French-born singer-musician Margot Sergent returns to Birdland Theater with an encore of The Edith Piaf Experience on Thursday, February 16 at 8:30 PM, along with Pat Brennan on guitar, Alec Safy on bass, Linus Wyrsch on clarinet, and Sergent on harp. Sergent will offer renditions of Piaf classics such as “Hymne a L’Amour,” “Padam, Padam,” “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” and “La Vie En Rose,” featuring her own jazz harp language.
During the first years of her professional career, Sergent performed worldwide throughout her native France as a classically-trained harp player in national orchestras and chamber groups in venues such as Olympia, Carnegie Hall, and Wienermusikverein. By the time she moved from Paris to New York City in 2015, Sergent had also become a jazz vocalist and the leader of So French Cabaret, performing at jazz clubs such as Club Bonafide and Jules Bistro, as well as the Albertine Library at the French Embassy and the Air France-sponsored Central Park Marathon. She has also participated in tours with Archie Shepp’s protegee, Monica Passos and number-one pop selling artist in France Nolwenn Leroy. Pursuing her jazz education, and before settling in New York City, Sergent attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, studying songwriting and jazz improvisation, and vocal performance with Maggie Scott, former vocal teacher to Diana Krall and Esperanza Spalding.
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Birdland is located at 315 West 44th St., New York City
