Yann Tiersen (born in Brest, Brittany, France on 23 June 1970) is a French … Read Full Bio ↴Yann Tiersen (born in Brest, Brittany, France on 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks. His music involves a large variety of instruments; primarily the guitar, piano, synthesizer or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, accordion and typewriter.
Tiersen has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. He started learning piano at the age of four, taking up violin at the age of six and receiving classical training at musical academies in Rennes, Nantes and Boulogne. Then, at the age of 13, he chose to alter his destiny, breaking his violin into pieces, buying a guitar and forming a rock band.
Yann Tiersen has collaborated with vocal artists like Claire Pichet ("Le phare" and "Rue des cascades"), Elizabeth Fraser ("Les retrouvailles") and Shannon Wright ("Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright"). Other musicians he has worked with include The Divine Comedy, Noir Désir, Dominique A., Francoiz Breut, Les Têtes Raides, The Married Monk and Sage Francis
Tiersen got a musical education from the city of Rennes' annual Transmusicales festival, seeing acts like Nirvana, Einstürzende Neubaten, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Television and Suicide. When his band broke up a few years later, instead of hunting for some new musicians, he bought a cheap mixing desk, an eight-track reel, and started recording music solo with a synth, sampler and drum machine, poring over the grooves of old records on the hunt for loops and orchestral strings to plunder.
As it turned out, though, the key to his new approach lay in his own past. "One day I thought, instead of spending days on research and listening to tons of records to find the nearest sound of what I have in mind, why don't I fix this fucking violin and use it?" Through the summer of 1993, Tiersen stayed in his apartment, recording music alone with guitar, violin and accordion, guided not by the classical canon, but by intuition and his vision of "a musical anarchy".
By the end of the summer of 1993, Tiersen had recorded over 40 tracks, which would form the bulk of his first two albums. 1995's La Valse Des Monstres, inspired by Tod Browning's Freaks and Yukio Mishima's The Damask Drum was the second album to be released on Nancy-based label Ici, d'ailleurs. It would be followed six months later by Rue Des Cascades, a collection of short pieces recorded with toy piano, harpsichord, violin, accordion and mandolin. Six years later, the record would find a much larger audience when several tracks, along with a couple of Tiersen originals, would be used on the soundtrack to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amelie (2001).
Tiersen's commercial breakthrough would come earlier, though, and off his own back. 1998's Le Phare (The Light House) was recorded in self-imposed seclusion on the isle of Ouessant, where Tiersen spent two months living in a rented house. At night, he watched the Creach'h, the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, as it illuminated the surrounding scenery. "I was amazed how the rays of lights from the lighthouse revealed some hidden details of the land, how we can rediscover something we have everyday, just in front of us, by a light pointing on it," says Tiersen.
Le Phare went on to sell over 160,000 copies, confirming Tiersen's status as one of the most pioneering and original artists of his generation and commencing a run of successful albums like 2001's L'Absente (featuring orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon) and 2005's Les Retrouvailles (with guests Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin and Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins). In this period, Tiersen also took his music out around the world, playing shows with a full orchestra and an amplified string quartet – a set-up captured on 2002's electrifying live album C'etait ici. And following the box-office success of Amelie, Tiersen's skills as a soundtracker were much in demand, leading to scores for the likes of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Tabarly (2008), a documentary about the French sailor Éric Tabarly, who ate his final meal on Ouessant Island before he meeting a watery end in the Irish sea.
Discography:
La valse des monstres (1995)
Rue des cascades (1996)
Le phare (1998)
Tout est calme (1999)
Black session (1999, radio concert)
L'absente (2001)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Soundtrack)
C'était ici (2002, Live and Best Of)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003, Soundtrack)
Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright (2004)
Les Retrouvailles (2005)
On Tour (2006, Live)
Tabarly (2008)
Dust Lane (2010)
Tiersen has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. He started learning piano at the age of four, taking up violin at the age of six and receiving classical training at musical academies in Rennes, Nantes and Boulogne. Then, at the age of 13, he chose to alter his destiny, breaking his violin into pieces, buying a guitar and forming a rock band.
Yann Tiersen has collaborated with vocal artists like Claire Pichet ("Le phare" and "Rue des cascades"), Elizabeth Fraser ("Les retrouvailles") and Shannon Wright ("Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright"). Other musicians he has worked with include The Divine Comedy, Noir Désir, Dominique A., Francoiz Breut, Les Têtes Raides, The Married Monk and Sage Francis
Tiersen got a musical education from the city of Rennes' annual Transmusicales festival, seeing acts like Nirvana, Einstürzende Neubaten, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Television and Suicide. When his band broke up a few years later, instead of hunting for some new musicians, he bought a cheap mixing desk, an eight-track reel, and started recording music solo with a synth, sampler and drum machine, poring over the grooves of old records on the hunt for loops and orchestral strings to plunder.
