Jean Michel Jarre - Bonjour, Hello!

Pst!
Bonjour!
Hello!

►Exceptions from "Interior Music". "Interior Music" is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, and released in as a special release for Bang & Olufsen in 2001.
The album consists of two atmospheric and lengthy tracks; the first track, "Bonjour Hello", is a collage of sounds with voices saying short sentences (including some B&O advertisements) in French, English and Danish.
►The second track, "Whispers of Life", is the instrumental version of it. Although the back of the CD box states these are excerpts of a new album, the album itself was never released. There is a limited supply of 1000 copies for this album.

      

JEAN MICHEL JARRE - 2001

Jean Michel Jarre and Danish hi-fi company Bang & Olufsen

12/07/2001

Jean Michel Jarre and Danish hi-fi company Bang & Olufsen signed a deal back in 2000 for Jean Michel Jarre to promote products in the B&O range

One of the spin-offs of this agreement is that a 40 second commercial for BeoSound 1 (one of B&O's many products) uses a Jarre soundtrack made up of several compositions. The most exciting thing about this advert is that one of the pieces is previosuly unreleased, entitled Crazy Saturday, composed during the recording of Metamorphoses in 1999. This is a track which both Jean Michel Jarre and Joachim Garraud (producer of Metamorphoses) originally wanted to feature on the album, but decided the style of the track would not fit in very well, therefore it was not included.

The advert itself was produced by Square Prod (who Joachim Garraud works for) and with Joachim personally working on this project. The advert has mainly been shown in cinemas for the past few months and Square Prod worked on a Dolby Surround version of the soundtrack. Other tracks to feature include Je Me Souviens, C'est la Vie, Miss Moon and Millions of Stars.

NEW BANG & OLUFSEN SHOP ON CHAMPS-ELYSÉES DESIGNED BY JEAN MICHEL JARRE AND ELISABETH SANDAGER

The new Bang & Olufsen shop in Paris, located on the famous Champs-Elysées, has been specially designed by Jean Michel Jarre and Elisabeth Sandager, president of B&O France.

The shop is integrated in the Maison du Danemark, and its surface is quiet small -only 100 m˛ !!- but is charming and pleasant.

The Bang & Olufsen boutique is located on the Champs-Elysées 142.

For the music, it is more a mixture of various sounds on a very calm background of cheap rain sounds. Unlikely to Waiting For Cousteau, the track hardly has any ambiance or structure but pure based of background sounds. 
The song 'Interior Music - Bonjour-Hello', includes a few samples of some of Jarre's previous songs, as the heartbeat on the beginning of each song at the Okinawa gig, the Ethnicolor scream, Oxygčne 12 played on the piano (the only good thing !) and even samples from non-Jarre songs, including organs, guitars, and a sample (or something which sounds very familiar) of Air's Virgin Suicides soundtrack. 
There is an instrumental version and a version with lyrics, including sentences or words like : "you're gorgeous", "on s'est déjŕ vu ?", "oh il neige", "your future is now", "tu es beau tu sais", "you look great", "le soleil brille toujours", "restez un peu !", "avez-vous du temps", "have you kissed somebody today ?", "téléphonez-moi", "now is the time".
       

         

Charlotte RAMPLING "Sous le sable"

Thierry ARDISSON reçoit Charlotte RAMPLING pour son dernier film "Sous le sable" de François OZON. Ils parlent de sa vie, de son parcours, de sa vie amoureuse.

10/02/2001


       

Jean Michel Jarre's Acropolis spectacle

by Christy Papadopoulou

15 Jun 2001 12:12

Pioneering composer Jean Michel Jarre plans 'an artistic, poetic tribute to
the Acropolis'

 THE LINES of a building, the slope of a hill, the outline of a skyscraper or
the visual impression of the horizon are transformed into ever-expanding
soundscapes in New Age composer Jean Michel Jarre's music.

In his first appearances in Greece ever, scheduled for June 19 and 20 at
the Irodion Theatre, the French wizard of synthesized music will
present the international premiere of Hymn to the Acropolis, as well as
a selection of older favourites "re-orchestrated for the occasion".

