They sang for a good cause. On October 17, 2022, many French-speaking artists met on the stage of the Olympia in Paris for the 10th edition of the concert Their voices for hope. This event was started a decade ago by presenter Laurie Cholewa. Her family having been affected by pancreatic cancer, she had decided to fight the disease by all means possible… and that is why all the funds collected during this evening are donated to the ARCA foundation. Digestive cancer research.
The members of the audience therefore paid their place knowing that they were making a nice gesture, but also rejoicing at the idea of attending an exceptional spectacle. On the boards of the Olympia, therefore, Michaël Gregorio, Slimane, Natasha St-Pier, the duo Ofenbach – Dorian Lauduique, the son of Ariane Séguillon, and César de Rummel -, Claudio Capéo, Julie Zenatti, Les Frangines – Anne Coste and Jacinthe Madelin -, Amir, Charlie Winston, Christophe Willem, Tayc, Sandra Sisley, Anne Warin, Ginie Line, Melissa Mars, Lisbet Guldbaek, Noémie Garcia, Marjorie Ascione, Lydia Dejugnac and Sam Smadja. Marc Lavoine, who gave his voice to his artistic partner Madimmi, even closed his performance with a tender hand kiss. A complicity that wished in the eyes…
Laurie Cholewa would have dreamed of being able to welcome another artist during the concert Their voices for hope. Unfortunately, he recently succumbed to pancreatic cancer. This is Daniel Levi, who had the opportunity to join the troupe in 2019. In 2022, alas, the concert was dedicated to him. On August 6, 2022, the unforgettable star of the musical The ten Commandments died in Marseilles at the age of 60. Buried the next day in the Jewish square of the Saint-Pierre cemetery, Daniel Lévi had just become a father for the fourth time. He had barely had time to hug his little Nessyel, the fruit of his love with Sandrine Aboukratin her arms…