![]() He has not been permitted to return to Algeria ever since. Gaston left Algeria with his wife, Suzy, on 29 July 1961, eleven months before the end of the Algerian War of Independence, and went into exile in mainland France. The assassination in 1961 of his father-in-law and musician Cheikh Raymond Leyris by the National Liberation Front (FLN) was of immense effect on Gaston Ghrenassia, and appears to have been due to his opposition to the independence of Algeria from France. ![]() In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the Jewish and European residents of Constantine. He pursued a school teacher career, but continued playing the guitar. Gaston played the guitar from childhood, and started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at age 15. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004), was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily malouf, Andalusian classical music. Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria.
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