In 1983, French composer Yann Tiersen was a newborn post-punk convert on the cusp of adolescence. He had been studying classical violin for six years and he was finally fed up. So he destroyed his ...

Yann has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. Born in 1970 in Brest, Brittany, on the western edge of continental Europe, he started learning piano at the age of four, ...

“the good news is that we got there early enough to watch the whole thing in the very front! the bad news is : yann + an electric guitar + band – his violin = major midlife crisis. i love this man, ...

Yann Tiersen, forever the scrawny French accordionist in my mind, played at the Regency Ballroom on Tuesday night and I couldn’t have been more surprised by what I saw. No longer the unassuming solo ...

The music of multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen breaks the constraints of form, yet each track is built around poignant, emotional melodies. Tiersen quickly abandoned the academy training of his early ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Yann Tiersen Sydney Opera House, January 24 ★★★★ Yann Tiersen played the Sydney Opera House on January 24 as part of the Sydney Festival ...

Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer known internationally for composing the score to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie.His music is recognized by its use of ...

French singer, multi-instrumentalist and film composer Yann Tiersen isn't massively well-known, but he did craft the score for the beloved 2001 film Amelie, about which virtually everything is held in ...

Recording the sounds of his home on the island of Ushant (Eusa in Breton) off the coast of Brittany to tape – the sea dragging stones along the beach, crows calling to one another, the wind across the ...

YANN Tiersen insists he’s not a film composer, even though his works are best known for their use in movies like Amelie and Good Bye, Lenin! In fact he doesn’t consider himself a classical composer ...