.
UMA2RMAH & Patricia Kaas - You Won't Call
In April 1990, Kaas changed her record label to CBS Records and released her second album Scène de vie. The songs of this album were on the top lines of the hit parade for ten weeks. After the release of the album, the singer went on tour, visited 13 countries and gave 210 concerts. She became one of the most popular performers in the world. In 1991, the singer received the world famous music awards World Music Awards and "Bambi".
April 1993 saw the release of their third album, Je te dis vous, which was recorded at London's Eel Pie Studio with renowned producer Robin Miller. "Je te dis vous" is considered the most successful album of the singer, it was sold in the amount of two million copies. On tour with this album, the singer gave 150 concerts in 19 countries.
The fourth album was "Dans ma chair" ("Inside me") in 1997, recorded in New York with famous American producer Phil Ramone. The album includes 50 songs by different authors. The singer dedicated it to her parents. The circulation of this album was 750,000 copies. After its release, Kaas went on another tour of 23 countries, during which she gave 120 concerts.
In 1999, Patricia released another album, Le mot de passe, created under the direction of producer Pascal Obispo. In November of the same year, the singer again went on a world tour.
In 2002, Patricia Kaas made her acting debut in Claude Lelouch's And Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, in which she played the female lead, Jane Lester. Patricia recorded the soundtrack "Piano Bar" for this film, and an album with the same name was subsequently released. In 2003, the singer went on tour in Europe, Scandinavia, Finland, Canada, USA, Russia and Japan. Two concerts were held at the Theater Royal, Covent Garden, London.
On December 1, 2003, the album "Sexe Fort" ("The Stronger Sex") was released. In it, Patricia radically changed her performance style to a more solid one, with elements of rock. In June 2004, the next tour of the singer began, which lasted until October 2005 and covered 25 countries. At the end of the tour, Patricia announced that she intended to take a two-year break.
Patricia Kaass Les Hommes Qui Passent.
In the summer of 2007, Patricia began work on a new album, Kabaret, and in February 2008, she recorded her first Russian-language song, Don't Call, in a duet with the famous Russian band UMA2RMAN. This song has been on the top lines of the Russian charts for a long time. In November, work on the album "Kabaret" was completed. The name is spelled with an error not by chance (in French it is written "Sabaret"), the letter "K" is a hint of the surname Kaas. In support of the album, Patricia gave concerts in Moscow and Khabarovsk, as well as in 11 different countries. In the same period, the singer participated in the advertising campaign of L'Etoile, the largest chain of perfumery and cosmetics stores in Russia, becoming her "face".
In May 2009, Patricia Kaas performed at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, representing her native country, France. She performed the song "Et s`il fallait le faire" from the new album "Kabaret". During the voting, she scored 107 points and took 8th place. On February 26 and 27, Kaas performed in Moscow, at the State Concert Hall of the Kremlin, along with other Russian performers.
The latest album to date, "Kaas chante Piaf" (Kaas sings Piaf), was released on November 5, 2012. On December 6, 2012, Patricia performed with the program of this album in Moscow, at the Operetta Theater, and on December 9, at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Kiev.
In 2012, Kaas played the title role in the film directed by Thierry Binisti "Assassine" ("Murdered"). The singer often visits Russia and gives concerts in Moscow several times a year.
At 21, after the death of her mother, Patricia began dating her manager, Cyril Prieur. Their relationship lasted three years. According to the singer, she was not lucky with men, she had many novels, but they never ended in a wedding. For some time she met with the famous actor Alain Delon. Currently, the singer has been living with a man named Philip for more than 4 years, with whom they have complete understanding, they plan to get married and have a child.
Despite the openness of her eyes, this fragile woman named Patricia Kaas remains a mystery that Russian journalists could not solve during the singer's tour in the two capitals of our country. Sparrow - so called the famous Edith Piaf. Now the new French pop star is being compared with her. But Patricia Kaas herself denies such a similarity, believing that only their similarity in modulation makes them related... Read all
Despite the openness of her eyes, this fragile woman named Patricia Kaas remains a mystery that Russian journalists could not solve during the singer's tour in the two capitals of our country. Sparrow - so called the famous Edith Piaf. Now the new French pop star is being compared with her. But Patricia Kaas herself denies such a similarity, believing that they are related only by the similarity in voice modulation - intonation.
