Philippe Val
Encyclopedia
Philippe Val is a French
singer, comedian and journalist who is currently director of France Inter
. He previously was the editor and director of Charlie Hebdo
, a satirical political weekly newspaper.
. He first became known as a member of the comedy team of Font et Val with Patrick Font in the 70's and 80's. Val is also a musician (a singer and pianist
). He performed in the years around 2000 together with Emmanuel Binet on bass. His last album was called simply Philippe Val.
In addition, Philippe Val has had an opinion slot first on environmentalism then on general politics in various programmes on France Inter
and is regularly a guest on the program Le premier pouvoir (The First Power), a critique of the media on the radio station France Culture
, as well as on I-Télé.
He chose to publish the Danish caricatures of Mohamed
. He denounced the danger of the islamist ideology, a "new totalitarism", and he won the lawsuit the French islamic organizations started against him. He supports Israel and asserts in his Traité de savoir-survivre par temps obscurs that the Jewish people has offered a lot to mankind and dedicated the victory of the trial to all moderate Muslims.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer, comedian and journalist who is currently director of France Inter
France Inter
France Inter is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and intelligent spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of...
. He previously was the editor and director of Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly newspaper, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics and jokes. It appeared from 1969 to 1981, when it folded, and was resurrected in 1992. The current editor is cartoonist Charb. His predecessors are François Cavanna and Philippe Val...
, a satirical political weekly newspaper.
Life and career
Val was born in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. He first became known as a member of the comedy team of Font et Val with Patrick Font in the 70's and 80's. Val is also a musician (a singer and pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
). He performed in the years around 2000 together with Emmanuel Binet on bass. His last album was called simply Philippe Val.
In addition, Philippe Val has had an opinion slot first on environmentalism then on general politics in various programmes on France Inter
France Inter
France Inter is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and intelligent spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of...
and is regularly a guest on the program Le premier pouvoir (The First Power), a critique of the media on the radio station France Culture
France Culture
France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes , as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental productions...
, as well as on I-Télé.
He chose to publish the Danish caricatures of Mohamed
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after 12 editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005...
. He denounced the danger of the islamist ideology, a "new totalitarism", and he won the lawsuit the French islamic organizations started against him. He supports Israel and asserts in his Traité de savoir-survivre par temps obscurs that the Jewish people has offered a lot to mankind and dedicated the victory of the trial to all moderate Muslims.