Aznavour: uma voz solidária

France's beloved balladeer, after 70 years of exporting nostalgia and Gallic charm, now advocates for Iraqi refugees.

Agnes Poirier

The French chanteur is a phenomenon in many more ways than one, writes Poirier [AFP]

Charles Aznavour, France's male answer to Edith Piaf, has been travelling the world since the beginning of the year for presumably his last farewell tour. After Tel Aviv, Yerevan, Rome, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Warsaw, Montreal, Los Angeles, and New York's Madison Square Garden only last week, Aznavour will perform next week in Moscow, followed closely by Geneva and Antwerp.

At 90, the French chanteur is a phenomenon in many more ways than one. His longevity, of course, is prodigious, but what he represents is probably even more impressive. A permanent delegate of Armenia (his parents' country) to UNESCO, and Armenia's ambassador to Switzerland where he lives, Aznavour is also a diplomat and a humanist whose career in films, songs, and song-writing has spanned more than 70 years.

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