Jean Michel Jarre - Space of Freedom (originally March 23) "Water for Life"

"Water for Life" was a concert given by Jean Michel Jarre on the night of December 16, 2006 amidst the dunes of the Sahara desert at Merzouga, Morocco. 

The concert was held under the auspice of UNESCO as 2006 had been designated the International Year of Deserts and Desertification by the United Nations General Assembly.

          

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 7 "Water for Life"

To put the spotlight on one of the planet's crucial issues, the protection of clean drinking water, Jean Michel Jarre conceived and performed the concert "Water for Life" as part of UNESCO's campaign to increase awareness of this problem.
The concert was commissioned by the Kingdom of Morocco and took place on December 16, 2006 in the Moroccan desert near the city of Merzouga.
Jarre invited the best of Moroccan musicians and singers to join him on-stage with special musical arrangements of his work to include their talent.

"Jarre imagined giant-doors to stand in the dessert around the stage upon which he deployed lavish lights and images to accompany the main them of Water...quite surrealist in such a barren, but most enchanting environment".

►Musicians:

Jean Michel Jarre
Francis Rimbert
Claude Samard

►Local musicians:

Abdellah El Miry
Ahmed Alaoui
Alizées Choir
B'net from Marrakesh
Casablanca Orchestra of Arabic Modern Music
Charaf and Dansers
Gnawa Maaster Hamid Elikasri and his Band
Hadji Younes
Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra
Saida Charaf

►Date and Place:
16. december 2006 - Merzouga, Morocco

►Estimated Audience:
20.000

        

Jean Michel Jarre dla "Solidarności"

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre jest legendą muzyki elektronicznej i jednym z artystów, którzy poruszając się na tej niwie muzycznej osiągnął wielki komercyjny sukces. Syn słynnego kompozytora Maurice'a Jarre'a (autor muzyki np. do znanego w Polsce serialu "Shogun") specjalizuje się w spektakularnych koncertach, podczas których równie ważne jak muzyka są efekty wizualne. W 2004 roku francuski artysta zagrał jako pierwszy w chińskim Zakazanym Mieście w Pekinie, co zostało uwiecznione na podwójnej płycie DVD. 
26 sierpnia na terenie Stoczni Gdańskiej Jean Michel Jarre wystąpi z okazji 25-lecia powstania "Solidarności". 
Występ będzie podziwiać 100 tys. osób. Jarre przygotował na swój koncert specjalną kompozycję o roboczym tytule "Suita Gdańska", w której wykorzystał m.in. fragmenty nieoficjalnego hymnu Solidarności - piosenki "Mury" (do muzyki Luisa Llacha Grande i słów Jacka Kaczmarskiego). 
Z Jarrem wystąpią - oprócz jego zespołu muzyków - Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiej Filharmonii Bałtyckiej oraz kilkudziesięcioosobowy chór. 

"Mury" (do muzyki Luisa Llacha Grande i słów Jacka Kaczmarskiego). Z Jarrem wystąpią - oprócz jego zespołu muzyków - Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiej Filharmonii Bałtyckiej oraz kilkudziesięcioosobowy chór


            

       

(fot. Warner Music Poland) 2006

             

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Jean Michel Jarre celebrates ‘Water for Life’ in the Sahara

20-11-2006 4:00 pm “Water for Life” is the theme UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Jean-Michel Jarre has chosen for an exceptional concert among the sand dunes of the Moroccan Sahara on 16 December. The concert will also be one of the highlights marking the end of the United Nations International Year of Deserts and Desertification and part of the UN Water for Life Decade (2005-2015).
Using his hallmark state-of-the-art visual and sound technology, the French composer/musician will stress the importance of protecting and properly managing the planet’s limited freshwater resources and halting the advance of desertification.

“We want this concert to be a wake up call. We want to make people more aware of just how precious water is and the critical need to look after what we have,” said Jarre. “If everybody understood just how little water the earth has, or how many people are going without it – and dying as a result – or how much of it is being wasted, we might be able to find better ways of managing and sharing it. The problem of desertification is intimately linked to this situation and also requires urgent action.”