Synthesisers, choirs, lights, video and internet-connected computers have been
recruited for the purposes of Jarre's Acropolis composition, a futuristic
suite of sorts that aims to reflect the philosophy and art of ancient Greece.

At a recent press conference Jarre referred to the work as "an artistic,
poetic tribute to the Acropolis with the sets adapted to the architecture of
the Irodion".

"Graphics and architecture are complementary to the music," he explained,
underlining his intention to link "the respect of tradition and the past with
technology and modernity".

"I don't want to make a historical or national statement. Instead, I've tried
to come up with a poetic, emotional approach to the site," Jarre told the
press, who had gathered at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport on June 14, the
day of his arrival.

Organised by the Friends of Children with Cancer Society - Elpida,
Jarre's two sold-out charity concerts fall within the framework of the Greek
Festival. Proceeds will go towards the first oncological hospital for children
in Greece and the campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles.

The June 20 concert - to be broadcast live in France - marks the opening of
France's Fete de la Musique, Jarre said, adding that the June 18 dress
rehearsal will be attended free of charge by children and students of music
schools and conservatories.

Jarre, an Ambassador of Goodwill for Unesco since 1995, is a firm supporter of
the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. "I do everything I can through
my work to promote this cause," he said.

A New Age/electronica pioneer, along with Brian Eno and Ruichi Sakamoto, Jarre
made his breakthrough in 1969 with The Cage. His music has influenced
many a subsequent act including New Order, Orbital, the Orb and OMD.

His groundbreaking Oxygene (1976), bridging the gap between rock and
classical music, caused a stir. Known for his spectacular audiovisual shows
and his knack for atmosphere, rhythm and melody, the million-selling performer
hasn't lost his touch for rejuvenation.

The Twelve Dreams of the Sun, his 12-hour Millennium show in Egypt, and
his 1990 Paris performance Paris- La Defense, A City in Concert
attended by a Guinness record 2.5 million-strong audience have made history.

 Source: athensnews.gr

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Jarre whistles up a wind band

SUNDAY DECEMBER 02 2001

 
JEAN MICHEL JARRE, the French musician who pioneered electronic music with his album Oxygene 25 years ago, plans to perform a concert powered totally by wind, writes Maurice Chittenden.

The synthesizer player, who has played to millions of people by taking over whole cities for extravagant light and sound shows, will rely on energy from 45 windmills.

The event, planned for a wind farm near Aalborg in Denmark next spring, will include displays by wind surfers and giant projections of pictures of windmills. Carlsberg and Tuborg, the lager companies, have been involved in negotiations over possible sponsorship.
The concert for 50,000 people aims to raise more than £1m for charity and will be filmed for future broadcast.

Jarre, 53, once married to the British actress Charlotte Rampling, said: "When talking about the wind, people nearly always state what damage it can cause. However, through the music I am composing specially for the show, it will express how we can use the wind in our favour.

"Both the wind and water are elements that go back to the creation of Earth. The element of water has been used a lot by artists for many years. However, very little has been done using the wind."

Jarre, who ate nothing but beans on toast for two weeks on his first trip to Britain on a school exchange 40 years ago, said: "When you are a passenger on an aircraft you can see light and the wind as the plane rises. Thousands of images are conjured up in your mind. The wind will be the engine and the heart of the concert."

The performer, who has sold more than 50m albums, took over London’s emerging Docklands 13 years ago for a spectacular show of lasers, fireworks and images projected on buildings. Hank Marvin of the Shadows joined him on stage and the concert was watched by the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

He has since performed similar concerts in Houston, Beijing, Paris and Moscow, playing to 3m people in the Russian capital in what was claimed to be the biggest ever rock concert. He celebrated the millennium with a show at the pyramids.

Musik i vinden 21. oktober 2001

Luftkastel eller ej? Det er området med vindmøller vest for Tylstrup, hvor den verdenskendte multimusikere Jean Michel Jarre gerne vil give koncert til næste efterår.

