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Mireille Mathieu calls for love and protection of Russian language

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Mireille Mathieu calls for love and protection of Russian language


16.03.2018

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French singer Mireille Mathieu held a meeting with students of the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute and sang her hit songs together with them, RIA Novosti reports.

The singer has acknowledged that she fell in love with Russia and singing in Russian is a special kind of delight for her. In her opinion, the Russian language has its charm and is perfectly suitable for singing songs about joy and sorrow.

“The Russian language is very dear and pleasant for me. Love and protect the Russian language,” Mireille Mathieu said. She has added that to sing about love in Russian is great.

Together with the students of the Pushkin Institute, the signer performed Russian folk song Podmoskovnye Vechera and her hit song Pardonne moi ce caprice d’enfant.

The French singer remarked during the conference that she has always had affection to Russia. This affection started in 1967 to stay until present. Besides, the singer’s mother was fond of studying Russian and engrained this love to her daughter.

Mireille being an ambassador of the Russian language in the world shared her plans for the closest future. Thus, she is going to include the Tchaikovsky romance into her new album, TASS informs. The new record will be dedicated to her mother.


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