Lydie Auvray Lydie Auvray (born 1956 in Langrune-sur-Mer in Département Calvados in Normandy) is a French accordionist, composer and singer. She lives in Cologne. After finishing school in 1974 she moved to Germany to improve her language skills. She first appeared on stage in Berlin in 1976 and played with folk-singer Jürgen Slopianka. The following year she began touring as an accompanist for various singers in West Germany, including Thommie Bayer and Klaus Hoffmann. With Hoffman she recorded a live double-album, Ein Konzert. From 1980 she began playing and touring with German folk-singer Hannes Wader. In 1982 she founded her own backing group, the Auvrettes. She recorded several albums in the early 1980s. Her 1987 album, D'accord, was produced by her friend . She then made several trips to Martinique, which influenced her work. In 2003 she published her autobiography, Jubiläum. Select Discography 1981 - Premiere 1983 - Paradiso 1985 - Ensemble 1987 - D’accord 1989 - Live 1991 - 3/4 1992 - 10 Ans 1994 - Tango Terrible 1995 - Octavons 1997 - Bonjour Soleil with Hubert von Goisern, Haindling, Gerd Köster and the Orchester Pro Arte Düsseldorf 1998 - Instrumentals 1998 - Best of 1999 - En Concert 2001 - Triangle, with producer Markus Tiedemann, from 2002 guitarist with the Auvrettes. 2003 - Tango Toujours 2004 - Pure 2006 - Regards 2008 - Soiree 2009 - Trio 2012 - 3 Couleurs Filmography Lydie und ihr Akkordeon, a children's film for television Die schnelle Gerdi, ZDF series with Senta Berger Mannsbilder, in the German children's series Sendung mit der Maus (1990) References Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:French accordionists Category:French female singers Category:German-language singers Category:People from Calvados (department) Category:21st-century accordionists Category:21st-century French women musicians