Foto: Helle Moos

Foto: Helle Moos

Forhistorien er denne:

Hvordan profilerer man Danmark i udlandet?
Det var temaet for en konference i København tidligere i år arrangeret af Udenrigsministeriet for private virksomheder og offentlige institutioner. Med blandt foredragsholderne var Elisabeth Sandager, som er den danske direktør for Bang & Olufsen i Frankrig og den franske musiker Jean Michel Jarre, som den franske afdeling af B&O har et tæt samarbejde med på den kreative side.
Elisabeth Sandager gav sit bud på, hvordan man kan gøre langt mere for ikke bare at profilere, men højprofilere Danmark i udlandet. Den franske elektroniske musiks super komponist og musiker Jean Michel Jarre tog som lidt af en overraskelse tråden op med at udkaste en ide, der i virkeligheden er en gammel drøm; nemlig drømmen om at opføre en gigantisk koncert i Danmark på en vindmøllemark. Og hans vindmøllevision går helt tilbage til midten af 70´erne, hvor han lancerede succesalbummet ”Oxygene”.

Nu vil tidspunktet i følge den franske musiker imidlertid være helt oplagt til at gøre drøm til virkelighed, fordi der i anledning af, at Danmark til næste år overtager EU formandskabet helt generelt vil være fokus på Danmark. Så hvorfor ikke bruge timingen til i forbindelse med koncerten også at kaste spotlight på et af de områder, hvor Danmark er foregangsland som netop vindmølleenergi og miljøbeskyttelse, spørger Jean Michel Jarre.

- Hele vindmøllekonceptet synes jeg er en intelligent og generøs ide, som først og fremmest er meget dansk. Frankrig har fra tidernes morgen stået for den gode mad og vin, mode og parfume, og et land som Holland har profileret sig som cykellandet, en ide de sikkert har tyvstjålet fra Danmark, siger Jean Michel Jarre med et grin.

- Nu kunne det være oplagt for Danmark at profilere sig som landet med vindmølleenergi, en ide som er knyttet til en vision og etik, der er helt i tråd med tiden. Og her taler jeg ikke bare som kunstner, for jeg mener, at det danske element i en sådan koncert vil være så stærkt, at det rækker ud over en enkelt kunstners arbejde, tilføjer han.

- Jeg har haft denne gamle drøm om en vindmøllekoncert i Danmark, og nu har jeg via mit samarbejde med Elisabeth Sandager taget ideen op igen som et projekt i fællesskab.
Hun har som udlandsdansker og leder af B&O i Frankrig en personlig erfaring om, hvordan man via sit professionelle arbejde kan være med til at profilere Danmark i udlandet
Vi mødte Jean Michel Jarre lige inden den officielle åbning af Bang & Olufsens nye butik i Danmarkshuset i Paris og fik en snak om poesi, musik, visioner og vindmøller.
Og med Jean Michel Jarre er det lidt som med vindmøller, når først de er i gang, er det en energi, der ikke sådan er til at stoppe.
Vindmøller er poesi

- Vindmøller står for mig som et element af poesi og avantgarde, fortid og nutid på én gang, en sammenhæng som svarer til det kunstneriske udtryk i min musik.
Vinden er jo et element, der som vand går tilbage fra skabelsen af planeten; men hvor der gennem tiden rent kunstnerisk er lavet meget om vand, er der skabt meget lidt om vinden. Og det er jo utroligt, for man behøver bare at blive passager på et fly og se, hvad der sker med vinden og lyset, når først man stiger op. Det giver tusind ideer, som farer gennem hovedet. Vinden kan transportere det værste eller det bedste, det er op til os at vælge. Vinden bliver motoren og hjertet i min koncert.
Når man taler om vind i al almindelighed, taler man næsten altid om, hvordan man kan modstå vinden. Jeg vil gerne i den musik, jeg er ved at komponere specielt til koncerten, udtrykke, hvordan man kan gå med vinden og bruge vindens styrke.

Derfor vil jeg i Danmark skabe et team af ”Wind People”, folk der som sejlere, navigatører og windsurfere ved noget om, hvordan man arbejder med vinden. Jeg ser min rolle som en slags katalysator for projektet, men i samarbejde med danske kunstnere.
Jeg har også en ide om at bruge danske børn i projektet, som skulle lave tegninger om vindmøller, tegninger som eventuelt vil blive projiceret under koncerten, siger Jean Michel Jarre.

