Impossible to miss, Karen Brunon is on all fronts. The classical violinist participates in all kinds of musical projects. Albums, tours, television shows… La Ponote is everywhere.
The list of artists with whom she has worked is long, from Michel Legrand to Laurent Voulzy, from Vanessa Paradis to Charles Aznavour, from Mika to Marc Lavoine…
A Ponote among the greatest
Karen Brunon was born with music. His parents ran the Opus 43 Musique store in Puy-en-Velay. When he was younger, the artist learned the violin at the Cité Vellave conservatory before leaving for Lyon, then Paris. Since then, she has excelled.
In 2012, she created the group Circus alongside Calogero and Stanislas, she returned to play at Le Puy in a full house. Then, the projects follow one another. She releases her first album The ideal girl in 2014, directed by Benjamin Biolay. Then a second, more discreetly, Life after written with Marc Lavoine. A musician and singer, she says she is “still very attached to Haute-Loire. »
A busy schedule
“I have just finished a two-year tour with Renaud, we did 131 concerts,” says Karen Brunon. We had an incredible team, I was lucky to be alongside him, he is a beautiful artist. And there are few great tours like that,” rejoices the original Ponote.
131 concerts
In two years for the tour In my ropes by Renaud.
Karen Brunon never stops listing, month by month, her upcoming projects. The list is long. “In January, I'm going to record Julie Zenatti's album, she entrusted me with the strings and some arrangements,” she begins. I also have an upcoming project with Louis Vuitton… But I can't say more. »
-She will also soon be at the Victoires de la Musique, on tour with Michel Polnareff then alongside her “dear” Laurent Voulzy… “All my projects are very different, that’s what I like about my job,” confides She.
Aerial violinist at the Star Academy
Known for her talent in Don't forget the lyrics with Naguy, we were also able to glimpse him in the television series Tomorrow belongs to us. But on Saturday January 4, it's at the Star Academy that Karen Brunon made an appearance.
To the tune of I take you to the windwhile Gaëtan Roussel and Academician Charles sing, it is Karen Brunon who puts on the show. Suspended above the audience, the artist became an aerial violinist for one evening. “It was very impressive, really very cool! »
“I’m always up for any experience”
“Everything is very secure,” assures the musician. The hardest part: “I had to find my balance. It is often said that to play the violin, you have to be firmly anchored to the ground… A little complicated in the air! I gained a lot of weight, over time it wouldn't have worked. »
“I received a lot of comments on social networks,” she adds with a smile on her face. An extraordinary performance. “I’m always up for any experiment,” concludes Karen Brunon, always ready to add a new string to her bow… Or to her violin.
