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The following text has been machine translated from the German with no human editing.
The medal was presented during the ‘2ème rencontre des femmes talentueuses de Sarre et de Lorraine’ on 25 June 2026, organised by the ‘Club des Affaires Saar-Lorraine’.
The certificate accompanying the medal states, amongst other things: “This honorary medal is intended for all those who have committed themselves to fostering friendship between our two peoples and to the European cause.”
Evelyn Kreb launched the ‘Laisse chanter les filles’ concert series in 2023. This series showcases female artists from the contemporary French chanson scene on stage in the university auditorium. The series has become a regular meeting place for numerous visitors from the Saarland, neighbouring Lorraine and beyond. Evelyn Kreb presents the concerts in both German and French; a programme booklet allows the audience to follow the French chanson lyrics in German translation. ‘Laisse chanter les filles’ is now established as a project under the University Board of Saarland University.
In 2025, Evelyn Kreb completed her PhD on the topic “L'album hommage dans la chanson française. Une pratique musicale dans le contexte socioculturel et économique : l'exemple de Léo Ferré” at Sorbonne Université in Paris. Prior to this, she completed the binational Master’s programme in “Music and Musicology” at Saarland University and Sorbonne Université.
Evelyn Kreb has been working at the Institute of Musicology at Saarland University since 2022. There, she is an academic research associate on the DFG project “Digital Edition of the Writings of Franz Liszt” and the contact person for the Saarbrücken Chanson Archive. In addition to her work at the university, Evelyn Kreb is a presenter at Saarländischer Rundfunk and a musician.
https://www.uni-saarland.de/page/laisse-chanter-les-filles.html