Den franske musiker og komponist er kendt verden over for sine spektakulære og stort opsatte koncerter med så forskellig baggrund som Akropolis, Eiffeltårnet og de ægyptiske pyramider, hvor lyd, billede og specielle showeffekter går op i en kreativ helhed. Jarres mega koncerter kræver en solid organisation; men også på det rent praktiske plan i forbindelse med koncerten i Danmark vil den franske musiker benytte sig af den lokale danske infrastruktur og blandt andet trække på den erfaring med afvikling af meget store koncerter, som Muskelsvindfonden en af de foreløbige partnere i projektet, har.

- Jeg har en ide om at lave en infrastruktur til koncerten i Danmark, der skal være ”soft” som vinden. Det er meningen, at hele installationen skal integreres i og flyde sammen med landskabet. Jeg er i øvrigt overbevist om, at det vil blive nemmere at lave en koncert på en dansk vindmøllemark end at lave koncert i ørkenen ved pyramiderne, smiler Jean Michel Jarre.
Alt i alt ser den franske komponist og musiker optimistisk på projektets gennemførelse. Også selvom der til koncerten i 2002 skal skaffes den nette sum af tre millioner Euros svarende til omkring 25 millioner danske kroner.

Udover Muskelsvindfonden tæller den foreløbige sponsorgruppe vindmøllefirmaet NEG Micon; men der er også kontakter ude til Carlsberg og Tuborg som potentielle partnere, fortæller Jean Michel Jarre.

I de kommende uger vil der blive arbejdet på at motivere den offentlige sektor og private som halvoffentlige selskaber til at være med til at finansiere de to tredjedele af det samlede budget, som endnu mangler, for at projektet økonomisk kan komme på plads. Den umiddelbare reaktion har generelt har været positiv, fortæller Jean Michel Jarre, men tilføjer, at nu må man absolut videre med finansieringen.

En nødvendighed

- En mark med vindmøller er ikke bare smuk i sig selv og en smuk ide, men står også for en pragmatisk nødvendighed i dag, som går udover den hippie-ide, som kom til udtryk i 70´erne, siger Jean Michel Jarre.

- Men positive værdier og budskaber om fred er nogle gange svære at få ud i verden, fordi de kan være meget neutrale i deres udtryk. Den erfaring har jeg blandt andet fra mit arbejde som UNESCO ambassadør. Det er nemmere med krig og vold, som de seneste triste begivenheder i New York og deres massive mediedækning desværre viste, siger Jean Michel Jarre.

Den franske musiker ved noget om mediedækning, for hans egne megakoncerter har tradition for at blive transmitteret til et kæmpe publikum i blandt andet Asien, USA og Kina.
En Jarre vindmøllekoncert på dansk grund ville også kunne give genklang i medierne og dermed sætte fokus på Danmark på et bredt internationalt niveau. Som Jarre siger, vil det være et projekt, som nemt kan forstås af alle, for vinden er universel, og alle mennesker har et forhold til vinden.
Spørgsmålet er så, om man kan finde de sidste to millioner Euros, så man også i Kina til næste efterår vil kunne se de danske vindmøller dreje rundt til Jean Michel Jarres vindmøllemusik.

Pia Loyau centralnordjyske.dk

Jean-Michel Jarre réalise un rêve de gosse au pied de l'Acropole

Trois concerts ont réuni plusieurs milliers de spectateurs.
Mis à jour le jeudi 21 juin 2001
ATHÈNES, de notre correspondant

Après les pyramides d'Egypte pour le passage à l'an 2000, Jean-Michel Jarre a donné trois concerts à Athènes, de lundi à mercredi, au pied de l'Acropole, à l'odéon d'Hérode Atticus, réunissant plusieurs milliers de spectateurs. Pour l'occasion, il avait composé un "Hymne à l'Acropole", dont il devait remettre la partition aux autorités grecques.

