Jean-Christian Michel

Jean-Christian-Michel

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

• 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

• "Imaginaire" (2010)

References

1. "Jean-Christian Michel fait swinguer la musique sacrée". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
2. "Jean-Christian Michel, Quatuor Avec Orgue – Requiem (1966, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1966.
3. La Croix - Bayard Presse - 18.12.2008
4. "...Jean- Christian Michel (Riviera) 7 REQUIEM— Jean-Christian Michel". Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 22. 30 May 1970. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. "Billboard 1968-1974". Billboard. Vol. 81, no. 21. 24 May 1969. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510.
6. Michael Way (1 May 1971). "Rapid Expansion in the Tape Market". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 18. ISSN 0006-2510.
7. Céremonie des sociétaires définitifs de la Sacem 9 juin 2016
8. Panorama du Médecin, 8 janvier 1986 [archive] (jury composé des professeurs Jean Bernard, Henri Guitton, Jean-Charles Sournia, et Hélène Ahrweiler)
9. (3 November 2011),Kenny Clarke (1914-1985) Retrieved 25 July 2018.
10. "Climbs and Expeditions". American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club: 199. 1975. ISBN 9781933056302.

External links

• Michel's official site.