Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) is a composer and clarinetist. His compositions are influenced by jazz and by baroque music, particularly that of Johann Sebastian Bach. Before starting his musical career, Jean-Christian Michel was a doctor,[1] as a surgeon.
His first record Requiem was released in 1966.[2][3][4] He founded the ensemble Quatuor avec Orgue. Michel has received 3 diamond discs, 7 platinum discs and 10 golden discs. With more than five million discs sold, (3 discs classified 1, 2 & 3 in the charts of CIDD-France soir in the seventies);[5][6] and thousands of concerts to his credit, he today pursues a global career. Michel is a "Full Member" of the SACEM (an association of composers and music publishers to protect copyright and royalties).[7] He received the prize for "Sciences and Culture" at Sorbonne, Paris, France, which was awarded by a jury of six Nobel Prize winners.[8] Jean-Christian Michel is currently the godfather of the campaign Neurodon, within the Federation for Brain Research FRC Drummer Kenny Clarke played and recorded with Michel for 10 years.[9] Michel is also a very experienced mountain climber. He was a member of the group that made the first-ever ascent of Tawesche, in the Himalayas, in 1974.[10]
Discography
edit- Requiem
- Aranjuez
- Musique sacrée (with Kenny Clarke)
- Crucifixus
- JQM (with Kenny Clarke)
- Le cœur des etoiles
- Vision d’Ezéchiel
- Ouverture spatiale (with Kenny Clarke)
- Eve des origines (with Kenny Clarke)
- Port-Maria (with Kenny Clarke)
- Musique de lumière
- Jean-Christian Michel in concert
- Vif-obscur
- Les années-lumière
- Les cathédrales de lumière
- Aranjuez 2004
- Portail de l'espace 2005
- Bach transcriptions 2006
- Live concert 2007
- Spatial Requiem 2008
- Jean-Christian Michel plays jazz 2012
DVD
edit- "Imaginaire" (2010)
References
edit- ^ "Jean-Christian Michel fait swinguer la musique sacrée".
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Jean-Christian Michel, Quatuor Avec Orgue – Requiem (1966, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1966.
- ^ La Croix - Bayard Presse - 18.12.2008
- ^ "...Jean- Christian Michel (Riviera) 7 REQUIEM— Jean-Christian Michel". Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 22. 30 May 1970. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Billboard 1968-1974". Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 21. 24 May 1969. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Michael Way (1 May 1971). "Rapid Expansion in the Tape Market". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Céremonie des sociétaires définitifs de la Sacem 9 juin 2016
- ^ Panorama du Médecin, 8 janvier 1986 [archive] (jury composé des professeurs Jean Bernard, Henri Guitton, Jean-Charles Sournia, et Hélène Ahrweiler)
- ^ (3 November 2011),Kenny Clarke (1914-1985) Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Climbs and Expeditions". American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club: 199. 1975. ISBN 9781933056302.
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