# Emily Loizeau
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{{short description|French author, composer, and singer (born 1975)}}
{{Expand French|Emily Loizeau|topic=bio|date=December 2012}}
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| origin = [Neuilly-sur-Seine](/source/Neuilly-sur-Seine), France
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| years_active = 2001–present
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| website = {{in lang|fr}} [http://emilyloizeau.artiste.universalmusic.fr/index.html Emily Loizeau]
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'''Emily Loizeau''' (born 7 February 1975) is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled ''L'autre bout du monde'' ("The Other Side of the World").
== Biography ==
Loizeau was born in [Neuilly-sur-Seine](/source/Neuilly-sur-Seine), near [Paris](/source/Paris), France. Her father, Pierre Loizeau, was French, and her mother, Eliza Hutchinson, was British. Her maternal grandparents were actress [Peggy Ashcroft](/source/Peggy_Ashcroft) and barrister [Jeremy Hutchinson](/source/Jeremy_Hutchinson%2C_Baron_Hutchinson_of_Lullington).[{{Citation | title = Emily Loizeau: Pays Sauvage | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6874069.ece | year = 2009 | author=Hutcheon, David | journal=The Sunday Times | accessdate =2011-04-26}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}][[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F91F132A0F7C3DD?p=UKNB "Dame Peggy Ashcroft – Memorial service"], ''The Times'', 30 November 1991, accessed 14 May 2016]
Around 1980, when she was five years old, Loizeau began to learn piano. After studying classical music for many years, she turned to studying philosophy and then theatre in [London](/source/London), then worked assisting composer and stage manager [Georges Aperghis](/source/Georges_Aperghis).[{{Citation | title = Emily Loizeau, tout un monde | url = http://www.liberation.fr/culture/010143669-emily-loizeau-tout-un-monde | year = 2006 | author=Renault, Gilles | journal=Liberation | accessdate =2011-04-26}}]
Loizeau cites [Georges Brassens](/source/Georges_Brassens), [Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan) and [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) as her primary influences. Besides [Bach](/source/Bach) and [Franz Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert), she also loves [Renaud](/source/Renaud). She has also been influenced by [Tom Waits](/source/Tom_Waits), [Nina Simone](/source/Nina_Simone) and [Randy Newman](/source/Randy_Newman).[{{cite web| title = Emily Loizeau Releases a New Album| url = http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Emily-Loizeau/news-67360.html| language = French| accessdate = 2009-04-20}}]
At the end of 2001, at the age of 26, Loizeau began to perform at a small Parisian cabaret, which became for her a one-person cottage industry, printing flyers, doing publicity. She then began to collaborate with like-minded artists such as [Vincent Segal](/source/Vincent_Segal), [Franck Monnet](/source/Franck_Monnet), [Nils Tavernier](/source/Nils_Tavernier), Jean-Louis Foulquier. She signed with {{Interlanguage link multi|Fargo Records|fr}} at the age of 31 (their first French artist) and released her first album ''L'autre bout du monde.'' She later performed at the Comedia, where she sold out for three weeks straight.