On September 15, 2012, journalist Laurie Cholewa launched “Their voices for hope”, a charity concert for the benefit of the Arcad foundation (Aid for research in digestive cancerology).
Closely affected in her family by this terrible illness, she struck hard from the start by bringing together around fifteen artists at the Olympia, including Dave, Julie Zenatti, Christophe Maé, Patrick Bruel, Natasha St-Pier... But the hardest part is to last.
And the host of Canal + and Europe 1 managed not only to perpetuate this annual meeting (excluding Covid) but also to make it grow, by creating a “family of hope”.
This Monday, March 11, the 11th edition of “Voices for Hope” — which will be broadcast on the C8 channel this summer — will bring together more than twenty artists for more than 2.5 hours at the Olympia.
Patrick Bruel and Julie Zenatti are still there, Patrick Fiori and Élie Sémoun have become loyal followers.
All the other artists are newcomers.
On the music side, a choice set with Olivia Ruiz, Gaëtan Roussel, Gauvain Sers, Ycare, Aliocha Schneider, Les Soignantes, the Ten Commandments troupe, which has just launched its tour... Without forgetting the new young stars, the singer Nej and the rapper Werenoi.
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The comedians also make their voices heard and arrive in force this year with Philippe Caverivière, Anne Roumanoff, Arnaud Tsamère, Samuel Bambi… Each will do one or two sketches.
The director of “Babysitting”, Philippe Lacheau, will embark on a new musical duet with his Enfoirés friend Patrick Fiori.
There will also be an unexpected trio… And as surprising as it may seem, there are still places left!
Tickets range from 20 to 100 euros and are on sale on the Olympia website and at the usual points of sale.
“All the artists come voluntarily and the Olympia is made available to us free of charge,” thanks Laurie Cholewa.
This allows us both to raise funds for this foundation, the only one recognized as being of public utility against the dreaded digestive cancers, but also to talk about its fight.
The media resonance is as important as the benefits of the concert.
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For twelve years, “Their voices for hope” have brought in several tens of thousands of euros for this foundation created in 2006, also allowing it to be better identified by the general public and by attracting donations throughout the year. year.
“It also allows for better information and therefore better care for patients,” explains the creator of the charitable event.
Because pancreatic cancer is unfortunately more and more present in society.
Cases have more than doubled over the past twenty years.
To find out more, the Arcad Foundation website is particularly well done.
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