Robert Lauri

Full of talent, he walks the tightrope of time with precision and sensitivity. Ambitious, without being career-minded, he blends his life and work. Born into a family of musicians and artists, it was almost inevitable that Robert Lauri would become involved in the arts in some way. As a young boy he learned to play piano and guitar. Not content with just performing, Robert was soon composing great melodies to accompany his lyrics. Throughout his career, Robert Lauri has always been ”an original”, remaining true to himself and his creative drive, unfettered by the ebb and flow of fads and fashion. In 1976, a number of top names worked with him on his first album. Published by Dick James Music “Elton John’s publisher”, produced by Mitchel Hiller and Kay Kaplan, arranged by Robin Miller, this LP was recorded at the Olympic studio in London and distributed in Britain and Italy. Back in France, Robert Lauri signed with WEA Filipachi in 1980. A very fine album came out of his work with JP Bourtayre, B. de Bosson and D. Rousseau. The lead song, Je jure caracole, marched up the hit parades and soared quickly to number one, where it stayed for several weeks. Chantal Allon,Claudine Marousek-Dornhakl, D. Barbelivien, J-P Dreau, E. Rodagyl, other writers also worked with him on other hits. In 1989, Robert Lauri began a mystical phase and created the band ALEF. This was an original concept that consisted of mixing hard-hitting, topical arrangements with texts from the Bible. One album, distributed by Saravah Music, personified this spiritual quest. Success was immediate on the airwaves. Some great performance venues, such as L’Olympia, Le Zénith, Le Palais des Congrès and others staged their concerts in front of enthusiastic audiences. After winning over audiences in Europe, ALEF conquered Canada and the United States, where their gigs included an appearance on the US Telethon. In parallel to all this, he continued to write music and lyrics for numerous other bands and individual performers. 1998 saw Robert Lauri return to his first love. Composing country tunes produced songs touching on sensitive areas in a changing society at the dawn of a new millennium. Robert Lauri continued composing country tunes produced songs touching on sensitive areas in a changing society at the dawn of a new millennium. For the artist, the year 2008 has been marked by the realization of several substantial projects. During the past year, Robert Lauri has recorded and released four albums. The album “Liberty” has been recorded in Paris and New York. Two capitals whose cultural richness and musical diversity permeate this new album. The Liberty project is the fruit of the artist's collaboration with Franck Lupo in New York and Alain Pype, eminent French sound engineer, Pierre Cherez, an extraordinary guitarist. The authors that have collaborated in this project are Chantal Allon, Claudine Marousek-Dornhakl and Robert's son, Jessy, JNB. They translated the different atmospheres by their talent and their magic words. Two compilations of timeless creations about love, emotions and live experience have also been released, Si je meurs par hasard (If per Chance I die) and J'y crois encore (I still believe). Another musical univers is the concept Alef by Robert Lauri and Chantal Allon. Yaacov Alvo has adapted the psalms of David and Michel Bernholc took care of the musical arrangements. Yaacov and Robert Lauri did the vocals. Their new album, Resource has been released in Autumn 2008.
2009, a new album will be released by Autumn : The Other Side of Robert Lauri An array of innovative melodies drifting over various continents and cultures. Each title releases its own emotional force and takes us into “another world”, where atmospheres are created by remarkable instrumental arrangements of astonishing chords that are ideal for conveying emotion and sensitivity. Robert Lauri makes us discover the range and diversity of the creative force of a tunesmith who deserves to be discovered by the general public. Robert Lauri offers us strong and astonishing musical atmospheres. Each title takes us into another musical world with various musical genres and rhythms, such as country, meditative, and classical styles mixed with pop, electro pop, soul, and so on and so forth. Certain melodies also evoke some captivating pieces of film music; others open up a haven of peace and meditation. Still others invite us to move. But even if the compositions float in their own magic, a common theme is guiding the weft of these creations: dream and relaxation. When listening to the instrumentals, you leave the ground to glide in your own world of emotions and imagination. A first extract from the album offers the public two titles (Hong Kong Café and Houston Day). The single is available at all the main sales sites in the world. In 2009, the artiste launched his MyConcert2009 programme (Concert à la Carte), which also contains a part allowing the public to participate in the production, and some sponsorship.

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PUBLISHED BOOKS ON ROBERT LAURI A biography on Robert Lauri is published in french and english by Editions Publibook tracing the career of the singer, entitled “ Phare sur Robert Lauri and “ Spotlight on Robert Lauri ”.

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