Georges Chatelain - After CBE

After CBE

The CBE adventure ended in 1974 for Georges Chatelain. Georges took advantage of his free time to delve into other fields that impassioned or intrigued him. Among them:

• Parallel medicine. This led him to study Philippine faith healers accompanied by television producer Claudine Kirgener who worked for French television personality Denise Glaser.
• The Theory of Colors by Goethe
• The art of speech and theater by Rudolf Steiner who replied to many of the questions posed by Lee Strasberg in his autobiography.
• The book, "Talking with Angels", retranscribed by Gitta Mallasz, whom he met at her latest conference in Paris where she signed her own book, "Little Dialogues of Yesterday and Today" who dedicated the book writing "Joy is air of new world."

Back to the world of music in 1982: He started a new company and built a "home studio" with a 24 tracks recorder and once again was the first to introduce new technology: this time the first Linn Drum (electronic drum machine) to France. He launched into audio productions doing advertising jingles. At the same time he produced singer Fabienne Guyon whom he signed to Trema Records. She played featured roles in Les Misérables and the Jacques Demy film "Une Chambre en Ville" and recorded two songs by Miserables composer Claude Michel Schoenberg, arranged by Jean Musy. In 1984 she was chosen to represent Luxemburg for the Eurovision with a song by Georges Chatelain, "A Song of Life," but had other engagements which prevented her to participate.

Georges created the first jingles for what was to become "Skyrock" one of France's leading fm radio stations. One of George's best known compositions is a theme which became French telecoms "hold the line" music over the past 10 years. Although millions have heard this theme and thousands have called to know where to buy the record, no record label has as yet commercialized it.

In the spring of 1988 the television production company VCF asked Georges to work on audio sector of a new program which was a daily satire of the day's news then called "Les Arenes de l'Info" (The News Arenas) which later became known as Les Guignols de l'Info (The News Puppets). Georges became the show's sound designer and casting director to hire the imitaters for the show. One of whom, Yves Lecoq was propelled to stardom by the show to whom he still lends his voice.

After several years Georges dropped the television activity to undertake a new series of studies: the Marie Jael piano method (a contemporary and friend of Liszt), the Werbeck singing method, biodynamic agriculture with wine-grower Nicolas Joly in Angers who produces one of the world's greatest wines, the "Coulée de Serrant."

In 1998 Georges was called on by Bertrand Burgalat (thanks to Jean-Max Riviere) to direct singers and actors for a musical comedy written by humorist, Professor Choron: "Dead Drunk for the Country," produced by Canal Plus. Georges give singing and performance directions to such known French artists as Arielle Dombasle, Dick Rivers, Moustique and Benoit Delepine for the Guignols team, Yvan Le Bolloc'h, Bruno Solo, Alain Chabat and television announcer Evelyn Leclerc. Georges was also called on to coach Japanese singing start Cano Caoli with whom he sang and was featured in her clip. Georges also worked with celebrated novelists Michel Houellebecq.

Georges continues his research on learning techniques and the perfecting of his vocal coaching using the Werbeck singing method and the Marie Jael piano method which he taught for two years in a popular music school in Nyon, Switzerland, created by Eliane Dambre and sponsored by singer Michel Fugain and lyricist Claude Lemesle. Considering that the best way for artists to perfect their art is to perform in public every quarter, Georges organizes a show which he has created and directs with his young students.

He just finished a CD album of instrumental music called "Elves stories" which has recently been put on sale on line by CD Baby. Currently he is writing a show, a musical, for which he actively seeking young performers from the four corners of the world.