Jean-Michel Jarre

Also known as Jean-Michel André Jarre, Jean Michel Jarre, Jean-Michel Andre Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

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Jean-Michel Jarre is a French composer, performer, and record producer born in 1948 who is known for pioneering electronic music. His work has made him one of the most commercially successful and influential figures in the development of synthesizer-based music.

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Europe in concert
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre Songbook

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Acting · Lyon, Rhône, France

A major pioneer and considered by many to be "The Godfather" of electronic music. In outdoor live concert productions he was the first to project massive images on buildings, use vast laser displays and massive amounts of fireworks.

Known for

Jean-Michel Jarre Live in Sevilla — Self2025
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future2024
Jean-Michel Jarre : Francofolies de La Rochelle — Self2024
Paris 2024 Paralympic Closing Ceremony — Self2024
Jean-Michel Jarre aux Francofolies de La Rochelle — self2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future2024
Jean-Michel Jarre - Versailles 4002023
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World — Self - Musician2022

Article

Jean-Michel André Jarre ( French: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl ɑ̃dʁe ʒaʁ]; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanied by vast laser displays, large projections and fireworks.

Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents and trained on the piano. From an early age, he was introduced to a variety of art forms, including street performers, jazz musicians and the artist Pierre Soulages. His musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer, a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales.