Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 23, 1969
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Credits
80 titles
Patrick Fiori
Biography
Patrick Fiori, born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969, is a French singer of Armenian descent. Fiori was born to a French-Armenian father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in Marseille, France. His father's family were escapees of the Armenian genocide. He was born in a family of five siblings. He spent part of his childhood in Marseille south of France and part in Ajaccio in Corsica. He started music at the age of 12 in 1981 thanks to encouragement from Franck Fernandel, who offered him a role in the musical La Légende des santonniers. In 1985, at the age of 16, he recorded his first song "Stéphanie" with financing from his parents followed by other recordings like "Dans ton regard" and "Le Cœur à fleur d'amour". Taking part in Léon Zitrone's show Les Habits du dimanche gave him more exposure. In 1987 he opened for singer Gilbert Montagné for a number of shows. He later opened for other renowned artists like Michèle Torr and Barry White. In 1992 he had great success with "Au fil de l'eau" written by his childhood friend Bernard Di Domenico during the Francophonie. He won first prize during Fenouillèdes Song Contest held in Sournia, the Pyrénées-Orientales). That year's event had been sponsored by Fabienne Thibeault who encouraged him to go further in his career. In 1993, as he became well-known with the public, at 23, the songwriters François Valéry and Marie-France Brière (director of variety and entertainment at France 2) suggested that he represent France in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Mama Corsica" composed by Valéry, a bilingual song mainly in French language but with some additional Corsican language lyrics. The song delivered the first rare occasion in which Corsican language was heard at the Eurovision Song Contest. The next appearance of Corsican was after 18 years with France's entry in Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Amaury Vassili's song "Sognu" which was completely in Corsican. On 15 May 1993, Fiori performed "Mama Corsica" representing France in the Contest held that year in Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland. He was accompanied by an orchestre led by Christian Cravero. The accompaniment also included two banjo players and two vocalists who joined him on stage throughout the song. Fiori finished fourth with a total of 121 points in between 25 nations competing. The song obtained the coveted "douze points" (12 points) from jury in Denmark and Portugal. In 1994, Fiori released his debut album entitled Puisque c'est l'heure. In 1995 he released the self-financed Cœur à l'envers. He also appeared in a number of variety shows notably La Chance aux chansons hosted by Pascal Sevran interpreting on an occasion "Ma vie" an original song by Alain Barrière in his presence. ... Source: Article "Patrick Fiori" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Corsu Mezu Mezu - Un soir au Vélodrome avec Patrick Fiori
Self : TV-Host
Mezu Mezu : itinéraire d'une chorale
Self
Musiques en fête des Chorégies d'Orange
Self : Guest
La fête de la chanson française - 20 ans d'émotions
Self : Guest
Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés
Self
Concert solidaire - Aidons l'Aude
Self
Le Grand Concert de la Francophonie célèbre Jean-Jaques Goldman
Self : Guest
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Self (archive footage)
La Grande Fête de Carcassonne
Self
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Les Bodin's en folie : La Soirée des 30 ans
Self
Les Bodin's en folie : La suite
Éternel Aznavour : le concert événement
Self : Guest
Le grand concert des régions
Pour toi Céline: La soirée évènement
Self
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
Ycare, le live
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
Self - Guest
Les 20 chansons de Florent Pagny préférées des Français
Self
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
Self
Paris 2024, le concert-événement
Self
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Alibi.com 2
Self
Tous en Chœur Montreux : On chante Goldman
Self
The Unexpected Getaway
Self
Quelle époque !
Self - Guest
Corsu Mezu Mezu, le concert
Self
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
Self
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Bad Seeds
Jean Bogossian
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
La Boîte à secrets
Self
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
The Secret Song
Self
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
Self
Soprano : le documentaire événement
Self
Basique, le concert
Self
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Enfoirés Kids
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
Amanda
Self
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
Self
Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Self : Guest
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Les copains d'abord font du ski
Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui