Gerard Louis

Gerard Louis was born on 14 April 1964 at Petite Riviere and grew up at Residence Valijee. He came in a family of 8 children where some members of his family were musicians.Gerard Louis not only a Guitarist but a Singer and a Producer.He is one of the Co-founders of successful Mauritian sega group Cassiya from 1992 to 2003. The group released their first album Separation in 1993 and took the name “Cassiya”. Success is dazzling and in 1994, he became “Disc of the year” with the title “Djouni Djouna” then in 1995 with the title “Ici cote nou été” . In 2003, they were classified as ” Golden Disc ” in Reunion Island. Following their success in Mauritius, Gerard Louis with the group performed in Reunion island, Africa, Europe and even Australia.

In 1995, he started producing music and artists. He helped other artists such as Nasty Black, System R and Maista to produce their albums. Tout pour la musique is the title of a biography devoted to Gerald Louis in 2003. It is linked to an album entitled “Pourtant tout rékoumansé” and the book was written by Sedley Richard Assonne. In 2004, he produced his solo album and he created his own group known as “Gerard Louis et son Orchestre” and his first song solo is “ki ti pou dir”. He said that he is always inspired by his elder friends like Gaetan Abel. In total, he made 6 albums with Cassiya and 2 solo Album.Today, he is a producer and organiser of shows of Roch Voisine, Frédéric François, Frozen, Vaiana and much more.

Gerald Louis shared that the most important thing he has achieved was being able to perform at the Olympia in France in the Cassiya Group. And he is very proud of an award that Sandra Mayotte received for a song that he wrote for her.