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Yann Tiersen

Biography

Yann Pierre Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer.^[1]^[2] His music is recognized by its use of a large variety of instruments in relatively minimalist compositions, often with a touch of either European classical music or French folk music, using primarily the piano, accordion or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, ondes martenot, harpsichord and typewriter. His musical style, particularly when using toy and folk instruments is similar to Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Pascal Comelade, but his more serious work is reminiscent of Frédéric Chopin, Erik Satie, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman.

Biography

Tiersen was born in Brittany, France, in 1970 and received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes,Nantes, and Boulogne.^[3] In the early 1980s as a teenager he was influenced by the post-punk culture of bands like The Stooges and Joy Division.^[4] He has Belgian and Norwegian origins.^[5]

Before releasing scores under his own name, Tiersen recorded background music for a number of plays and short films, such as La Vie Rêvée des Anges (1998, Erick Zonca), Alice et Martin (1998, André Téchiné), Qui Plume la Lune? (Christine Carrière, 1999).

He rose to domestic fame upon the release of his third album, Le Phare, but remained relatively unknown outside France until the release of his score for Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain in 2001, which was a mixture of both new and previously released material.

Tiersen favors the piano, accordion, and violin, but is also known for his experimentation and use of obscure and found instruments like theondes martenot and the typewriter.

Yann Tiersen's list of collaborators continues to grow album after album (see discography below for details). While composing his fifth album,L'absente, Tiersen lent his musical talent to Françoiz Breut and Les Têtes Raides for their own albums. His 2005 album, Les Retrouvailles, featured vocals from Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, and Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of Cocteau Twins. Tiersen also played piano on Staples' solo album, Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04. In 2004 he also released a collaborative CD with American singer-songwriter Shannon Wright.

His live performances vary greatly. Sometimes he is accompanied by an orchestra and many guest collaborators, like Dominique A. Other times, he offers the more frequent minimalistic sessions, usually accompanied only by a drummer/bassist and a guitarist, with Tiersen switching seamlessly between piano, accordion, and violin for his lighter songs, and electric guitar for his louder pieces (where his Avant-Garde Music meet some rock sonorities).Lately, however, he has almost banished piano, accordion and violin and focused more on his electric guitar instead, as visible in his 2009-2010 Live Tours.^[6]

Yann Tiersen was married to Belgian actress Natacha Régnier, but they have since been divorced. They have a daughter, Lise born in 2002.^{[citation needed}

Discography

Studio albums

La Valse des Monstres (1995)
Rue des Cascades (1996)
- featured performer: Claire Pichet.
Le Phare (1998)
- featured performers: Claire Pichet, Dominique A.
L'Absente (2001)
- featured performers: orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano, Sacha Toorop, Dominique A, Neil Hannon, Natacha Régnier, Têtes Raides
Les Retrouvailles (2005)
- featured performers: Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, Christophe Miossec, Dominique A.
Dust Lane (2010)

Amélie Original Soundtrack (2001)

Good Bye Lenin! Original Soundtrack (2003)
- featured performer: Claire Pichet.
Tabarly (2008)

[edit]Live albums

Black Session: Yann Tiersen (1999)
- Black Session radio performance
- featured performers: Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Bertrand Cantat (of Noir Désir), Françoiz Breut, The Married Monk, Têtes Raides and a string quartet.
C’était ici (2002)
- live compilation album
- featured performers: 35-member orchestral group Synaxis, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne. Claire Pichet, Christine Ott, Christian Quermalet, Marc Sens, Nicholas Stevens, Jean-François Assy, Renaud Lhoest, Oliver Tilkin, Ronan le bars, Têtes Raides, Dominique A, Lisa Germano.
On Tour (2006)
- featured performers: Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins , Diam's , Katel, DD la Fleur

[edit]Singles and EPs

Tout est Calme (1999)
- collaboration with The Married Monk
- other featured performers: the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lisa Germano, Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Dominique A, Françoiz Breut, Têtes Raides, Sacha Toorop (ofZop Hopop), the actress Natacha Regnier, Christian Quermalet (of The Married Monk), Marc Sens (a Serge Tessot-Gay collaborator), Christine Ott and a string quartet.
3 titres inédits au profit de la FIDH (part of the On Aime, On Aide collection, composed to raise funds for the FIDH, sold exclusively at Fnac) (2003)
PALESTINE (vinyl EP) (2010)

