is a French singer and actress. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson.
Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album, Mademoiselle chante…, Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide.
She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album Je te dis vous.
In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in And now… Ladies and Gentlemen with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, and finished in eighth place.
French singer Patricia Kaas performed in Vietnam for the second time on May 14 at a charity concert in Ho Chi Minh City to raise funds for disadvantaged children in Vietnam.
Patricia first performed in Vietnam in 1994 at concerts in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City during her international tour “Tour de Charme”.
The show commemorates 50 years of popularity of iconic songs by the late French chanteuse Edith Piaf.
An inheritor of Piaf’s style, Kaas will sing 20 songs popularised by the famed singer. She will also perform her own songs, and appear with her own band.
Some of Piaf’s songs that Kaas will perform include La Vie en Rose (Life in Pink), L’Hymne a l’Amour (Hymn to Love), Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No, I Regret Nothing), La Belle Histoire d’Amour (Beautiful Love Story) and Avec ce Soleil (With this Sun).
The “Kass Chante Piaf” (Kaas Sings Piaf) concert at Ben Thanh Theatre in District 1 is organised by Ho Chi Minh City-based NGO Poussieres de Vie (Dust of Life) with the support of the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and Truong Hai Auto Corporation.