Barbara Weldens

Barbara Weldens (born Barbara Jacquinot, 17 April 1982 – 19 July 2017) was a French singer-songwriter. After releasing her first studio album, Le grand H de l'homme (Man with a capital H), in February 2017, she died on stage the following July while performing at a festival.

Early life and career Weldens was from Hérault and grew up in the circus, where she learned juggling, acrobatics and trapeze. She trained as a pianist at the conservatory in Sète, and earned a licence in musicology from the Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III in 2004. In 2015 she won the Tremplin Découverte Chanson de Pause Guitare and in 2016 the Pic d'Or de la Chanson at Tarbes, and the prix révélation scène of the Académie Charles-Cros.

Inspired by Jacques Brel, Weldens was a singer in the chanson réaliste tradition. and another spoke of the precision and balance of her lyrics.