Zaho de Sagazan is one of the guests at the next Star Academy premiere. Discover the journey of this emerging artist, only 24 years old.
His name may not speak to you yet, but his melody, his phrasing and his blond hair will not leave you indifferent. Gathering more than 673,000 listeners per month on streaming platforms, Zaho de Sagazan is part of this new generation of emerging artists.
His most popular song? “The Symphony of Lightning”, the eponymous title of his album, certified gold last December after reaching the threshold of 50,000 copies sold. Zaho de Sagazan draws her inspiration from electro music, but also from Barbara, Jacques Brel and the composer Michel Legrand, whose title “Amour Amour” she loves, composed for “Peau d’Ă‚ne” by Jacques Demy, with Catherine Deneuve. On Instagram, the young artist claims that this song is her “ favorite in the world “.
Everything to be an artist
Born almost at the dawn of the year 2000, Zaho de Sagazan arrived in the world on December 28, 1999. She is the daughter of the visual artist Olivier de Sagazan and grew up with a mother who was a teacher. She lives with her family in Saint-Nazaire. There, she learned dance intensively and studied at the Aristide Briand high school, an establishment specializing in music. After his baccalaureate, Zaho continued his studies in economics and worked for a year as a care assistant in an EHPAD.
Finally, the artist made a name for herself in music by publishing covers of her on social networks in 2015, like Angèle when she started. To discover the artist, see you on Saturday January 20 on TF1 for the first semi-final of Star Academy in which Zaho de Sagazan is invited to sing with Axel, her favorite student.
