Benjamin Siksou (born 8 February 1987) is a French singer-songwriter
and actor. He sings in a "jazz blues" style and plays the guitar,
piano, and the violin.Benjamin Siksou was born to a visual-artist
mother and media consultant father. This precocious musician grew up
between the thirteenth and the sixth arrondissement of Paris. He began
taking violin and tennis classes in 1989 at the age of two and a half
years, but in 2000 a knee injury prevented him from realizing his
childhood dream of becoming a professional tennis player.After the
injury, Benjamin devoted himself entirely to his other passion of
music, and in 2002 he started to write and compose his first songs. He
also joined a band with some of his friends from his college and,
beginning in 2005, performed in Parisian jazz bars such as the Caveau
des Oubliettes, the Melody Blues, the Swan Bar, and the café Le
Charteux. At the time Benjamin was taking influences from songs such
as "Billie Jean", "Hallelujah", "Just the Two of Us", and
"Summertime", and was already playing his own compositions like "Just
know that I knew", "On the Ground", "Work Another Day", and "Ma muse
mon égérie".
and actor. He sings in a "jazz blues" style and plays the guitar,
piano, and the violin.Benjamin Siksou was born to a visual-artist
mother and media consultant father. This precocious musician grew up
between the thirteenth and the sixth arrondissement of Paris. He began
taking violin and tennis classes in 1989 at the age of two and a half
years, but in 2000 a knee injury prevented him from realizing his
childhood dream of becoming a professional tennis player.After the
injury, Benjamin devoted himself entirely to his other passion of
music, and in 2002 he started to write and compose his first songs. He
also joined a band with some of his friends from his college and,
beginning in 2005, performed in Parisian jazz bars such as the Caveau
des Oubliettes, the Melody Blues, the Swan Bar, and the café Le
Charteux. At the time Benjamin was taking influences from songs such
as "Billie Jean", "Hallelujah", "Just the Two of Us", and
"Summertime", and was already playing his own compositions like "Just
know that I knew", "On the Ground", "Work Another Day", and "Ma muse
mon égérie".
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