BIOGRAPHY :
Enrico Macias, whose real name Ghrenassia Gaston, was born December 11, 1938 in Constantine (Algeria) in a family of musicians. His father, a violinist in the orchestra of Cheick Raymond Leyris, the causes often with him at the age of fifteen Enrico joined the group. In parallel to the music he is studying seriously and his Bachelor of pocket, he applied for a supervisory position that will be transformed into job as a teacher. Life seems to smile at the young man, but the murder of his stepfather, Raymond Leyris during the war of independence just question everything.

Enrico Macias left Algeria with his wife Suzi and moved to Paris. He decides to get into the song and the music fits Malouf (Andalusian-Arab) in its own directory. In 1962 he was engaged in the most famous cabarets in Paris and the same year he recorded his first album. It quickly became the representative of the Blackfeet (expatriates in Algeria), but her songs captivate a wider audience. Globally recognized as a true singer of the peace, successive hits "Children Of All Countries," "The Beggar In Love", "Northerners" and sang peace around the world from Moscow to Tokyo in passing by Los Angeles or Cairo. Since the early two thousand, Enrico Macias gives more emphasis to eastern sounds in their new album ( "Bitter Oranges" in 2003 and "La Vie Populaire in 2006), with the desire to transmit to future generations some its cultural identity.