Danyèl Waro
French musician, chansonnier and lyricist
Daniel Hoareau (born 10 May 1955 in Le Tampon (Réunion, France), better known by his stage name Danyèl Waro, is a French musician, singer-songwriter and poet of Maloya.
Biography
Danyèl Waro is a symbol of the revival of maloya music. Maloya, officially banned, was played by only a few people. He fell in love with this music during a Firmin Viry concert in 1970. Firmin became his mentor.
In 2010, Waro received a WOMEX Award, a prize awarded by world music professionals, in Copenhagen, during the WOMEX exposition.
“Danyèl Waro” enters the record as french musician, chansonnier and lyricist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Danyèl, Waro and French can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3015811. VIAF identifies the subject as 49257623. The Library of Congress control number is n2003085081. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1970 and 2010.
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