Alain Turban

Born in Paris in 1947 and linked very early to Montmartre before growing up also in the Paris suburbs, Alain Turban develops a career anchored in French variety chanson, with pop-inflected tones and writing focused on memories, places and popular figures. He records several 45 rpm singles in the 1970s and emerges at the end of the decade with Quatrième dimension in 1978, followed by Santa Monica in 1979, initially under the name Allain. In 1984, Alain Turban reclaims his surname for On s’écrivait Annie, co-written with Didier Barbelivien, a track presented at the Festival de Viña del Mar. His career then extends between stage, writing, and thematic projects, often connected to Paris, Montmartre, and Ardèche, his adopted homeland. Discogs and the BnF allow identifying several albums, including Pony in 1990, Turbanovitch in 1999, Poulbot in 2010, Chante l’Ardèche in 2010, Piano la vie in 2017 and Eternelle, les chansons de mon fils Alain Turbanovitch in 2021. Alain Turban has performed in Parisian venues such as Casino de Paris, La Cigale, l’Européen, and l’Olympia, participated in the Age tendre et Têtes de bois tour, and also led collective projects like Les Vieilles Fripouilles with Gilles Dreu and Jean Sarrus.