And yet they are similar in that they "came out" to the star Olympus from simple families thanks to their talent and diligence. Patricia was born in 1966 on the border between France and Germany in a large family, where she was the sixth child. Despite the fact that she is half German, Patricia believes that France is part of herself, so the singer always stands up for this country, where at the age of twenty she knew great success, and right away.
At the beginning of her career, next to Patricia was a mother who really wanted her daughter to become famous. It was she who taught Patricia to "fight" in order to achieve success, the impetus for which was ... the death of her mother. Patricia admits that at that time she was selfish, she wanted her mother, despite suffering, to live as long as possible. How kind do you have to be by nature to think like that. Every normal person does not want people close to him to leave him. Therefore, it is quite understandable that Patricia asked her mother for one thing: not to give up, to fight for life. Finally, she thought: "Mother is suffering so much. May the Lord God take her to heaven with him." Then, when the mother died, relatives came and offered their help. Patricia refused. Being the youngest in the family, she became an older sister.
At the beginning of her creative career, Patricia often thought: "Mom will be happy. She will be proud of me. She will like it." And when her mother died, Patricia began to work with redoubled energy, remembering her mother's desire to see her daughter, illuminated by glory. Ten years have passed since then, Patricia still thinks about her mother, but she does not work in the name of her mother, as it was before, but for herself.
While working on the last disc, the singer listened to two hundred songs and opted for those that were to her liking. It was difficult for Patricia to work on the last disc, her father died. He was so cute, he often laughed, he was a merry fellow.
She has authors, so there is no urgent need to compose herself. Of course, there is an idea to write something herself, as there is a desire to act in films, for example, to play the role of Marlene Dietrich, which she loves very much, so it is no coincidence that one of the first songs she sang was the song "Marlene".
Patricia is compared with Dietrich, believing that they are outwardly similar. Once she was even offered to star in the role of this singer, but the idea could not be realized for one simple reason: the advanced age of the director.
And Patricia's tour in the USSR began like this. She was invited to speak in one of the TV programs in Moscow. After that, they asked to make a performance, and she sang four concerts in a row in a huge hall that could accommodate fourteen thousand spectators. One gets the impression that Patricia Kaas is attracted to Russia, with which she has developed a very warm, touching relationship, because here people really love her. Now it's no secret to anyone that Patricia comes to Russia not to earn money, but to give joy to people. And as proof of this - the desire of the singer to give an open-air concert, where any spectator could get by paying a symbolic amount, or even just for free.
Every day she can be seen with the same person, Philip Bergman, who left Belgium for Patricia, where he sold his house and left friends. He is the author of the song "I left everything for you." In life, everything is somewhat different than in art, since in fact it was not Patricia, but Philip who left everything for the sake of his love.
She has special sympathy for our country. This time, what the singer expected did not work out, because she wanted to perform not in front of a smug elite, but in front of normal, ordinary people. She was clearly unlucky in this. And she so wanted to communicate with ordinary people. A person who knows what hard work is and, moreover, is poorly paid, always wants to help and support those who are now in this position. Yes, Kaas sang, she could not help but sing, remaining true to herself. She did not like this Russian tour, where the audience was only people with tightly stuffed wallets. Isn't that why Patricia didn't come again in June, as she wanted earlier, to perform at the large open area, the stadium? She practically did not say anything to journalists, she was afraid of them, sometimes she could not answer their "abstruse" questions. But in life, everyone does their own thing, probably, you should not excel in posing questions, talking with the singer, whose singing won us over. Why is the singer's face so sad? Is it because, despite all the successes on the stage, which turned out by chance and the "manager" Philip Bergman, she remained alone in this world, where she wants only one thing - solitude.
Discography:
* Studio albums *
1988 Mademoiselle chante…
1990 Scene de vie
1993 Je te dis vous
1997 Dans ma chair
1999 Le mot de passe
