Aya Nakamura will sing at the Olympic opening ceremony

According to “L’Express”, Emmanuel Macron strongly recommended that she interpret what she liked. And Aya Nakamura “loves” Édith Piaf.

Franco-Malian singer Aya Nakamura will participate in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games by drawing from the repertoire of Edith Piaf, according to The Express (article reserved for subscribers). THE President Emmanuel Macron would have personally taken charge of hearing him, in a way, on February 19, in complete discretion at the Élysée.

“Which singers or songs from the French repertoire matter to you?” the head of state asked him. To which Aya Nakamura, crowned female artist of the year at the last Victoires de la Musique, replied that she liked “very much Edith Piaf”. “Delighted”, noted The Express, the president then advised her to sing what she liked “D-day”.

Ambassador of French culture

The opening ceremony will be orchestrated by director Thomas Jolly. “France is both Édith Piaf andbut also (the rapper) Jul, (the singer) Natalie Dessay. It’s a whole bunch of musical genres. France is cheese, but also pretzel, couscous. It’s a whole lot of diversity. The idea is to reiterate that France is a story that is constantly enriched. explained, a few weeks ago, the artistic director of the Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies.

At the Élysée, it is emphasized that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games must reflect “the universalism of French values”, remember The Express. And the biggest French RnB star in the world, who conquered the planet with his hit Djadjaclaims its dual culture. “I can understand why some people are saying: Who does she think she is, taunting us with our French language? Mbut it’s important to accept the culture of others and I have a double culture”, confided Aya Nakamura to AFP.