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BUSINESS English speakers with new SPORTS TECHNOLOGY album SPACE HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT movies TOP STORIES music tv Bush lays claim to power, performing arts promises 'spirit of POLITICS cooperation' LAW Convicted spy Pope CAREER released TRAVEL FOOD For the past eight years, Lara FTC expected to vote ARTS & STYLE Fabian has had success in Europe. today on AOL-Time BOOKS She hopes to charm even more Warner merger NATURE audiences with her new self-titled English-language CD IN-DEPTH At least 8 U.S. deaths NEW YORK (CNN) -- Lara Fabian, the classically trained vocalist with Sicilian ANALYSIS blamed on winter storm LOCAL and Belgian roots who has charmed Europe with her French recordings, is expanding her scope with her first English-language album. (MORE) EDITIONS: "Lara Fabian," which boasts the single "I Will love Again," mixes more CNN.com Europe traditional European sounds with pop to generate international appeal. BUSINESS change default edition Fabian, who has been recording in Europe for eight years, says she likes to experiment with many styles. MULTIMEDIA: "I don't want to have any category stamped on my VIDEO Gore yields to Bush video face," she told CNN WorldBeat at a recent show Singer Lara Fabian video archive in New York. "I really want to have this freedom talks with CNN's Triple-digit loss on Nasdaq -- music is freedom." audio Worldbeat about Political gridlock meets multimedia showcase Music is also a way for Fabian to express her her U.S. tour Street news quiz passions. Play video more services "I am an open book through the songwriting," (QuickTime, Real or Windows Media) (MORE) Fabian admitted. "It's such a beautiful exit to all E-MAIL: these emotions that we don't know how to speak. AUDIO 4:31pm ET, Subscribe to one of ... I have this vehicle that is such a precious thing MARKETS our news e-mail lists. to me." 12/13 DJIA Enter your address: 26.20 10794.40 Fabian's sentiments have been expressed best in NAS 109.00 2822.77 French, though she is multilingual. Her previous

http://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/04/wb.fabian/index.html (1 of 3) [14-12-2000 12:22:42] CNN.com - WorldBeat - Lara Fabian reaches out to English speakers with new album - December 4, 2000 albums have sold 7 million copies, mostly in 'I Will Love Again' S&P 11.19 1359.99 French-speaking lands. DISCUSSION: 400KWAV sound message boards "I started songwriting at around age 12, and 'Adagio' chat that was it. I never really stopped. Nothing feedback else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly 544KWAV sound the expression of who I am." SPORTS CNN WEB SITES: — Lara Fabian 'Givin' Up On You' 384KWAV sound Blazers keep Lakers reeling She says her music crosses cultural boundaries. with 96-86 victory CNNfyi.com "I believe in the fact that an audience has one heart," Fabian said. "I can just tell CNN.com Europe Rice, Niners divorce seems you one thing: If I sing the 'Adagio,' and I pull it out with all the honesty I have -- likely after season AsiaNow whether they're Japanese, Italian, American or Belgian or French -- they will Spanish react in the same way." Suns' Hardaway faces Portuguese domestic violence charge German The track "Adagio" is a dramatic statement, pairing her Italian own lyrics with the eternal music of Italian composer Swedish Tomaso Albinoni. (MORE) Norwegian "My mother loved Albinoni" Fabian recalled. "Albinoni All Scoreboards Danish is one of the most amazing composers of the 18th Japanese century, and that song actually is one of the songs she Chinese Headlines played the most. WEATHER "('Adagio') ... characterizes who I am, and what I've been studying for so many Enter your U.S. Zip: TIME INC. SITES: years," Fabian said. Fabian began formal lessons at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels at 8 and Click here for U.S. States CNN NETWORKS: continued her studies for 10 years. She never doubted her calling, she says. or world cities "I started songwriting at around age 12, and that was it," Fabian said. "I never really stopped. Nothing else ever really crossed my mind. It's truly the expression WORLD of who I am." President Bush: The world CNN anchors RELATED SITES: reacts transcripts Lara Fabian (Official site) Turner distribution U.S. Note: Pages will open in a new browser window SITE INFO: External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. Bush lays claim to power, help promises 'spirit of contents Search cooperation' search ad info jobs POLITICS

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