Le compositeur français, bien connu en Grèce, a pu ainsi réaliser un "rêve de gosse" et se "faire plaisir. C'est un immense privilège de jouer dans un lieu si prestigieux où des artistes se produisent depuis deux mille ans", nous a-t-il confié. L'odéon, qui peut accueillir 5 000 personnes, a été construit en 161 apr. J.-C. aux frais d'Hérode Atticus, célèbre rhéteur sophiste et précepteur de Marc Aurèle, qui deviendra un grand mécène pour toute la Grèce romaine.

"La meilleure façon de célébrer ces lieux antiques, c'est de les intégrer dans la vie actuelle et non de les enfermer sous une cloche à fromage, de les pétrifier dans le passé", a-t-il estimé.

Le projet date du temps de Mélina Mercouri, mais le décès de la ministre de la culture, en mars 1994, a fait capoter le plan. Ambassadeur de l'Unesco, Jean-Michel Jarre a relancé le projet l'an dernier, immédiatement adopté par Marianna Vardinoyannis, épouse d'un grand magnat grec et, elle aussi, ambassadrice de l'Unesco. Président d'Elpida, association grecque des amis des enfants atteints du cancer, Mme Vardinoyannis a organisé les trois concerts dans le cadre du Festival d'Athènes et des olympiades culturelles pour les Jeux d'été de 2004, au profit de son organisation.
 Les recettes seront destinées à la construction en Grèce du premier hôpital pédiatrique spécialisé dans les maladies cancéreuses. Cinq pour cent des fonds recueillis seront versés à l'organisme chargé de la construction du nouveau musée de l'Acropole et à la Fondation Mélina Mercouri, dirigée par Jules Dassin, qui lutte pour le retour en Grèce des "marbres du Parthénon".

Jean-Michel Jarre n'a pas manqué d'ajouter sa pierre à ce combat national, en déclarant soutenir le retour à Athènes des fameuses frises enlevées au XIXe siècle par Lord Elgin et conservées depuis au British Museum. Il n'en fallait pas plus pour que le compositeur français se voit salué comme un nouveau "Philhellène".

C'est par Oxygène 4 que le compositeur commence son concert et lance son "Hommage à l'âme immortelle de la Grèce antique qui a laissé son empreinte à travers les âges". La représentation enchaîne ensuite avec les grands succès remodelés d'Oxygène à Métamorphoses, Acropolis. "Un mélange de musique électronique et symphonique" que le compositeur "a conçu comme une musique de film".

POULPES GÉANTS

Toutes les compositions sont "habillées" d'un arrangement visuel projeté sur le mur à arcades qui surplombe le fond de la scène. Pendant deux heures, le spectateur est assailli tantôt d'images géantes alliant les masques antiques qui crachent de la fumée aux visages pop'art, tantôt par un défilé de poulpes géants, ptérodactyles, fourmis carnassières dans Magnetic fields 1. Un téléscopage de la modernité sur les vestiges de l'Antiquité.

Dans Chronologie 3, au milieu de la première partie, Jean-Michel Jarre présente sa nouvelle harpe musicale. Composée de rayons verts, qui fusent dans la nuit, la harpe laser a été améliorée pour répondre à un souci de "vélocité". A la harpe répondait l'accompagnement à la guitare électrique d'un excellent Patrick Rondat, "un des dix meilleurs guitaristes au monde", assure le compositeur.

Outre Patrick Rondat, qui se déchaîne dans Vivaldi, Jean-Michel Jarre a fait appel à Francis Rimbert au clavier, Christophe Papendieck à la basse et Laurence Faucheux à la batterie. L'accompagnaient également la formation symphonique grecque "Enarmonia" dirigée par Chrysanthos Alisafis, la soprano Vasiliki Karagianni, ainsi que la chorale municipale d'Athènes dirigée par Stavros Beris et un chœur d'enfants d'une banlieue du Pirée mené par Dimitris Kanaris.