According to the UN World Water Development Report published by UNESCO earlier this year:

1.1 billion people do not have access to sufficient quantities of drinking water;
2.6 billion people have no access to basic sanitation;
6,000 children die every day because they lack of drinking water or insufficient hygiene;
In Africa and Asia, women travel an average eight kilometers daily to access fresh water;
The average African lives on less than 20 litres of water a day, while the average European consumes more than 150 litres daily and North Americans, 300 litres.
Four million hectares, or about one third of the planet’s land surface, are threatened by desertification.

Desertification affects the lives of more than 250 million people and threatens another 1.2 billion in 110 countries. An estimated 60 million of those affected in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to move towards northern Africa and Europe by 2020.

The Modern Arab Orchestra of Casablanca, the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra and a number of eminent soloists will join Jean-Michel Jarre on-stage for this unique concert which will take place at Merzouga in Morocco. It will be filmed in high-definition and broadcast live across the region by Moroccan public television and to the rest of the world via the internet and on HD channels. A post-production version will be available for broadcast by international television channels after the event.

The concert is organized with the support of the Kingdom of Morocco and is being held under the auspices of UNESCO.

Jean-Michel Jarre’s spectacular concert-events have attracted audiences of over one million people around the world. Since his nomination as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador in 1993, he has used these international events as a platform to raise awareness of UNESCO’s mission. Highlights of his work include his Millennium Concert at the Pyramids of Gizeh in Egypt and his Concert for Tolerance at the Paris Eiffel Tower, commemorating UNESCO’s 50th Anniversary.

Details of the “Water for Life” concert will be presented at a press conference at UNESCO Headquarters on Thursday, November 23 at 11 am (Room V).
  

 Photos from the concert place:

 

        

Jean Michel Jarre gibt Konzert in der Wüste 

vom 18.12.2006

       

Newsletter - Programme of UNESCO Celebrity Advocates

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Jean Michel Jarre

France

24 May 1993

Protection of the environment (water, fight against desertification, renewable energies), youth and tolerance, safeguarding of World Heritage

 

Brochure of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors Published in 2009

Nr. 5- March 2006

   

Nr. 6 - March 2007

List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors

Concert écolo de Jean-Michel Jarre en plein désert

Sous un déluge de feux d'artifices et de rayons laser, le musicien français Jean-Michel Jarre a marié samedi soir musique occidentale et marocaine au pied des dunes de sable de Merzouga (sud-est du Maroc) pour alerter sur les graves conséquences de la raréfaction de l'eau.

Sons et images
 
Des images impressionnantes sur le manque d'eau ont été projetées sur 7 écrans géants, alors que les synthétiseurs produisaient une musique électro-acoustique qui dominait les instruments des musiciens marocains accompagnant le groupe de Jean-Michel Jarre

Désolation
 
Sur un écran, un joueur invisible tire une balle de golf. Moins d'une seconde plus tard, sur un autre écran géant, ce sont des dizaines d'oranges qui tombent à terre laissant leur oranger dans une désolation renforcée par le teint noirci du tronc et des branches.

Slogans chocs  

"Un enfant meurt toutes les 17 secondes par manque d'eau", a lancé Jean-Michel Jarre aux spectateurs venus de toute la région d'Errachidia assister à son concert nocturne aux portes du désert. "Un parcours de golf en Arizona consomme en un jour plus d'eau que n'en consomme la ville de Fès en un mois", a-t-on pu lire sur l'un des sept écrans magiques du concert.
Conscientiser
 
"Le manque d'eau tue plus que la guerre", a souligné samedi Jean-Michel Jarre lors d'une conférence de presse. "Notre rôle à nous intellectuels, saltimbanques, artistes, c'est d'être des hauts parleurs", a-t-il ajouté en louant les actions de l'ONU et de l'Unesco, dont il est ambassadeur de bonne volonté depuis 1993.

