Musician singer Michel BERGER, died of a heart attack at the age of 45, following a discomfort during a tennis game, while he was spending his holidays on his property in Ramatuelle. Announcement of the sad news and testimony of a neighbor.
Interviewed by Philippe BOUVARD, Michel BERGER talks about success. "We haven’t changed when we’re successful," he says. According to him, making a record costs much less than making a film and the question of whether it will be successful is less. He then talks about the piano, a source of inspiration for his songs.
On the occasion of his concert at Reunion, interview with Michel BERGER about his wife France Gall. He explains that for years they have been fighting not to be in pictures together, to do separate shows, "not to be the little couple that corresponds to an image that is not ours". With humour he explains that there is no professional rivalry because it is he who writes his songs. He talks about their cohesion in terms of music and their profession. "It’s a great privilege to be married to someone who does the same job," he says.
Interviewed on stage by Philippe GOSSET (TV magazine), Michel BERGER explains why he gave up his philosophy studies to devote himself to singing. "It is rather the opposite, why I made philosophy when I should have made music since always," he stresses. Then he announces that he will no longer compose for others, but only for himself.
Meeting with Michel BERGER during his last preparations before his visit to the Zenith. The singer confides that performing is very physical, he does not want to be a star and wants to stay close to his audience, he confesses to adore the time in which he lives and to hate it at the same time "because there are scary things". Interview of the singer alternating with pictures of rehearsal on stage where he performs "Splendid chance".
Interviewed by Anne SINCLAIR, Michel BERGER, author, composer and performer, admits that it does not give him more satisfaction to accumulate everything. He took great pleasure in writing for others, but now he only writes for France Gall and himself because it is two different and complementary universes that are enough for him.
At the end of his performance, Michel BERGER presents to Michel DRUCKER, his new instrument, a keyboard guitar, which combines guitar and piano, and which he had made by a French team (the company Vigier). "I always dreamed of standing with an instrument," said the singer.
Interviewed by Michel LANCELOT, Michel BERGER talks about love songs. "I can only do that, I have a lot of trouble writing anything else," he says. He considers it a terrible defect because "it wearies". According to him the song is really made in the beginning to talk about love to someone.
Michel Berger is one of the ambassadors of Operation Delta. It is a vast humanitarian operation for the poorest countries of Africa. There are many problems, Michel Berger lists the priorities.
Interviewed by Viviane JUNGFER, Michel Berger expresses his happiness to sing on stage in front of an audience: "...I really started doing a big tour when I had two or three songs that were really known by a lot of people, so there I really discovered the scene and I have to say that in the last two years it has become the most important thing for me".