[edit]Collaborations

Bästard (EP) (1999)
- collaboration with Bästard
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (2004)
- collaboration with Shannon Wright.
This Immortal Coil (2010)

[edit]Contributions

One Trip, One Noise (by Noir Désir) (1997)
- "A ton étoile" (arrangements, strings, vibraphone, bell, mandolin, electric guitar and bass)
Vingt à Trente Mille Jours (by Françoiz Breut) (2000)
- "Porsmouth" (vibraphone), "Vingt à trente mille jours" (vibraphone), "L'heure bleue" (violin), "Le verre pilé" (vibraphone); arrangements
Gratte-poil (by Têtes Raides) (2001)
- "Cabaret des nues" (violin)
The Married Monk (by The Married Monk) (2001)
- "Roma Amor" (strings, vibraphone), "Holidays" (strings) and "Cyro's Request" (vibraphone)
Les oiseaux de passage (tribute to Georges Brassens)
- cover of "Le parapluie" with Natacha Régnier
Absent Friends (by The Divine Comedy) (2004)
- "Sticks & Stones" (accordion); "Anthem for Bored Youth" (accordion), a track appearing only on the French limited edition
The Endless Rise of the Sun (by Smooth) (2006)
- "The Endless Rise of the Sun" (keyboards)
Raides à la ville (by Katel) (2006)
- "La Vielle" (violin)
13m² (by David Delabrosse) (2006)
- production and arrangements
Solitude Nomade (by Christine Ott) (2009)
- "Pensées sauvages" (violin)
Finistérien (by Miossec) (2009)
- music and arrangements
Li(f)e (by Sage Francis) (2010)
- production and arrangements on "The Best Of Times"

[edit]DVDs

La Traversée (2005) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the recording and composition of Les Retrouvailles in Ouessant)
On Tour (2006) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the tour)

[edit]References

^ Article in CafeBabel (Deutsch)
^ Yann Tiersen interview
^ Artist biography at Everything2.com
^ Michael Hubbard (24 February 2002). "Composer Tiersen serenades Amelie". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ Interview (en Français)
^ [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e “Mute Records – Yann Tiersen Biography”. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
^ "Yann Tiersen – Official Site". Retrieved 20 November 2010.

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Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964 in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian jazz musician, pianist, composer and producer. He has his own label named Jazzland Records. In the 1990s, Bugge has made a transition from Nordic jazz traditions exemplified by the ECM record label to a style sometimes referred to as "future jazz" or nu jazz. He has played with Jan Garbarek.

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Discography

New Conception of Jazz:

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Moving - 2001 - Jazzland
Live - 2003 - Jazzland
FiLM iNG - 2004 - Jazzland

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Playing - 2009 - Jazzland

With Sidsel Endresen:

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Biography

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Kruder & Dorfmeister's standing increased with the issue of two acclaimed 1996 DJ albums: Conversions for Spray/BMG and DJ Kicks for Belgium's Stud!o K7. After forming their own G-Stone Records, the pair found a distribution deal with Quango and released the G-Stoned EP in mid-1996. Though they remained busy with remix work and DJ gigs during 1997, it wasn't until late 1998 that another release appeared, The Kruder & Dorfmeister Sessions. Dorfmeister also appears in the side-project Tosca with Rupert Huber, while Kruder released an album on G-Stoned in 1999 as Peace Orchestra. [See Also: Tosca, Peace Orchestra] ~ John Bush, Rovi by Answers

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He began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, gaining a diploma in composition. Later, he studied with [artist]Luciano Berio[/artist]. In 1982, he gained a scholarship to the Tanglewood Music Festival. He currently resides on a vineyard in the Italian region of Piemonte.

Although Einaudi would prefer not to be labeled as any particular type of composer, he is generally considered a Minimalist.

"In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else.", Einaudi

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Ludovico Einaudi

Biography

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Biography

Discography

Studio albums

Amélie Original Soundtrack (2001)

[edit]Live albums

[edit]Singles and EPs

[edit]Collaborations

[edit]Contributions

[edit]DVDs

[edit]References

[edit]External links

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See also

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