Didier Kunz


Le Monde daté du vendredi 22 juin 2001

How to play a harp in heaven

Pierre Perrone
Guardian
Thursday June 21, 2001

Jean-Michel Jarre, the French synthesizer superstar, has already played in front of the Eiffel Tower and on the Thames, and used Hong Kong and Houston skyscrapers as backdrops for his extravaganzas. By his usual standards, the 2,000-year-old Herodus Atticus Odeon, situated on the edge of the Acropolis, is almost intimate. The crowd of 5,000 perched on the vertigo-inducing stands has come to party and Jarre starts with something they all know - Oxygene Part 4, the track that started the ball rolling 24 years ago. There's a certain irony in performing this piece in one of the most polluted cities in the world.

The ancient wall behind the musicians is lit up with stellar constellations thanks to the wonders of back projection. But the evening turns out to be not so much about Jarre and his showman tendencies, more about his attempt to take the populist prog melodies he created in the 1970s and 1980s into the new millennium.

In 1977, Oxygene hinted at the crossover potential of French music. Now that Daft Punk and Air blast out of the radio, somehow Jarre, arguably the originator, sounds rather old-fashioned. He is like Rick Wakeman, that master of prog, but without the anecdote-spinning ability; or Mike Oldfield without the pastoral elements. Standing behind his bank of keyboards, dark hair blowing in the night breeze, Jarre looks as if he's passed the audition for Star Trek: The Next Generation. His set zigzags between various vintages but it never feels as though he has kept up with developments. Loops and samples are conspicuous by their absence.

A consummate entertainer, Jarre falls back on his bag of tricks: giant creatures with enormous heads are wheeled in, a moment reminiscent of the Residents; a bubble machine fights a losing battle against the wind. Then comes Jarre's party piece. His laser harp reaches into the heavens while he plucks a melody with his hands behind thin green beams. He looks like a prisoner of his own making, always attempting to top his last outing but condemned to fall short, as if cursed by the gods. But then suddenly, as huge rockets and robots dwarf him, the event takes off, the music for once matching the visuals.

And when Jarre reprises the specially composed Acropolis suite with choir and orchestra, the show really comes together. Even if Jarre offers only a pleasant sideshow, it's still testament to the capacity of mankind to entertain and surprise itself. As the breeze dies down and the music swells up, even the gods are smiling.

O Jean Michel Jarre στο Live Internet Chat

 
 Πέμπτη 21 Ιουνίου και ο Jean Michel Jarre βρέθηκε στα γραφεία του Flash.gr για ένα ζωντανό internet chat με τους φίλους του από την Ελλάδα αλλά και τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο. Με οικοδεσπότες την Αλίκη Παπαναστασίου και τον Βαγγέλη Βισβίκη ο Jean Michel Jarre, μίλησε για τη μουσική του, για τις θετικές εντυπώσεις που αποκόμισε από το ελληνικό κοινό στις συναυλίες του στο Ηρώδειο, για τα μελλοντικά του σχέδια, για τους καλλιτέχνες που αγαπά και τη σχέση του με το internet.

 O Jean Michel Jarre αναφέρθηκε στις συναυλίες του στο Ηρώδειο που πιστεύει ότι είναι δύο από τις καλύτερες που έχει πραγματοποιήσει καθώς και στην θερμή υποδοχή που του επεφύλαξε το ελληνικό κοινό, ενώ εξέφρασε την επιθυμία να ξαναεπισκεθφεί τη χώρα μας με αφορμή τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 2004. Ο Jean Michel Jarre γνωρίζει κάποιες λέξεις στα ελληνικά, ενώ είναι λάτρης της ελληνικής μυθολογίας με την οποία είχε ασχοληθεί στα νεανικά του χρόνια.  
Οσον αφορά τη μουσική του και τον συνδυασμό της με τα video που χρησιμοποιεί στις συναυλίες του, ο Jean Michel Jarre πιστεύει ότι η ηλεκτρονική μουσική έχει απόλυτη σχέση με την τέχνη της ζωγραφικής και γι' αυτό και τα περισσότερα κομμάτια που παρουσιάζει, προσπαθεί να συνοδεύονται από εικόνες. Αντλεί την έμπνευσή του από καθημερινά πράγματα τα οποία μπορούν να αποτελέσουν την αφορμή για τη δημιουργία ενός ολόκληρου έργου και πιστεύει πως δεν θα σταματήσει ποτέ να ασχολείται με τη μουσική γιατί νιώθει πάντα τον ενθουσιασμό και την ανάγκη για δημιουργία που είχε στα πρώτα χρόνια της καριέρας του. Πάντως, αν δεν είχε ασχοληθεί με την ηλεκτρονική μουσική θα τον κέρδιζε η αρχιτεκτονική ή η ζωγραφική. 

