Broadway World

Margot Sergent Performs Jazzy Edith Piaf Show at Birdland Theater Next Month

During the first years of her professional career, Margot Sergent performed worldwide throughout her native France as a classically-trained harp player in national orchestras and chamber groups in prestigious 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 her own group called So French Cabaret, ultimately performing residencies in prominent 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. [...]

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Wise, Candid and Talented Jazz Harpist-Vocalist Margot Sergent Answers Six Questions

French-born Margot Sergent began her musical studies at the tender age of four. At a still early age, she began her professional career performing as a classically-trained harp player. That endeavor brought her to prominence in France, playing in national orchestras and chamber groups in major French venues and eventually beyond on a worldwide level. 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. [...]

Theater Pizzazz - By Andrew Poretz

Margot Sergent – The Edith Piaf Experience

Margot Sergent made her fourth Birdland appearance Thursday night in her show, The Edith Piaf Experience. The iconic French singer Edith Piaf’s life was a seemingly endless series of tragedies that led to her early demise. Born exactly one week after Frank Sinatra in 1915, Piaf has been the subject of seemingly endless tribute shows in the past decade. The inimitable (except by the near-parody) Piaf continues to inspire new performers to carry her torch. [...]