Guerre pour l'eau
 
Jarre a eu aussi recours aussi à la satire: "si le président (américain George W.) Bush savait que l'eau était plus précieuse que le pétrole, c'est le Canada qu'il aurait occupé et non pas l'Irak", a-t-il lancé aux spectateurs à Merzouga.

Milliers de spectateurs
 
"Water for life" ou "l'eau source de vie", est le slogan retenu par Jean-Michel Jarre pour son concert retransmis en direct par la télévision. 5.000 à 6.000 spectateurs ont assisté à ce concert. Ce gros spectacle a été une occasion pour "tenter de faire parvenir des messages sur le problème numéro un de la planète, celui de l'eau", a déclaré Jean-Michel Jarre reprenant un thème que le Programme des Nations Unis pour le développement (Pnud) avait retenu pour l'année 2006.

Tourisme
 
La population du sud-est marocain a accueilli favorablement le concert de Jean-Michel Jarre, également pour ses éventuelles retombées touristiques. "Avec les étrangers qui se sont déplacés jusqu'ici, il fera davantage connaître notre région et y encouragera le tourisme", a estimé Moha Errich, un responsable local du ministère du tourisme. "Mais les auberges veulent et doivent garder le cachet local car si un promoteur s'amuse à ériger ici un hôtel cinq étoiles, aucun touriste ne frappera à sa porte", a-t-il ajouté. Jean-Michel Jarre a de son côté prévenu contre "le tourisme de masse" à Merzouga, lieu de transition entre les oasis vertes et les premières dunes du désert.

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City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 2006 - Full Album CD1 and CD2

 CD 1

  

The Symphonic Jean Michel Jarre (performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2006)

Tracklist:

CD1

01. Chronologie 1 (06:33 )
02. Chronologie 2 (05:26 )
03. Chronologie 3 (03:33 )
04. Gloria, lonely boy (05:28 )
05. Equinoxe 4 (06:41 )
06. Fishing junks at sunset (06:02 )
07. Souvenir de Chine (04:07 )
08. Magnetic fields 5 (04:35 )
09. Industrial revolution - overture (04:38 )
10. Industrial revolution - part 1 (02:50 )
11. Industrial revolution - part 2 (03:40 )

  CD 2

     

                          Jean Michel Jarre - Composer 

Rick Clark - Release Coordinator

 
01. El Dorado (03:42 )
02. Oxygene 13 (03:38 )
03. Magnetic fields 1 (04:23 )
04. The emigrant (03:26 )
05. Oxygene 4 (04:24 )
06. Rendez-vous 2 (08:45 )
07. Rendez-vous 4 (04:02 )
08. Acropolis (06:07 )
09. Computer weekend (04:38 )

Credits of Symphonic Jean Michel Jarre
Reynold da Silva - Executive
Pete Compton - Release Coordinator
Gareth Williams - Guitar, Percussion, Mastering, Electronics, Recording, Mixing, Associate Producer, Keyboards, Arranger
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestra
Janet Fitzpatrick - Executive Producer
Gary Thomas - Choir, Chorus
Nic Raine - Arranger, Conductor, Associate Producer
Reynold da Silva - Executive
David Stoner - Executive
David Temple - Choir Master
Stephen Southam - Release Coordinator
Crouch End Festival Chorus - Choir, Chorus
James Fitzpatrick - Producer, Concept
Jan Holzner - Engineer
Charlotte Kinder - Soprano (Vocal)
Damien Doherty - Artwork, Design
Peter Compton - Release Coordinator

Sublime Mix (2006) - Full Album

            

                            Sublime Mix  

Sublime Mix is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released in 2006 as a special limited edition promo for Jaguar France. The album features a continuous mix of six tracks taken from Geometry of Love and Live Printemps de Bourges 2002. This album was given away freely to Jaguar's prospective customers during 2006 to promote the launch of the Jaguar XK 2007 model.


Track listing

"Pleasure Principle"
"Velvet Road"
"Geometry of Love (Part 1)"
"Soul Intrusion"
"Geometry of Love (Part 2)"
"Alive in Bourges"