{"id":15199,"date":"2015-10-19T15:16:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=15199"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:41:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:41:29","slug":"paris-chansons-mix-ukrainian-born-francophile-julia-kantor-made-her-dream-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/paris-chansons-mix-ukrainian-born-francophile-julia-kantor-made-her-dream-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Chansons &#8211; Ukrainian-Born Francophile Julia Kantor Made Her Dream a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I absolutely love French chansons and back in Finland still have tens of albums (yes, actual LPs) of Edith Piaf, Mireille Mathieu, Joe Dassin etc. If I lived in Los Angeles, I&#8217;d love to see these guys perform. Well, judge yourself! They are all very talented musicians.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m6rgwv-190cd2d491d99d6d5efac65a5aad8654\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-m6rgwv-190cd2d491d99d6d5efac65a5aad8654 .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:20%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-m6rgwv-190cd2d491d99d6d5efac65a5aad8654 avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons-300x236.jpg 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https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons3-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-450x354.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-495x400.jpg' class='lightbox ' data-onclick='4' title='Interview-ParisChansons4'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-15204 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-15204\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='Interview-ParisChansons4' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/articles-member\/2015\/10\/Interview-ParisChansons4-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><br \/>\nThree years ago, Ukrainian-born Francophile singer, Julia Kantor, had a dream to start a French band.\u00a0 Paris Chansons, the eight-member acoustic ensemble was born.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_sbnMQmvO8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Julia and her Russian guitarist-singer husband recruited two other vocalists\u2014one French, the other Moroccan-born and Israel-raised. They added a Hungarian-American violinist, a Broadway-seasoned pianist, and a pair of L.A. veterans: a\u00a0drummer and an upright bass player.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they perform\u00a0original renditions of French favorites and add in Russian,\u00a0Italian, Spanish, and other world flavors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Francophiles from all over the world come to see our shows. When I started this band, I had no idea there were so many people who loved French music. I never imagined the cross-cultural, international mix. \u00a0On any given night, the crowd may include Romanians, Russians, Lebanese, Israelis, Armenians, Moroccans, Persians and Francophones from all over!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Paris Chansons just released their original song, \u201cBamiyan\u201d which is a tribute to peace and hope.<\/div>\n<p>Bamiyan is the place in Afghanistan where the enormous statues of the Buddha were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. \u00a0This song is about what can never be destroyed &#8211; faith and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Kantor originally wrote the song in English and they recently collaborated with a French songwriter, Zera Vaughan, who re-invented the lyrics into French.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is! \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/french-singers-la\/bamiyan-mfinal-cdeq-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/french-singers-la\/bamiyan-mfinal-cdeq-3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can hear the band performing at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, the Sofitel, Vibrato, and private and corporate events all over.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-MP037_gumk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information, please visit:<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parischansons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.parischansons.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I absolutely love French chansons and back in Finland still have tens of albums (yes, actual LPs) of Edith Piaf, Mireille Mathieu, Joe Dassin etc. If I lived in Los Angeles, I&#8217;d love to see these guys perform. Well, judge yourself! They are all very talented musicians. Three years ago, Ukrainian-born Francophile singer, Julia Kantor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15199"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29564,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199\/revisions\/29564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}