About Valérie

Valérie was born in Nuremberg/Germany, home of the world-famous Christmas market, and has been in love with “her” city ever since. Singing has been her passion already in kindergarten and she was the soloist in a church choir even before she started going to school. Her parents loved her singing but insisted on a good education and a “decent” job which was why they made her study languages, her 2nd great talent. Instead of becoming an interpreter though, Valérie finally made singing her full-time job and has never regretted a single moment of her decision.

She won several singing competitions and had great success with her interpretation of Edith Piaf´s “Milord” in a German TV show (RTL). In Germany, her first solo single went up to No. 2 in the single charts right away and had remarkable airplay. Besides her two major talents, she started writing songs for herself and other artists, was a comedy writer and host for several radio stations and a well-booked studio singer for radio, tv and cd productions. She was the supporting act for “Blackmore´s Night” (feat. Ritchie Blackmore, legendary guitarist of Deep Purple and Rainbow), the headliner of “Holiday on Ice” and took part in 2 preliminaries to the “Eurovision Song Contest of Folk Music” in 2001 and 2003.

Valérie May can be found boarding luxury ocean & river cruise ships, enchanting audiences and winning standing ovations all across the globe. Her biggest musical success, however, has been her program “A European Songbook” which has become a milestone in her career. Singing in the different languages and styles of music has given her the opportunity to show her love for both music and languages.

Valérie lives in the countryside outside of Nuremberg together with her husband Uwe, daughter Julia, her parents and a crazy cat called Lara.

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