Bridging the gap between the classic, smouldering chanson singers and the high
gloss modern pop divas, Zazie first took the French charts by storm in the early
1990s but endured to remain one of the nation's most popular female
singer-songwriters.
Born Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes in the Western Parisian suburbs
of Boulogne-Billencourt, she picked up the nickname Zazie from a Raymond Queneau
novel at a young age and was raised in an artistic household where she was
taught violin, piano and guitar by her music teacher mother. After leaving
school she studied psy...