Florent Pagny

Florent Pagny was born on November 6 1961 in Chalon-sur-Saône. Son of John Pagny, vendor vignettes, and Odile, a secretary and a fan of Luis Mariano, both from Montchanin en Bourgogne, he grew up in a family of four children. Of Burgundy, in Châtenoy-le-Royal, his family moved in 1972, passes through Divonne-les-Bains and then moved to Bonneville in the Haute-Savoie. At the age of thirteen, he began singing in the cafes, on the catwalks of his region, and when radio hooks with songs Luis Mariano, Michel Sardou, or Gérard Lenorman. At the age of sixteen, in agreement with his parents, he quit school and went to Paris where he lived from odd jobs (baby-sitter, advertising broker, bartender...). At the same time, it takes courses of theatre and then attended the conservatoire de Levallois-Perretdurant three years. He learned the basics of classical singing and developing her voice baritone-martin, but refuses to enter the national Conservatory to become an opera singer aspiring to a career in French pop.