 Στον ελεύθερο χρόνο του, ο Jean Michel Jarre περνά αρκετό χρόνο με την οικογένειά του και τους φίλους του, παρακολουθεί σινεμά, επισκέπτεται εκθέσεις ζωγραφικής και ακούει πολλή μουσική με ιδιαίτερη προτίμηση στην τζαζ, τη ροκ και την ηλεκτρονική. Ανάμεσα στους αγαπημένους του καλλιτέχνες ανέφερε τους Air, τους Queen, τους Oasis, τους Who αλλά και τη δουλειά που έχει παρουσιάσει η Madonna τα τελευταία χρόνια.
Τα μελλοντικά του σχέδια περιλαμβάνουν ένα ορχηστρικό μουσικό έργο το οποίο υπολογίζει πως θα ολοκληρωθεί σε ενάμιση περίπου χρόνο, ενώ παράλληλα αναζητά το κατάλληλο χώρο για να το παρουσιάσει. Προς το παρόν, θα παραμείνει στην χώρα μας για διακοπές, χωρίς όμως να αποκαλύπτει ποια νησιά θα επισκεφθεί.

World premiere of Jean-Michel Jarre's 'Hymn to the Acropolis'

ARCHIVE SECTION ATHENS, SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 16-17, 2001

 Jean-Michel Jarre inspects the Herod Atticus Theater and the surrounding areas, pondering the acoustics for the 'Hymn to the Acropolis.'

Renowned French composer Jean-Michel Jarre is in Athens and will start rehearsals today for the concerts on June 19 and 21. The performances are fund-raisers for the Elpida Association (for children with cancer) and the construction of the first cancer hospital for children. The Acropolis Museum and the Melina Mercouri Foundation's campaign for the return of the Parthenon marbles will also get 5 percent of the proceeds. Elpida President Marianna Vardinoyianni greeted Jarre at the airport. Admission to the full rehearsal on Monday will be free of charge for children with special needs.

Jean Michel Jarre and his family

Le clan Jarre au complet autour du célčbre
musicien pour ce concert historique
au pied de l'Acropole d'Athčnes. De gauche
ŕ droite, David, Emilie et Barnabé, les
enfantsde Jean-Michel Jarre. Au centre,
sa mčre, France.

La semaine derničre Jean-Michel Jarre a installé sa harpe laser au pied de l'Acropole, et a offert ŕ la Grčce et aux téléspectateurs de M 6 trois fabuleux spectacles de son et lumičre dont il a le secret.


Ť Ces concerts de l'Acropole resteront dans ma carričre comme des moments exceptionnels, jamais ressentis sur le plan émotionnel ailleurs. Il y avait ŕ la fois une intimité, et une ouverture sur le ciel indescriptible ť a confié le roi de la musique électronique ŕ OH LA ! ŕ l'issue de son show. Ť C'est aussi l'aboutissement d'un ręve de gosse pour le passionné de mythologie grecque que je suis ť a ajouté Jean-Michel Jarre.
De nombreuses personnalités, parmi lesquelles Ethel Kennedy, veuve du sénateur Robert Kennedy, les princesses Marina de Grčce, Ira de Fürstenberg, Béatrice de Bourbon-Siciles, le prince Serge de Yougoslavie, ou encore l'actrice Stéphanie Powers se sont rendues ŕ l'Acropole ŕ l'invitation de la milliardaire grecque Marianna Vardinoyannis, présidente de l'association caritative Elpida et ambassadrice de l'Unesco et instigatrice de ces trois concerts de bienfaisance au profit des enfants atteints de cancer.