elody Gardot Performs tribute to Tim Burton

She performs a special tribute to Tim Burton at the 63rd Cannes film festival opening ceremonyMulti-Platinum, the award-winning singer / songwriter Melody Gardot has performed at the opening of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival May 12 at the Palais des Festivals. His spectacular performance of the medley of songs with the blockbuster film of Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice in honor of their director Tim Burton. Oscar nominee this year, the festival jury president.

Melody said the experience, "Being invited to perform at festivals, in particular, Tim Burton, is a great experience for me, because I was a big fan of Burton's films for years! I grew up watching his films and to find his way to be incredibly creative. He uses light, color and the ability to dream awake mirrors feelings towards the music. "

Melody Gardot amazing breakthrough album nominated for Grammy Awards My One and Only Thrill, which includes the songs "Baby I'm a fool" and "Who will comfort me" has already been recognized as double platinum in France and Sweden , where it reached # 1 in the album chart and became the best selling album in 2009 in the international market. The album is platinum in Norway and Russia, and gold in England, Denmark, Poland, Greece and New Zealand, reached the top spot on Amazon.com 's sales charts in the U.S. and No. 1 on iTunes charts in eight other markets, and a total of A shiver my ego has sold 1 million copies worldwide.

This month, the melody was awarded the prestigious Echo Jazz 2010 for "International Singer of the Year" in Germany and is currently on a tour of concerts around the world visiting New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Japan as well as performances in France, Italy, Spain, UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany.

Later, he toured North America and Canada for all of June before returning to Europe again in July to run 20.3 Summer Festival dates in 11 countries.

Photos of the performance of Melody and call the photo of the opening gala are available at Getty Images

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