Jann Halexander

Born in Libreville, Gabon, in 1982 under the name Aurélien Makosso-Akendengué, Jann Halexander pursues between Gabon and France a career as a singer, songwriter-performer, actor and director, shaped by Francophone song, a piano-and-voice approach, and writing focused on intimacy, identity, family, travel and social relations. Active on stage since the early 2000s, Halexander is part of a tradition of theatrical and narrative song, with texts often sober, sometimes satirical, carried by a direct interpretation. His discography, initially self-produced and later released on various labels, includes Halexander Songs (2005), Le Marginal (2008), Obama (2010), Tristes Tropiques (2012), Moi qui Rêve (2013), Affidavit (2016), Consolatio (2021) and Ornithorynque (2024). In parallel with live performances in France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Gabon, Halexander has also developed more hybrid forms of show, such as Urgence de Vous, from Gabon to Russia with Veronika Bulycheva, as well as a concert tour devoted to Catherine Ribeiro. His career also includes forays into cinema with Rémi Lange, for whom he acts in Statross le Magnifique (2006) and composes the music for Devotee (2008).