Chantal Chamandy Performs the 'Beladi Concert' from Her Historic 'Live at the Pyramids'...

Chantal Chamandy Performs the 'Beladi Concert' from Her Historic 'Live at the
Pyramids' Concert July 10th @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
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NEW YORK, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Born in Egypt to parents of Egyptian,
Lebanese and Greek descent and raised in Montreal, Canada, Chantal Chamandy is
a pop singer born and bred to ignore boundaries and fuse the accessible with
the exotic. Her new studio album and historic DVD Beladi: A Night at the
Pyramids showcases a lavish, romantic, entertaining and inclusive musical
vision that bridges gaps and brings musical cultures together with love and
celebration. On July 10th, Chantal will recreate the "Live At The Pyramids"
concert for the first time in San Francisco at Palace Of Fine Arts.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080606/NYF009)
When many in the West are curious and apprehensive of Middle Eastern
culture and society, Chantal -- who recently received the Excellence in the
Arts award from the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee -- refuses to
surrender to fears, stereotypes or negative portrayals. Instead, her music is
a refreshing reminder that at its best, music has the power to bridge our
differences and inspire listeners the world over. Chantal writes and performs
a vibrant style of alluring, danceable pop music that has been a hit on dance
floors and pop charts internationally including the song "You Want Me" which
went to #4 on the UK Dance Charts. Said London's Evening Standard, "Chantal
mixes East and West to emerge as a strutting talent who exudes both breathy
sensuality and vocal control worthy of Celine Dion." The single "Feels Like
Love" went Platinum in Canada.
On September 7, 2007, she became the first person ever granted permission
by the Egyptian Ministry to perform and film a concert at the base of the
Pyramids on the Giza Plateau in Egypt. The evening, documented on the
90-minute DVD Beladi: A Night at the Pyramids, found Chantal performing
thousands of fans backed by the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Her dancers included
Canadians, traditional Egyptian "tanoura" dancers, and Ahmed Nabil, the
principal dancer of the Cairo Opera House Ballet Company. Her collaborators
for the show also included some of the top names in cutting-edge theater and
musical entertainment: director Gerard Pullicino is responsible for shows by
Beyonce, Celine Dion and Madonna, among others, while choreographer Genevieve
Dorion-Coupal and set designer Guy St-Amour are veterans of Cirque du Soleil.
(Dorion-Coupal choreographed the company's Grammy-winning Beatles show Love,
currently a sensation in Las Vegas.)
The concert is currently being broadcast on PBS stations nationwide; the
DVD contains additional footage not included on the PBS broadcast, including a
feature-length documentary, "The Journey," with behind-the-scenes footage that
follows the creation and staging of this extraordinary event.
Chantal's studio album Beladi is a companion piece to the DVD, with studio
recordings of most of the songs she performed at the Pyramids. She wrote most
of the songs herself, often collaborating with the noted Indian musician Subir
Dev. Driving and danceable one moment, sensuous and alluring the next, her
music speaks with passion and intelligence of an artistic vision that
recognizes no boundaries as it draws from all of Chantal's experiences and
influences.
www.chantalchamandy.com

Publicity contact:
Doreen D'Agostino
DOREEN D'AGOSTINO MEDIA
646.829.0652
doreendagostino@earthlink.net

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doreendagostino@earthlink.net