Ann O'Aro

Anne-Gaëlle Hoarau (born 1990), best known by her stage name Ann O'aro, is a musician and writer from Réunion. She is noted for her contribution to contemporary fonnkèr, a Réunionese genre of oral poetry.

Biography Ann O'aro was born Anne-Gaëlle Hoarau in , Lieu-dit of Saint-Paul, Réunion, in 1990. Fleeing an abusive childhood home, she left the island for four years after finishing school and spent time in Paris and Quebec.

A musician and dancer since childhood, playing piano, organ and flute, O'aro began writing as well after returning to Tan Rouge. It received critical acclaim from such publications as Télérama, with one critic writing that "Ann O’Aro is the sound of Réunion itself." The Académie Charles Cros awarded the album its Coup de Coeur Francophone award in 2019. She toured France and Réunion with Danyèl Waro in 2019 and 2020.

In 2019, O'aro published a bilingual French-Réunion Creole collection of poetic dialogues, titled Saplë lo shien - Cantique de la meute. The following year, she released her second album, Longoz.