Please answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: vocals , guitar    - years active: 1985 present    - caption: dany brillant -lrb- 2012 -rrb-    - birth name: daniel cohen-biran    - origin: french singer of jewish tunisian origin    - genre: pop , salsa      - birth date: 28 december 1965    - name: dany brillant    - background: solo_singer    - image: dany brillant 2012.jpg    - birth place: tunis , tunisia    - occupation: singer , songwriter , record producer , musician   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dany brillant .
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daniel cohen-biran , better known as dany brillant -lrb- born in tunis , tunisia on 28 december 1965 -rrb- , is a tunisian-jewish-french vocalist .born in tunis , his parents immigrated to france while he was a newborn infant .they settled in sainte-geneviève-des-bois near paris .his uncle nathan , was a famous luth player and interpreter of oriental music .at age 12 , dany brilliant 's family moved to paris and at 14 his grandfather gave him a guitar .he started performing at various events , including important debut at cabaret `` aux trois mailletz '' where he got his artistic name .his adopted the name brillant comes after jacques boni , the owner of the cabaret invited him to stage by saying : `` dany !sois brillant ! ''-lrb- dany !be brilliant ! -rrb- .in june 2005 , brillant appeared on `` les stars chantent leurs idoles '' , on france 2 , alongside stars such as julio iglesias and il divo .