Jane Birkin discusses Career, Music, and Gainsbourg on January 29 at FIAF

Jane Birkin (band) perform in concert at Primavera Sound Festival on June 2, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain (see bottom of article for photo credit)

Though Jane Birkin might be most immediately recognized for lending her name to the Birkin bag, the actress and singer has many successes worth remembering. On Monday, January 29, Birkin will be telling her stories in a discussion at FIAF.

After nearly of decade with no new studio albums, Birkin has returned to the international spotlight with an album of songs French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg wrote for her during their relationship some three decades ago. The songs have been arranged to be accompanied by a symphony with Birkin providing the vocals. She will be performing the album in a one-night show, Birkin Gainsbourg the Symphonic, at Carnegie Hall.

As a young actress and singer, Birkin blossomed with Gainsbourg at her side as anyone can tell from their first hit, Je t’aime moi non plus. Their 13-year romance is fabled and mythical, one that flourished throughout the 70s simultaneously with the duo’s professional careers.

Before she takes the stage with Gainsbourg’s songs, she’ll engage in a discussion at FIAF about her iconic career in the entertainment, music, and fashion industries. A Q&A session will follow, as well as a book signing of Attachmentsa book of photographs portraying Birkin’s life with Gainsbourg and her three daughters, written in collaboration with photographer Gabrielle Crawford.

The talk will be given in English.

Featured image: Stock Photos Christian Bertrand/Shutterstock

A close up of a sign

Frenchly
newsletter.

Get your weekly dose of Frenchly’s news.

Read more

Always dreamed of a french pied- à-terre? Now is the time to fulfill that dream. Paris has become the new home for thousands. According to INSEE, of roughly 320,000 homes in France that have foreign owners, 126,000 are located in Paris
By offering a unique bilingual education to students from kindergarten (age 2 and up) through high school in English and French, Dallas International School teaches a solid foundation of skills that covers all the fundamentals offered by other prestigious private schools, while giving students the advantage of acquiring a second and third language throughout their school career.

Frenchly newsletter.

A close up of a sign

Get your weekly dose of Frenchly’s news.

Frenchly Newsletter.

A close up of a sign

Get your weekly dose of Frenchly stuff.