Lou Bonnevie

Lou Bonnevie
Lou Bonnevie at Earth Day Jam 2013
Born	Maria Lourdes Bonnevie (1965-10-06) October 6, 1965 (age 51) Bicol, Philippines
Other names	Lou, Marilou
Occupation	Pop, Rock
Years active	1984–present

Maria Lourdes Rosario Perello Bonnevie, better known by her stage name Lou Bonnevie (born October 6, 1965 in Bicol), is a Filipina pop rock musician. She has released several albums since the beginning of her career in 1984. Her music was also used in the AD Police OVA series in Japan. She is the first cousin of Dina Bonnevie. She attended University of Saint Anthony High School in Iriga City and University of Santo Tomas in España, Manila. She is of French and Spanish descent.

Bonnevie is the fifth child in a brood of seven. Her father is the youngest in the Bonnevie clan, whose ancestors migrated from France to Pasacao in Camarines Sur, Bicol. Her mother, who is of Filipino-Spanish lineage, hails from Manila. They were a traveling family that lived a country life with horses in ranches that her parents managed. Bonnevie showed her flair for music at an early age, singing in family gatherings and school events. She honed most of her musical skills in playing the guitar and composing songs during her primary schooling in Bicol. By the time her family moved to Manila in the 1980s, she was ready to perform professionally in small clubs and hotels as she continued her secondary and college studies. She was monickered “Twinkle” because of her hazel and captivating eyes. Her very first professional composition was a song called “Nawawalang Karapatan” (A Song Abhorring Abortion) which became a finalist in a Children’s Rights Competition.

In 1984, she launched her career musical career in 1984 via a concert, Next in Line.

Bonnevie has had hundreds of “live” shows, performing with the top Filipino artists and backed up by seasoned musicians both from the mainstream and alternative scenes. Venues vary from the hotel ballrooms and concert halls creating “concept shows” and theatrical rock concerts” with multimedia productions to “jamming sessions” and “unplugged productions” in top rock clubs. Her repertoire consists of her originals plus re arrangements and adaptations of “soul”, “retro”, “rock & roll”, “folk & blues” classics essayed in pop genre. Music has taken her all over the Philippines and abroad – She has toured with Gary Valenciano in the US and has done her own major shows in the Middle East (Bahrain, Dubai and Al-ain), Singapore and Japan. Lately, she toured several Asian countries in connection with her “Only Human “ album promotions.