Linda, webmaster
I dedicate this special page to my
dear friend Gérard for his 'Charity work' to
underprivileged children and other organizations
in the whole wide world.
Of course, these are not all
events but the ones since this
website was founded in 2010. Linda,
webmaster
«
Do not blush! It is not a shame, for the most
beautiful thing in the world is love »
Juliette Benzoni
:
famous French Author of
Historical fiction books.
1973 Prix Alexandre Dumas - 1998 Chevalier de
l'Ordre National du Mérite
Bois-le-Roi,
May 13, 2023
Gérard Chambre 2023
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR UKRAINE
Gérard Chambre sings BREL,
accompanied by pianist Évelyne
Thumon
Rendez-vous saturday 13 May
2023, à 20h30,
au préau Olivier Métra
This café-concert will be hosted
by the association Bacottes au
fil du temps and the profits
will be donated to Solidarité
Ukraine (Fondation de France)
Préau école Olivier Métra - 2
rue de Verdun - 77590 Bois-le-Roi
Ville de Saint-Rémy,
6 July 2022
Gérard Chambre 2022
Tribute to BREL, BRASSENS, FERRÉ
- VILLE DE SAINT-RÉMY DE
PROVENCE
Wednesday 6th of July 2022
to support Ukrainian refugees
free concert with: Gérard
Chambre, André Chiron, Pierre
Guiral, au contrebasse : Laurent
Astoul and on the piano: Éric Breton,
a repertoire of songs by
Jacques BREL, Georges BRASSENS
and Léo FERRÉ
Charity Concert -
French Songs
With Gérard CHAMBRE
(vocal) and Evelyne THUMONT
(piano)
Friday
July 1th, 2022, 20H30
- Concert to
benefit Ukraine
Entry: 10 € minimum
Mille clubs complexe
René Tabourot
Impasse des
Pinceevents 77000 La
Rochette Solidarity
A huge thank you to
the many spectators
who came to see
Gérard Chambre's
performance
(accompanied by
Evelyne Thumont on
the piano) during
the charity concert
for Ukraine
organised by the
commune of La
Rochette and the
Melun-Vicomté Rotary
Club.
The amount raised
will be officially
announced on
Saturday 9 July,
before the open-air
screening at the
Rocheton.
Jacques Brel was
in the spotlight,
and his words still
resonate beautifully
today:
«
When all you have is
love
to talk to the guns
And nothing but a
song
To convince a drum
So without having
anything
But the strength to
love
We will have in our
hands
Friends the whole
world".
(Extrait "Quand on a
que l'amour », 1956) source: Mairie de
la Rochette 77
Officiel Facebook
Gérard Chambre, February 2015 It is a great honour
for me to participate at the ˈBal des Berceauxˈ
(The
Plaza, New York) Friday, May 8, 2015
dedicated to the FRENCH- AMERICAN AID FOR
CHILDREN organisation interpreting some of the great
French Chansons...
→ to read more see
Bal des
Berceaux
extract from an article by
Gérard Chambre 2013
I was touched by the complicity
between musicians and technology;
the curiosity for each other; the
relationships we built between our
two different worlds; the great
intelligence and dignity of Malagasy
people; and the seriousness of the
project... →
to read more see
Fête de lumière (the text is still in
French)
Mahetsaka, Jacaranda
2011
- translated by webmaster Linda A
very generous man that Gerard
Chambre! After numerous concerts in
several countries of the world to
help various associations, the
singer will also occur on Malagasy
soil, always with the same goal ...
to help the most disadvantaged...
Linda, webmaster 2011 It is one
thing to sing in a famous concert hall, like the
Olympia in Paris, the Festival Lacoste or chez
Maxim's and quite another in an open Field, in
front of an exotic culture in a faraway
continent, confronted by heat, dust and
technical problems!
An Entertainer
contributing a bit of happiness to
mankind unconditionally given -
showing his respect towards any kind
of audience without making any
difference where he performs, is not
only a unique professional - but in
my eyes, a most generous man with a
noble heart - in one word my friend
Gérard Chambre!
I can only bow
my head in front of Gérard and like
to quote Mark Twain: « Action speaks
louder than words but not nearly as
often »
Paris 2011
Gérard Chambre wrote for the
organization
Les Jardins de Lumière a
most beautiful song : Les
jardins de Lumière
accompanied by an adorable
chorus. The song was
recorded in Paris in the
summer of 2011.
Si
chaque homme dans son cœur
allumait la lumière
Si le sourire des femmes
illuminait la terre
Alors se lèveraient dans les
petits matins
Tout le parfum des fleurs de
million de jardins
Si la lune quelque fois
illumine nos pas,
tous nos rêves d’enfant que
l’on oublie parfois
Partageons le soleil pour
réveiller nos vies
Et semons des étoiles pour
éclairer nos nuits
Tout
juste un peu d’amour et se
prendre la main
Quelques petites lumières
pour ouvrir le chemin
Et sur l’arbre de vie que
nous aurons planté
Allons cueillir les fruits
de notre liberté
Allumons les soleils tout
autour de la terre
Faisons de notre vie un
grand son et lumière
Éteignons par nos chants les
peurs et les guerres
Et donnons-nous la paix pour
des années lumières
REF
Allumez les lumières
et réveillez le monde
Allumez les lumières
et sortez le de l’ombre
Allumez les lumières
Pour chanter nuit et jour…
Toutes nos chansons
d’amour
text by famous Topaz restaurant,
Phnom Penh 2010
In conjunction with French Week in Cambodia 'Topaz restaurant'
and the company 'Red & White
International' organised a
prestigious charity gala dinner with the participation of
renowned Parisian Chef
Jean-Christoph Lebascle and
famous French artist
Gérard Chambre, to benefit the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation.
webmaster, Linda 2010 During
his stay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, while seeing the
misery of the children at
the airport, Gérard Chambre
was deeply touched by the
hardship of these kids, that he
on the spur of the moment
wrote six songs, after the
melodies of famous Chansons.
He presented them
during his
concert
Brel pour toujours
at the Studio 182, Chaktomuk.
The guests were able to buy the CD on that same
evening to benefit the
organization
www.pse.asso.fr
Pour un sourire d'enfant
( for a child's smile)
Linda, webmaster
©Gérard Chambre
