Rougge was born in 1974 in the East of France.
While listening to him sing at a very young age, his parents decide to enroll
him in music classes. As a child, he studies classical guitar. As a teenager, he
moves on to electric guitar and flamenco. He continuously explores and improves
his voice, first on his own and later on stage with other musicians.
Composing then becomes an additional way of expressing himself. Another outlet
for more personal feelings. He dedicates himself to this new form of expression
aimed at deeply exploring genuine human emotions.
After a while, the desire of an unknown "out there" and for renewal, leads
him to England. To Liverpool with its sharp contrasts. A mythical town for
music. The Mersey River. The Pier Head. A touch of Ireland.
Refocusing. Listening to inner voices. New feelings.
The Piano. New strings. The words are looking for meanings. Wander. Fade
completely and....
Rougge is born. The strings of the piano and of the voice blend from there on in
as a delicate roar. An ethereal voice free of words, of sentences. A voice that
targets a pure emotional state.
A unique mix of sounds ranging from classical to rock, to contemporary music. A
singular and carnal expressiveness.
Towards the end of 2007, Rougge returns home and creates his first album
Fragments. Recorded and mixed between France and England, Fragments is
warmly welcomed by music critics in various, major European web magazines. This
positive momentum leads to a contract between Rougge and the French publisher
Volvox Music who hear in the 11 fragments (the 11 songs of the album),
"ambitious, captivating music".
Collaborations soon follow with two painters Isabelle Szlachta and Robbin Milne.
They extract a powerful creative energy from Rougge's music leading both to new
artistic creations as well as an audio-visual project.
In 2009, Parisian stage director Clément Saunier hears in Rougge's music a great
inspiration for directing his play "La Fellation du Diable". Rougge then adapts
several "Fragments" for Saunier's production and a theatrical collaboration is
established.
An encounter with his peers, Marc Vella, "the World travelling concert
pianist", and his friend Marko Meles, concert pianist and graduate from the
Belgrade Conservatory, slowly leads Rougge towards the stage and live
performance: first in May 2009 with 10 concerts together named "Glassovir" at
the "Petit Théâtre dans La Ville" in Nancy and from 2010 onwards, on stage for a
Solo performance. It is here that Rougge's musical colour reaches its
intensity.
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