Le 19 Janvier, Dominique Fidanza, chanteuse:
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Rejoinez-nous le 19 janvier 2012 pour un rencontre avec Dominique Fidanza.

Italo-belge, Dominique est confrontée très jeune à la réalité mutiethniqueu de sa ville natale (Bruxelles). Les sons et les images de ces lieux l'accompagneront tout au long de son parcours. Elle décide d'entreprendre des études artisitiques, se dédie à la peinture et à la musique en apprenant à jouer de la guitare, de l'harmonica et de la flute de pan.
Elle déménage ensuite avec sa famille en Sicile, et dans les années qui précédent ce déménagement elle fait ses premiers pas avec le groupe Urusa. Le groupe joue ensemble pendant 2 ans, quand en 2000, Dominique participe au casting de l'émission Popstars diffusée sur la chaine italienne Italia 1. Elle est sélectionnée parmi des milliers de candidats et avec 4 autres jeunes femmes, elles deviennent le group LOLLIPOP produit par la maison de disque Warner Music Italia.
En 2001 sort le premier single intitulé "Down Down Down" qui se classe directement à la 1ère position de la classification des singles les plus vendus en Italie (le single restera numèro 1 pendant 4 semaines), avec près de 120 000 ventes. Suit le premier album du groupe qui sera disque de platine en seulement quelques semaines.
Entre 2001 et 2002, le groupe LOLLIPOP réalisera plus de 100 concerts dans tout l'Italie et participera en 2002 à la 52ème édition du Festival de Sanremo.
Dominique obtient son diplôme de l'Académie des Beaux Arts de Florence en 2005. Elle commence à travailler sur son projet solo et entreprend un minitour dans toute l'Italie.
En 2006, Dominique décide de participer au casting de la Star Academy, célèbre émission musicale française diffusée sur TF1. Grâce à cette expérience, Dominique grandit professionnellement at aura l'opportunité de chanter en duo avec des artistes internationaux comme Pink, Rihanna, Puff Daddy, Zucchero, James Blunt, Laura Pausini, Paolo Nuttini et tant d'autres...

En 2007 elle entreprend une longue tournée internationale avec la Star Academy, et au même moment commence à composer des nouvelles chansons en collaboration avec le producteur Kikko De Luca, chansons qui feront partie de son premier album solo.
Cet album est un album double, en version italienne et française. Le disque est financé par Mercury Universal France et produit entre 2008 et 2009 au studio Magnetica de Paris par Sébastien Martel (guitariste de M), Olivier Coursier (du group Aaron) et Kikko De Luca.
Les textes français ont été écrits par Florent Marchet, Tété, Vincent Baguian, Jérémie Kissling, Elodie Frégé, Spleen sans oublier les écrivains Alexandre Barbera et Grégoire Louis.
Pour des raisons de restructuration au sein de sa maison de disque, l'album de Dominique initialement prévu pour Avril 2009 ne verra pas le jour avec Universal.
En 2011, le projet solo arrive en Italie, soutenu par Teamworld. Le single sorti pour l'ocasion est "Un papillon, une étoile", dont le clip est disponible sur youtube depuis le mois de Juin.

"Un Papillon Une Étoile"

Début 2012, Dominique décide de partir à la rencontre de son public en proposant un concept inédit "Un live dans ton salon". Accompagnée de sa guitare et de son harmonica, Dominique s'apprête à sillonner les routes de France, de Belgique, de Suisse et d'Italie pour offrir un live acoustique et intimiste inédit où les sonorités folk se mélangent à des couleurs tout droit sorties de ses carnets de voyages. Une invitation au voyage et à la découverte, au travers de textes poétiques et philosophiques écrist par son compagnon Giano et dont les mélodies sont composées par Dominique elle-même.

In English:

Join us the 19th of January 2012 to meet Dominique Fidanza.

