![]() With pianist Jerôme Ducros, he has looked beyond the Baroque – to fin-de- siècle French song (the album Opium), as well as premiering contemporary vocal music composed for him by Marc-André Dalbavie ( Sonnets de Louise Labé, which Jaroussky sang most recently at the 2014 Salzburg Festival). He has worked with renowned period-instrument orchestras such as L'Arpeggiata, Les Arts florissants, Ensemble Matheus, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Le Concert d'Astrée, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie and Europa Galante with conductors including Christina Pluhar, William Christie, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Jérémie Rhorer, Emmanuelle Haïm, Jean-Claude Malgoire and Fabio Biondi. He has explored a vast Baroque repertoire, from the refinement of the Italian Seicento with Monteverdi, Sances and Rossi, to the staggering brilliance of Handel and Vivaldi arias (singing more music by the latter composer than any other over the last few years). Jaroussky's technique allows him the most audacious nuances and impressive pyrotechnics. This was the true beginning of the Stromae phenomenon.Born in 1978, Philippe Jaroussky has established himself as the most admired countertenor of his generation, as confirmed by the French 'Victoires de la Musique' awards (‘Revelation Artiste Lyrique’ in 2004, ‘Artiste lyrique de l'année’ in 2007 and in 2010, CD of the Year 2009) and multiple Echo Klassik Awards in Germany (2005, 2008, 2011-20). The success of this album was astonishing and Stromae's music went international. On 21 June 2010, Stromae brought out his first album, "Cheese". At that time Stromae created Mosaert, a label of his own which was a part of Universal Music France, and he brought out two singles: "Alors on danse" and "Up Saw Liz". Julie Van Heuverswijn and Vincent Verbelen (who was in charge of Musical Programming at NRJ at the time) decided to include Stromae in their programme. ![]() In 2009, Stromae worked as an intern at NRJ, a French radio station that is also broadcasted in Belgium. ![]() In this period, Stromae also did a series of short funny educational YouTube videos called "Les leçons de Stromae" showing viewers how he composed his songs. Stromae signed with the music labels Because Music and Kilomaitre in 2006 and either wrote or co-wrote songs for Melissa M, Kery James, Anggun and others. However Stromae quickly changed his mind and decided to study cinema at the National Institute for Radio Science and Cinematography (INRACI) instead, specialising in Sound Engineering. During this period, he brought out his first EP, "Juste un cerveau, un flow, un fond et un mic" which had 4 tracks on it. To pay his tuition fees, he worked part-time at Quick (a Belgian fast food chain). Two years later, the pair parted ways and Stromae chose to continue studying cinema at a private university. Aged 18, he made a mark on the music industry when he brought out the rap and video "Faut qu’t’arrêtes le rap" with his friend J.E.D.I, the two friends formed a group called "Suspicion". Initially, Stromae chose "Opsmaestro" as his stage name but later changed it to "Stromae" (an anagram of "maestro"). Later on, for the final few years of high school, Stromae was sent to Saint-Paul Godinne boarding school. Stromae and his siblings (he has three brothers and one sister) were raised by their mother. Thanks to his mother, he was already influenced by foreign music at this early stage. In his youth, Stromae played football and had drumming lessons as well as lessons in music theory. Paul Van Haver (better known by his stage name Stromae) is a Belgian singer-songwriter-composer born in 1985 in Brussels to a Belgian mother and a Rwandan father.
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