Emily Loizeau

Emily Loizeau first came to prominence with the album L'Autre Bout du Monde in 2006, and has gone on to demonstrate her talents as a songwriter and composer in a wide variety of musical styles. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on February 7, 1975 to a French father and English mother, the granddaughter of actress Peggy Ashcroft began playing the piano at the age of five, and went on to study music. By 2004, she was performing on stage and recording a first demo of songs entitled La Folie en Tête (2006), before working on her debut album L'Autre Bout du Monde, which revealed her to the public. Released on the independent Fargo Records label, it was nominated for a Victoire de la Musique award in 2007, propelling Emily Loizeau to the forefront of the new generation of French songwriters. A series of concerts and collaborations followed, with Andrew Bird, Renan Luce and Mathias Malzieu. After another Victoires nomination in the stage revelation category came the composition of the soundtrack to the film King Guillaume and the album Pays Sauvage (2009), awarded the Prix Constantin and featuring contributions from Danyel Waro, Moriarty, Thomas Fersen, Jeanne Cherhal and Nina Morato. The musician and singer continues in a folk, pop, rock and electro vein on the album Mothers & Tygers (2012), inspired by the English poet William Blake. She teamed up with cellist Olivier Koundouno for Revisited - Piano Cello Sessions (2014) and then produced the album Mona (2016), based on the show presented at the Théâtre du Centquatre in Paris. A tribute to Lou Reed, Run Run Run (2020), appears between the original works Origami (2017) and Icare (2021). In 2024, La Souterraine, sung in French and English, testifies to his diversity of styles.