Known for the song "Lettre à Un Rêveur", author, composer, musician and performer Lucid Beausonge has pursued a discreet but uninterrupted career in song. Born in Roubaix on August 27, 1954, she was trained as a classical pianist and guitarist when she gave her first concert in 1972. After a stay in Quebec (Canada), she recorded her first album, a mix of pop and rock, Le Casse-Tête (1980), followed by a contract with RCA and the song "Lettre à un rêveur", which proved a hit in 1981. Her second album, with the same title, was reprinted as Africaine and won the Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros in France and the Grand Prix de la Jeune chanson in Montreal, Canada. A 1983 album of the same name was followed by Pas Déranger (1986). After a serious car accident in 1987, Lucid Beausonge returned to the studio two years later with the album Où Que Tu Ailles (1989), followed by En Concert (1991). In 1992, she put her passion for opera to good use with the album De Mozart à Bernstein, featuring melodies from West Side Story and arias by Mozart, Schumann, Britten, Pergolesi and Caldara. The albums Des Mots Qui Me Plaisent (1993), Primitive (1996) and Laissons Passer l'Amour (2001) precede her 2003 appearance at the Festival de la Chanson Française in Bratislava, Slovakia. Alongside her work as a music and singing teacher, Lucid Beausonge continues to perform on stage. The compilations Lettre à Un Rêveur (Best Of) (1991), Devenir Quelqu'un (1995) and 20 Ans de Chansons (2005) retrace her career.