An Italian-Belgian, born in Brussels, Dominique has always been conscious of her multi-ethnicity and this richness she has carried with her throughout all her journeys. In Brussels, she decided to pursue art studies and dedicated herself to painting and music learning the guitar, harmonica and pan flute. Later she moved with her family to Sicily and there, in the following years, she started with a musical group called Urusa where she performed for 2 years. In 2000 Dominique participated in the casting of the Popstars show aired on Italia 1. She was selected from amongst thousands of other contestants to play with 4 other young woman forming the group known as LOLLIPOP, produced by Warner Music Italia.
In 2001 her first single titled "Down Down Down" came out, and was ranked the number one selling single in Italy after 120,000 copies sold. Only weeks later, the groups' first album came out which also became quickly a platinum album.
In between 2001 and 2002, LOLLIPOP gave more than 100 concerts in Italy and participated in the 2002, 52nd Edition of the Sanremo Festival.
Dominique received her diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. It was then that she embarked upon her own solo project and undertook her own mini tour in Italy.
In 2006, Dominique participated in the casting of the Star Academy, a famous French music program hosted by TF1. Through this experience, Dominique grew professionally and had the opportunity to sing duets with international artists such as Pink, Rihanna, Puff Daddy, Zucchero, James Blunt, Laura Pausini, Paolo Nutini and many more...
In 2007 she began a long tour with the International Star Academy, and at the same time began writing new songs together with producer Kikko De Luca, songs which became a part of his first solo album. This album is a double album in both Italian and French. The disc was funded by Mercury Universal France and produced between 2008-2009 in the studio Magnetica Paris by Sébastien Martel (guitarist for M), Olivier Courier (from the group "Aaron") and Kikko De Luca. The French texts were written by Florent Marchet, Tété, Vincent Baguian, Jérémie Kissling, Elodie Frégé, and Spleen not to mention the writers Gergory Louis and Alexandre Barbara. For reasons of restructuring within her record label, Dominique's album originally scheduled for April 2009 will not see the day with Universal.
In 2011, the solo project arrived in Italy, supported by Teamworld. The single released for the occasion was "A butterfly, a star", and the clip is available on youtube since last June.

"Un Papillon Une Étoile"

In early 2012, Dominique will meet her audience through a new concept "Live in your living room". Accompanied by her guitar and her harmonica, Dominique is getting ready to travel the roads of France, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy to offer a live acoustic and intimate novel in which the folk sounds mix with the colors straight out of her travel diaries. An invitation to travel and discovery, through poetry and philosophical writings by her partner Giano, and melodies composed by Dominique herself.

An evening with Hotel Elysées Mermoz and Art Ensuite in the interest of emerging contemporary artists and those of us interested in supporting them and exposing them to the public!

Last Tuesday we had the honored pleasure to participate in a soirée at Hotel Elysées Mermoz. The evening was dedicated to a hand selected number of artists, bloggers, and gallerists to meet one another, share ideas, discover projects in process of unfolding and developping, and foremost learn of Hôtel Elysées Mermoz's growing project with Art Ensuite.

(Left: Kristi; Right: Rosario and Ana; Photo Credits: Dominique Planche) 

 (Here you can see the expo space within the hotel for the artists;
Photo Credits: Hotel Elysées Mermoz)

(Photo Credit: Art Ensuite)

Meet Olivier Brueil, the owner and manager of 4 star Hôtel Elysées, but also, note, an artist himself, a painter, who yes, has his own studio and spends half of his time devoted to his art. In 2009 during the remodeling of his hotel, he decided to use the strategic space to display works of art by young emerging artists. In doing this, he began his project to support these artists not only through exposing their works, but further through collecting donations for them and presenting them to the public. Here the artists have a number of opportunities presented to them, one namely being that they are put into contact with a public they may otherwise not particularly encounter. Here their network is expanded where they may meet and follow into other public circles passionate about art, and ready to discover an emerging artist perhaps in a more personable encounter than a large prestigous gallery or a museum!

