Anne Etchegoyen

Anne Etchegoyen —Basque graphy: Ane Etxegoien— (born 1980 in Saint-Palais, Lower Navarre) is a Basque singer and songwriter. Etchegoyen sings in Basque, French, Spanish and Gascon. She has released four albums, including two solo, and two in collaboration with the Basque Men's Choir Aizkoa. Her popularity greatly increased throughout France after appearing and singing with various other groups in the 6-episode Le Chœur du Village. The series was broadcast on France 3 in April 2013. We can't forget anyway that She was already known for singing 3 times the French national anthem La Marseillaise, in 2003 for the World Championship in Athletics In Paris, in 2009 for the Basketball Worl Cup and in 2010 during a Rugby Union Test match between France and Argentina.
Etchegoyen's latest album, Les Voix Basques ("The Basque Voices"), has been awarded gold record in France after selling more than 60,000 copies. Etchegoyen has gone on a world tour performing in several countries, including Argentina, the United States, England, Ireland and Spain. Currently she is on the Basque eta Paz tour, to spread her idea of peace for the Basque Country.

Etchegoyen was born in 1980 in Saint-Palais (in Basque Donapaleu) in the Northern Basque Country. At the age of eight Etchegoyen joined a local choir in Saint-Palais Soon thereafter she would study in the musical school of Bayonne.

Albums

Solo

• Pachamama (2008)
• Adelante (2010)

Anne Etchegoyen et le Chœur Aizkoa

Other collaborations

• Les voix célestes du Pays Basque chantent Noël (2005)

• "Anne Etchegoyen discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2014.