Jean-Christian Michel has created a unique and unclassifiable musical style. The architecture of its Sound Edifices is reminiscent of that of the Romanesque Abbeys, whose ideal of stripping gives it an Eternal Modernity. Jean-Christian Uses Today the Resources of New Technology, To Give Even Greater Part to Emotion and to Dreams… Tender and Manly, Both Classical and Contemporary, His Music Opens the Doors to a Unknown Universe.
Great precursor of the bringing together of jazz and classical music, Jean-Christian Michel, French clarinetist and great composer, invented a extremely modern music, unique in the world : His concept combines the pulsation and expressiveness of jazz with the golden rules of classical music with its rich and colored harmonies. But Jean-Christian Michel is above all "a soul", a music from far away, which makes resonate in the intimate the echo of the infinite.
His "Space jazz" achieves the perfect balance between the traditional universe of cathedrals sacred music and a futuristic vision where rhythm of bewitching sounds and swing remain essential. The colors, the combinations of timbres, bring to the musical alchemy a multidimensional sound palette with multiple echoes : the inimitable, clear and dazzling sound of his clarinet, backed by the mysterious volumes of the liturgical organ, is now draped in limpid transparencies that can only be created with synthesizers.
The concert of Jean-Christian Michel, presents authentic concert performers, "tightened" in small formation in an extraordinary coherence. It is not without reason that these concerts fill churches and the largest cathedrals : Jean-Christian Michel knows how to establish a climate that touches your heart and never lets you go : Emotion is always there.
The first to open cathedrals to concerts other than religious, famous for his remarkable transcriptions of J.-S. Bach and his famous arrangement of the Aranjuez Concerto, Jean-Christian Michel sold millions of albums rewarded with three diamond discs and ten gold and platinum records.
Pursuing his impressive destiny in the world today Jean-Christian Michel today pursues a global career with thousands of concerts to his
credit. Jean-Christian Michel knows how to share his happiness as a musician, communicating an emotion in the image of the stars that he seems to have never left.
"Jean-Christian Michel's music escapes all definition: we listen to it, and we imbibe it. It is magic, sound light. It speaks of Origin and Infinity. 'Alpha and the Omega ".
VOLUME 1 : JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL, HIS MUSIC AND HIS LIFE HIS WORK
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY / In the Jean-Christian Michel's biography, you will read the
story of his exceptional destiny. Some lines about his philosophy... /
Also glance through some details on the musical career of great composer
Jean-Christian Michel.
CD,
DISCS, ALBUMS
CD
LP DISCs - Discover the complete official catalogue of Jean-Christian Michel's CD, discs, LP and albums. See his 3 diamond discs,
7 platinum discs and 10 golden discs ! A new CD : "Jean-Christian Michel plays jazz"
PORT MARIA's CONCERTO
PORT MARIA. Immerse yourself
in the tender fascinating poetry which Jean-Christian Michel wrote
to illustrate his Port-Maria's Concerto, one of his major works.
SCORES
AND TRANSCRIPTIONS
SCORES / Access the scores of Jean-Christian Michel's works, his luxurious songbook, his transcriptions
of J.-S. Bach's chorals and fugues, or the songbook of his arrangement
of Aranjuez's concerto.
CONCERTS
CONCERTS / Jean-Christian Michel mainly performs in his Cathedral and Church
concerts with clarinet, organ and synthesizers. CATHEDRAL
TOUR 2010-2022 : Read the page about the grand Cathedral Tour
of Jean-Christian Michel. (In french, not translated)
PRESS REWIEWS - Find out what the Press
thinks about Jean-Christian Michel : his point of view on his
music, his transcriptions and arrangements, his concerts, discs
andCD.
Feature articles or reports from the important magazines. Extracts
from french and international newspapers will help you to build
your own opinion... See the half page article which recently appeared
in the "Midi Libre" : "The
clarinet at the summit";
the latest and very laudatory rewiew of the Carcassonne concert,
the Montpellier and Lyon concerts etc.
DOWNLOAD MP3
Do not leave the site without listening
to, in MP3 or RealAudio, the music and the unforgettable sound
of Jean-Christian Michel's clarinet.
CONTACT / Do not hesitate to get in touch with us to organize a Church
Concert or one in a cathedral, a big Sound
and Light show with special effects : volumetric Laser, holograms,
Fireworks, or a spectacular EnchantedWaters show with waterscreen. Contact us ! Please write, e-mail,
or phone for our rates and any organizational questions.
