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Catherine Lara

Catherine Lara is a French violinist, singer, and composer whose work brings together classical violin, rock, French chanson, and world music. Her recorded career was established in the 1970s, with a 1970 performance with Jean Ferrat, a 1971 tour with Claude Nougaro, and a 1972 Fondation de la Vocation award. From the 1980s through the 2010s, she developed projects spanning popular music, musical theatre, film and television composition, and instrumental work, including Nuit magique, Les Romantiques, Aral, Au-delà des murs, and Bô Le Voyage musical. Her 2000 album Aral reached gold-record status, and the 2008–2009 Au-delà des murs production extended an instrumental album she wrote and composed into a music-and-dance stage work with Balkan inspiration and violin at its center. In fragrance, she entered the field in 2009 with Aral Un des Sens, created in connection with the spectacle and named after the Aral album; it is listed as her sole recorded fragrance.