| Paul de Senneville | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Instrumental pop Classical Easy listening |
| Occupations | Melody Composer (Melodist), Music Producer |
| Years active | 1976 – Present |
| Labels | Delphine Production |
Paul de Senneville is a French melody composer (melodist) and a music producer.
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He began his career as a journalist working for big French newspapers such as France Soir. Later, he became a TV program producer as well.
As a director of a record company, Disc AZ, he started a new career on the basis of his passion in life: music.
After writing his first song in 1962, he contributed music for songs in many movie soundtracks produced by French companies such as Univers Galaxie and Daber Films. In 1968, while managing Michel Polnareff's career, he met Olivier Toussaint, forming a successful songwriting partnership. with songs were recorded by major French artists such as: Mireille Mathieu, Michèle Torr, Christophe, Hervé Vilard, Dalida, Petula Clark and Claude François. This partnership accounts for over 100 million records sold internationally. Partnering with lyricist Jean-Loup Dabadie, he wrote Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux, a French hit recorded by Michel Polnareff.
Very soon, they also got involved in Production business. They started up the group Pop Concerto Orchestra. which Olivier Toussaint sang as a lead singer there. Soon after, they launched their second group Anarchic System that produced Rock & roll music. Over a period of 5 years, both groups sold several millions of records.
1975 was a big success for both Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint. The triumph of the song Dolannes Melody launched the trumpet player, Jean-Claude Borelly. The song went to first place in the charts of most European countries very quickly; first in France, Switzerland, Belgium and then in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. It was also in the first place in South America and later in Japan.
in 1978, he was represented in both France and Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 by his composition, Les jardins de Monaco as a duet song. He has also won prestigious awards such as César Award (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for his movie scores. He is bestowed Comte title—a title of French nobility.
In 1976, Paul and his partner Olivier set up their own record company, Delphine Productions that was named after Paul's first daughter, "Delphine Deschodt". Delphine Productions is one of the leading French music exporters to the world market. It is also the only company specializing in instrumental music.
Besides Jean-Claude Borelly, they discovered French instrumentalists such as Richard Clayderman (1976), Nicolas de Angelis (1981) and Diego Modena (1991).
Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint collaborated with famous French arrangers like: Gérard Salesses, Hervé Roy, Bruno Ribera, and Marc Minier. Their main music productions was devoted to Richard Clayderman music.
Ballade pour Adeline, A comme Amour and Letter to my Mother are the biggest hits in Richard Clayderman recordings. These melodies are originally composed by Paul de Senneville. He has composed around 400 melodies for Richard Clayderman. Olivier Toussaint and Jean Baudlot are his co-workers in composing melodies.
Nowadays, the Delphine group represent 15 companies dealing with various activities: an advertising film and clip production company, an agency for advertising and casting actors and a casting agency as well as two modelling agencies. Delphine Records is one of the companies with 30 employees. They have 4 recording studios in the "hotel particulier" close to the Champs Elysées.
Paul de Senneville enjoys classical music. Giuseppe Verdi is one of his favorites. He is very interested in collecting modern paintings and antique objects. In his house, he sits on a 18th-century armchair and owns a horse statue made by Salvador Dalí.
He is interested in horse racing. L'Amiral Mauzun is a horse race of the French team of Jean-Philippe Ducher. Paul was its owner-breeder. He won many prestigious race prizes, including the Elitloppet in 2007.
It is said that Paul de Senneville can never read, write, or even play music; nevertheless, his natural talent and creativity of composing pure melodies has made him a professional worldwide musician. He sings his inspired melodies into a small tape recorder at home or in his studio. Then he calls a pianist (or an arranger) to help him take out the melody notes. After arranging, they go to studio and record it with an orchestra.