Maxime Le Forestier in concert on the floating stage of Agde

Maxime Le Forestier, Bruno Le Forestier, was born in Paris on February 10, 1949, to a British father of Norman origin and his mother, Geneviève (known as Lili) French. Maxime Le Forestier is a French singer-songwriter.

It is her mother who gives her children a taste for music; She lived for a while in England where she was a translator for British television channels; musician. She was very fond of the violin. The family lives in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the parents divorced in 1963.

Bruno Le Forestier did his secondary studies at the Lycée Condorcet, but did not go beyond the stage of the first class, expelled from the school in 1965 for indiscipline.

During the 1960s, he formed the duo Cat & Maxim with his sister Catherine, borrowing a few songs from Georges Moustaki, even before the latter sang them himself, such as the postman, La ballade de nowhere. Serge Reggiani performed in 1968 one of his compositions; Ballad for a traitor. And it was during this period that he adopted the first name of Maxime. In 1969, he released two solo 45s under the Festival label.

In October 1972, he opened for his idol Georges Brassens in Bobino. Revolted by the price of his concert tickets which he considers too high, he imposes tickets at 10 F.

In 1972, with songs like Fontenay-aux-Roses, Parachutiste, San Francisco or Mon frères, his first studio album (My brother), which sold over a million copies, became the soundtrack of a whole generation. .

In 1973, he took advantage of a performance at the Olympia to record an album in public.

On February 14, 2020, Maxime Le Forestier obtains a Victoire de la musique d’honneur for his entire career. His discography is numerous and varied. The artist sang: Born Somewhere, Ambalaba, Skip My Road, It’s a Blue House, and many more. He is accompanied by his son t Arthur Le Forestier, on guitar and also singer.

Maxime Le Forestier released in 2019: To appear or not to be.
The public was able to discover his latest album and the old songs, taken up by all the cheerful and even nostalgic spectators.

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