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BIOGRAPHY OF LARA FABIAN Lara Fabian is a world-famous French-speaking singer of

Italian-Belgian origin, a songwriter. Her powerful and unique voice can be recognized from the
very first notes and, of course, her most famous song is «Je T’aime». Lara sings in French,
English, Spanish, Italian and even in Russian.

3. CHILDHOOD Lara Fabian (a real name is Lara Crokaert) was born in a Belgian town
Etterbeek on January 9, 1970. Her mother was Italian, so Lara spent her early childhood with
her family on Sicily then they returned to Belgium.
4. Lara's father was a guitar player. He was the first who noticed the girl's talent for music and
sent her to the music school. Lara not only learned to play the piano but started to compose
music. When Lara was 14 years old, she appeared on stage with her father for the first time.
Even at that time, her sweet voice impressed the audience.

Later, that experience helped Lara to successfully perform at the prestigious contest «The
Trampoline» in 1986 that she successfully won.

5. Two years later, Fabian represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest and won
the fourth place with the song «Croire» («Believe»). Right after the contest, the song became a
hit in Europe, selling nearly 600 thousand copies.

6. All Lara Fabian's songs were written in the best traditions of French chanson. She has written
her name in the history of the best singers of the world. Her discography includes 14 albums,
each of them sold millions of copies around the world.

7. PRIVATE LIFE OF LARA FABIAN The singer's private life had always been closely linked to
her work. A pianist, Rick Allison, that she met at the age of 14 was her first big love. Their
creative and love union gave the world sincere and touching songs. Yet the end of their
relationship wasn't favorable, and the singer expressed her feelings about that in her song «Je
T’aime» that is still her most famous song.

After a 6-year relationship, the couple broke up, but Rick and Lara continued their music
cooperation for a long time. After Allison, Fabian was in short relationships with few men of the
creative profession, but for some reasons, they ended.

8. In 2007 Lara Fabian gave birth to a baby girl Lou from her first common-law husband, a
French producer Gerard Pullicino. Lara named daughter after her mother. In 2012 the singer
broke up with her husband, and

9. in 2013 she announced that she was married to an Italian illusionist Gabriel Di Giorgio.

10. LARA FABIAN NOW

Fabian is happily married and lives with her husband and daughter in the suburbs of Brussels.