Gaëlle MECHALY Soprano
www.gaellemechaly.com
Gaëlle Mechaly studied music at the CNR in Marseille where she won four gold medals for her piano performance (Pierre Barbizet class), for her part in chamber music and for her skills at singing including singing for the opera. She has won several international contests as prestigious as the Henry Sauguet award “Prix de la Sacem, Mélodie française du XXème siècle”, “Prix Yves-Saint- Laurent”, semi finalist in the Cardiff singer of the world....
Her musical career, rich and eclectic, extends from baroque to opéra comique, from musicals to contemporary music.
Critics praised her for her vocal virtuosity, the clearness of her timber, her performances and her stage presence.
She has performed on the greatest Palais Garnier, Royal Albert Hall, Tokyo Kioi Hall, Melbourne Recital Center, the BAM, New York Alice Tully Hall, Fenice of Venice... under the direction of Ricardo Muti, Bernard Soustrot, Yoram David, Emmanuelle Haïm. Faithful to William Christie and Hervé Niquet, Gaëlle Mechaly has sang in important baroque music festivals (Ambronay, Beaune, Versailles, Edinburgh, Amster- dam, Cologne) and in the Aix-en-Provence festival. She recorded Zo- roastre which was nominated for the 46th USA Grammy Awards in 2004.
She has been working with contemporary composers such as Kaija Saariaho (The tempesta) and Thierry Pecou (L’Amour coupable) and with film music composers such as Gabriel Yared (Oscar for the Best Music, Original Dramatic Score – “The English Patient”), Patrick Doyle, Bruno Coulais and Nicolas Piovani. She is regularly invited to perform during prestigious celebrations such as the European Film Academy Awards in Ghent, Munich, Berlin, Tallinn and at the Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon ...
She wrote the songs “Une Danse” from the movie The Black Box and “Lullaby for Dorothy” from the movie Dorothy.
In 2015, she collaborated with Nathaniel Méchaly in writing “Let me Weep” for the Taken 3 soundtrack and a year later “A Sami Lullaby” for the series Midnight Sun with Leïla Bekhti broadcast on Canal +.
Selective Filmography / Soprano
Jour Polaire / Midnight Sun « A Sami Lullaby » Original Score by Nathaniel Méchaly Produced by Olivier Bibas / Atlantique production et Canal + (2016)
Taken 3 « Let me Weep » Original Score by Nathaniel Méchaly Directed by Olivier Megaton Produced by Europacorp (2015)
Out of Eden Original Score by Pablo Pico Directed by Séverine Pinkasfeld Produced by Naïa Productions (2014)
Concerts / Soprano
Tatie Danielle Live in Beittedine, Liban Music by Gabriel Yared (2014)
For the Record : Gabriel Yared Festival du Film International de Ghent Music by Gabriel Yared Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Dirk Brossé (2011)
Tribute to Jacques Demy Music by Michel Legrand, Direction-Piano Cinématheque of Paris (2009)
Ratatouille Ciné-concert Ludwig Wicki / Mickael Giacchino Le Grand Rex Paris (2015)
Record Album / Soprano
For the Record : Gabriel Yared Ghent Film Festival Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Dirk Brossé (2011)
Songwriter
La boite noire / The Black Box « Une danse » Original Score by Nathaniel Méchaly Directed by Richard Berry Produced by Pierre-Ange Lepogam / Europacorp (2005)
Dorothy « Lullaby for Dorothy » Original Score by Nathaniel Méchaly Directed by Agnès Merlet Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonier / Fidélité Films (2008)