LINKS / From the Links page visit the sites
of Jean-Christian Michel's friends and use the qualitative directories
which selected him.
VIDEO
VIDEO-CLIPS - Watch an Extract of the Jean-Christian Michel's video "SPATIAL JAZZ & SACRED MUSIC
CROSSOVER" on this page.
transcriptions
in jazz : these original pages show the contibution of Johann
Sebastian BACH, genius of classical music, to modern music. Today,
jazz musicians transcribe BACH into Jazz. JAZZ BACH, PLAY BACH,
CLASSICAL JAZZ... Listen to the new CD of Jean-Christian Michel
: "J. -S. BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS"
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - His life,
his work, his sacred
music, his art of the fugue.
Go through these informatives pages on the Cantor of Leipzig to
appreciate the considerable influence which he has had on generations
of musicians.
MUSIC - Its origins. Music is at the summit of all the arts : a union of Spirituality and
Science, it can appear as an arithmetic eurhythmy of auditory sensations... Learn more about music !
CLASSICAL MUSIC, JAZZ, GOSPEL - JAZZ-CLASSICAL CROSSOVER - JAZZ SPATIAL
Understand the importance of the instrumentation in the Jean-Christian Michel's futuristic music : A new concept
of ultramodern orchestration and a new clarinet sound which allows
a small group to sound like a philharmonic orchestra, with spontaneity
and expressiveness - CLARINET : the
development of the instrument and everything about it. ( Please,
see further up the page ).
ORGAN
ORGAN, PIPE ORGAN, CHURCH ORGAN (baroque, classic and romantic). BACH
at the organ. Penetrate the secret of the church organ's mysterious
world ...
Improve
your technical knowledge, or introduce yourself to :
♔ PROFESSIONNAL
STUDIO AND RECORDING
RECORDING STUDIO
RECORDING
STUDIO / Get a precise idea about the function of : desk,
recording level gauge, amplifiers, monitors, dynamic and electrostatic
microphones, tape recorders, multitracking, peripherals
or effects,
delays, reverberations, graphic and parametric equalizers etc. Learn also a lot of other things, including explanations of DAT, CAM ...
PRODUCTION OF A CD : Follow the stages
of the creation of a CD (or Compact disc), and take advantage
of learning some simple, but important rules on recording, mixing,
burning ....
Sound recording of clarinet, organ, synthesizer, bass, drum
kit,
guitar : Some useful and very professional instructions to achieve
the best recording.
Computer Assisted Music (CAM). What is Computer Assisted Music music ? MIDI sequencers and software packages, sound treatment and recording
software packages... Does the computer dehumanize music ? Will
the computer, one day, be able to replace the musician ?
Streaming
audio, MP3 PRO : do not stay in the dark about the principle of Streaming
Audio,
how to download RealOne Player free and what MP3 PRO is...
♔ THE "FLASH-BACK" PAGES
Flash-back pages allow you to find the detail of selected events
which marked the career and the life of Jean-Christian Michel.
AWAKENING
TO MUSIC
AWAKENING TO MUSIC / The Music's
appeal : You will learn the moving awakening of J-Christian MICHEL's
vocation, the what and how of his musical initiation.
CHURCH CONCERT IN PARIS
THE CHURCH CONCERT IN St ROCH AT PARIS / The birth of the sociological phenomenon : Relive the major
events of the extraordinary concert given in Paris by the clarinettist,
with his organist Monique THUS and his famous drummer Kenny Clarke.
HIMALAYAS
HIMALAYAS : Visit the kingdom of
Nepal with Jean-Christian Michel. Land in Lhasa, sacred city today
occupied by China, in the heart of the secret Tibet.
Leave on expedition to the Himalayas with the clarinettist, to
the conquest of Taboche, virgin summit almost 7.000 metres above
sea level. Learn how YANNICK SEIGNEUR, the legendary conquerer
of the West pillar of Makalu, chose him as the party's doctor.
Come close to the world of the "Extreme", that of the
himalayan rock and ice climbers.
TO ENJOY OUR SITE
TO THE FULL :
PLEASE,
NOTE THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL POINTS
With Monique THUS, organ ; Kenny Clarke, drums ; Jean-Pierre COULEAU, piano. The sublim concerto for clarinet and piano from Jean-Christian Michel.
Port-Maria - Le Voleur de Sommeil - Trille et fugue en ré mineur - La Corde de Larmes - Sonate en Fa majeur - Choral les Oxydes de Lumière - Les Paraboles de l'Espace - La lagune insondable.
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