Diane Denoir

Diana Roches Mehler, more commonly known by her pseudonym Diane Denoir (born 21 January 1957), is an Uruguayan singer.

Diane Denoir
Diane Denoir
Born	Diana Roches Mehler 21 January 1957 Montevideo
Nationality	Uruguay
Occupation	Singer

Biography

Diane Denoir was born to two Austrian immigrants to Uruguay in Montevideo, the nation's capital, on 21 January 1957.[1] She grew up and spent her adolescence in the Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo.[2]

In the winter of 1966, she was one of the promoters of the Conciertos Beat,[3] a series of innovative shows in which music from different genres was mixed with sketches and the reading of texts, performed at the Solís and Odeón Theaters.[4] It was at these performances that Denoir chose her pseudonym and performed accompanied by Eduardo Mateo (after meeting him at a bar) on the guitar, Roberto Galletti on drums, and Antonio 'Lobito' Lagarde on bass guitar.[5] As the band performed, Denoir sang songs in English, Portuguese, and French, sometimes changing the languages the songs were originally written in (for example, she sang The Girl from Ipanema in English). The media reaction to Denoir's debut was very receptive.[6]

Citations

1. Débora, Quiring (19 August 2015). "Más que ternura". La Diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2016.
2. de Alencar Pino 2015, p. 89.
3. de Alencar Pino 2015, p. 86.
4. Peláez 2010, p. 129.
5. de Alencar Pino 2015, p. 90.
6. Peláez 2010, p. 132.

References

• de Alencar Pinto, Guilherme (2015). "Los Conciertos Beat". Razones locas. Montevideo: Perro Andaluz. ISBN 978-987-45755-0-0.
• Peláez, Fernando (2010). "Del beat a la protesta beat". De las cuevas al Solís. Primera parte: La década del 60. Montevideo: Perro Andaluz. ISBN 978-9974-7805-9-0.