 La Gaîté
Line-up:
Dafne Holtland (1988) - Piano, Ukelele, Vocals
Sabien Bosselaar (1987) - Accordion, Piano, Vocals
Margriet Planting (1982) - Cello, Mandolin, Vocals
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They were introduced in early spring 2006 by a good friend in Paris. That same evening they studied a French drinking song, and brought it on the stairs of the Sacre Coeur to sing. After a long interval they were again in September 2009 by that same friend to join together with a number of tango musicians to create music for a clip.
Their combination of instruments (cello, piano and accordion) seemed appropriate for them to implement the French chanson. They wrote under the name "La Gaîté" (the joy) for the Concours de la Chanson Alliance Française in 2009 and won the first prize. The jury (eg Liesbeth List, Tonny Eyk, and the famous French singer Yves Duteil) described the trio as "fresh, fun, humorous and also great musicians."
After this victory they decided to continue their music and started writing songs of their own as well, performing all over the Netherlands. Their repertoire consists of songs from all over the world, which are often brought in close harmony. They make arrangements from several well known songs of famous musicians (Piaff Edith, Jacques Brel, Astor Piazzolla) but also of singers who are very popular in the Netherlands and are hardly heard abroad (Pauline Croze, Sacha Nairobi).
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