Early years

Born in Saint-Cloud, a west Parisian suburb along the shores of the Seine River, de Angelis studied guitar at the Paris Academy from the age of ten.
De Angelis started the guitar with a teacher from the Paris Academy who first inspired his great love of the instrument.

At sixteen he belonged to a small group of very talented French musicians, among them Michel Berger.
From the age of eighteen, he lent his talent to many pop starts such as Julien Clerc

Julien Clerc

Julien Clerc, , born as Paul Alain Leclerc on 4 October 1947 in Paris, Clerc's parents divorced when he was still young. He grew up listening to classical music in his father's home, while his mother introduced him to the music of such singers as Georges Brassens and Edith Piaf...

, Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan is a French singer. She was one of the first rock girls in France. Vartan was the most productive and active of the yé-yé style artists, considered as the toughest-sounding of those. Her performance often featured elaborate show-dance choreography. She made many appearances on French...

 and Fabienne Thibault, and soon became one of the most requested session musicians.

Song for Anna

In 1981 he recorded his first solo LP, Quelques Notes Pour Anna. This album achieved Gold record sales within a few weeks,and paved the way for his further successes.

Discography

• 1981 Quelques notes pour Anna
• 1985 Grand Concert
• 1985 Guitar Guitar
• 1985 Jalouse (Toute la guitar)
• 1985 Les Sonates
• 1986 L'amour à plein coeur
• 1986 Romantic Rendez-vous
• 1987 Soleil
• 1996 Love follow us
• 1997 Love follow us 2
• 1998 Friends France
• 1998 Le Meilleur de la guitare

External links

• Nicolas de Angelis homepage