(Photo Credit: Art Ensuite)

Meet Art Ensuite! Olivier wanted to go further with his project than solely in his hotel. Art Ensuite has been born with the goal to grow this network between hotels, in particular, who would like to support and sponsor these artists in the same way as Hôtel Elysées Mermoz and contribute to developing and growing their network in such a way which benefits the artists themselves and not solely the space exposing them! Here there will be a genuine encounter between the observer and the art, a network will grow between the hotels exposing them, and most appropriately bring artists together and the discovery of them to the public.

 Elodie Boutry, Thierry Richard from Chroniques du Plaisir, Camille Poirier from Arts et Regards

 From far right: Thomas Mondo from Darkplanneur, Dominique Planche from Planche.com, Amyitis Filippi from Art Ensuite

 Jean-Marc Thommen, artist, Olivier Brueil, painter and owner and director of Elysées Mermoz

 (Photo Credits: La Frange)

This project inspires us! At Un Artiste à La Table we desire to bring to light artists, whether well known, lesser known, or emerging, to a public they might not otherwise know but who is nonetheless passionate for art. Likewise, we strive to provide the public with the opportunity to meet these artists in a more relaxed, personable environment. In a world where so often the artists are hidden behind their works and we have little chance to meet them, hear and see who they are, what inspires them and why they do what they do, it is a delight to get to meet an artist and hear they themselves explain their art. This, in our mind, changes everything!

(Photo Credit: Dominique Planche)

Meet Elodie Boutry at Hôtel Elysées Mermoz last Tuesday night. Charming and warm, her works are playful and incredibly creative; have the chance to talk with her and they take an even more lively form! (Elodie's works can be seen currently on display at the hotel)

(Photo Credit: Art Ensuite)

This is unique about the project at Hôtel Elysées Mermoz, Art Ensuite, and Un Artiste à La Table. Unimagined spaces are provided where one can discover an artist in a more personable manner, artists can meet one another, the public can meet the artist, networks can be enlarged or new ones formed. Here at Un Artiste à La Table we are pleased to provide the combination of the discovery of such art and artists with the equal discovery, passion and enjoyment of gastronomy. Cooking in France, the world capital of cuisine, not to mention home to some of the greatest chefs in the world, there is nearly no limit to what delights one may taste in the restaurants in Paris! We are not amongst those in that list, we are off the beaten path, and in an unexpected place, yes, our own apartment, or even in the ateliers of the artists themselves! It is nonetheless worth discovering, and while behind supposed closed, private doors, we are none whatsoever exclusive or closed! At Un Artiste à La Table it is much more like participating in a small intimate exposition! We want to offer the public the chance to meet and discover an artist they do not yet know, we want to support our local artists in this great City of Light, and we also want you to meet our in-home artist and co-founder, our chef Kristi McIntosh. Inspired by the greatest cuisine in the world: French cuisine, but also born and bread in sunny California where the cuisine is colorful and fresh, she most enjoys creating playful taste combinations while supporting the other artists in our city, and creating a unique and kind atmosphere of discovery through the senses!

 Eiffel Tower inspired brochettes of: cucumber, apple, persimmon and crystallized ginger dipped in a cinnamon, mint syrup

 

(Petite Spoons of 3 levels: Citrus fruits and Cardamom, Fromage Frais, Pistachio Lavander Pestro; Photo Credit: Dominique Planche)

We look forward to forming a greater network with Art Ensuite and those we had the pleasure of meeting last Tuesday evening at Hôtel Elysées Mermoz, to name a few: Amyitis Filippi of Art Ensuite, Thierry Richard from Chroniques du Plaisir, Dominique Planche from Planche.com, Elodie Boutry, Jerome Boutterin, Jean -Marc Thommen, Soo-Kyoung Lee (artists), Thomas Mondo from Darkplanneur, Guillaume from Carpe Webem, Laura from La Frange, Camille Poirier from Arts et Regards, Benoît Blanchard from Oeuvres-Revue, Noemie Roussel from Zest for Art, Vincent Gaillot from Le Blog de Vinz, and Pauline Daniez from the Galerie Daniez et de Charette.