Alec Siniavine (Sound)

Alec Siniavine (real name Alexandre Siniavine), born May 4, 1906 in Odessa and died September 20, 1996 in Paris, was a French pianist, composer and conductor in the field of songs and variety music. Siniavine grew up an orphan in Romania; as a child, he took piano lessons. At the age of 18, he attended the music conservatory in Bucharest and also took law courses at university. He made his first professional appearances in nightclubs and cabarets. He moved to Paris on a scholarship and first performed at Café Tabac Pigalle. He also played weddings and banquets. In the early 1930s, he had the opportunity to play on the ocean ships of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. In 1933/34, he worked in Monte-Carlo, where he met Germaine and Jean Sablon. Siniavine, now a French citizen, played with Django Reinhardt and André Ekyan in April 1934 during a first recording session with Jean...Read More