As it turned out, though, the key to his new approach lay in his own past. "One day I thought, instead of spending days on research and listening to tons of records to find the nearest sound of what I have in mind, why don't I fix this fucking violin and use it?" Through the summer of 1993, Tiersen stayed in his apartment, recording music alone with guitar, violin and accordion, guided not by the classical canon, but by intuition and his vision of "a musical anarchy".
By the end of the summer of 1993, Tiersen had recorded over 40 tracks, which would form the bulk of his first two albums. 1995's La Valse Des Monstres, inspired by Tod Browning's Freaks and Yukio Mishima's The Damask Drum was the second album to be released on Nancy-based label Ici, d'ailleurs. It would be followed six months later by Rue Des Cascades, a collection of short pieces recorded with toy piano, harpsichord, violin, accordion and mandolin. Six years later, the record would find a much larger audience when several tracks, along with a couple of Tiersen originals, would be used on the soundtrack to Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Amelie (2001).
Tiersen's commercial breakthrough would come earlier, though, and off his own back. 1998's Le Phare (The Light House) was recorded in self-imposed seclusion on the isle of Ouessant, where Tiersen spent two months living in a rented house. At night, he watched the Creach'h, the most powerful lighthouse in Europe, as it illuminated the surrounding scenery. "I was amazed how the rays of lights from the lighthouse revealed some hidden details of the land, how we can rediscover something we have everyday, just in front of us, by a light pointing on it," says Tiersen.
Le Phare went on to sell over 160,000 copies, confirming Tiersen's status as one of the most pioneering and original artists of his generation and commencing a run of successful albums like 2001's L'Absente (featuring orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon) and 2005's Les Retrouvailles (with guests Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin and Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins). In this period, Tiersen also took his music out around the world, playing shows with a full orchestra and an amplified string quartet – a set-up captured on 2002's electrifying live album C'etait ici. And following the box-office success of Amelie, Tiersen's skills as a soundtracker were much in demand, leading to scores for the likes of Wolfgang Becker's tragicomedy Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Tabarly (2008), a documentary about the French sailor Éric Tabarly, who ate his final meal on Ouessant Island before he meeting a watery end in the Irish sea.
Discography:
La valse des monstres (1995)
Rue des cascades (1996)
Le phare (1998)
Tout est calme (1999)
Black session (1999, radio concert)
L'absente (2001)
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Soundtrack)
C'était ici (2002, Live and Best Of)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003, Soundtrack)
Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright (2004)
Les Retrouvailles (2005)
On Tour (2006, Live)
Tabarly (2008)
Dust Lane (2010)
La plage
Yann Tiersen Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'La plage' by these artists:
Aldebert Sous la chaleur, le goudron fait des bulles La bouche en…
B. Biolay & C. Mastroianni Le vieux piano de la plage ne joue qu'en fa…
Benjamin Biolay Les flamands roses s’en vont Sans se faire la moindre illus…
Benjamin Biolay & Chiara Mastroianni Les flamands roses s′en vont Sans se faire la moindre illusi…
Benjamin Biolay - Chiara Mastroianni Le vieux piano de la plage ne joue qu'en fa…
Benjamin Biolay Chiara Mastroianni Les flamands roses s′en vont Sans se faire la moindre illusi…
Bibi Club Sur la plage, ton corps se dessine Ton visage effacé par…
Chiara Mastroianni & Benjamin Biolay Le vieux piano de la plage ne joue qu'en fa…
Conjur1ng Si t'es sage, sage comme une image Je t'emmènerai te balader…
EMF It`s hip to skip, and cool to fool So jump to…
EMF (Epsom Mad Funkers) It`s hip to skip, and cool to fool So jump to…
EMF featuring Reeves and Mortimer It`s hip to skip, and cool to fool So jump to…
Ephese L'odeur de l'air a un goût amer Elle me colle à…
Fils Sur la plage y'a personne en hiver On y vient pour…
Francis Lalanne Huit heures cinq, je suis sur la plage Le soleil dort…
Graeme Allwright L'odeur du pin de chardon écrasé Tiré par des bœufs, l…
Grand Palladium Glisser sur les vagues Et toujours être en été Tu veux…
haute Je regardais cette fille sur la plage Elle était assise sur…
LAFORET Marie Quand sur la plage Tous les plaisirs de l'été Avec leurs joi…
Marie Laforêt Quand sur la plageTous les plaisirs de l'étéAvec leurs joies…
Nana Mouskouri La plage est endormie et tout est silence Les vagues meurent…
Raphael Futura Moi c’que j’aime c’est m’balader Sur la plage Un peu d’air, …
Sein Le soir, plus d’innocence comme en vacances sur la plage…
Vanessa Paradis J'aime ce décor Il me rappelle Certaines époques Et la…
Ziak Y m'faut une nana qui crache (c'est chaud) Un poto qui…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Yann Tiersen:
A Secret Place I walked into the street To see myself looking back at…
Amy Do you recognize me Here on this sleeper train And do you…
Ar Maen Bihan E-kreizh ar-roc'h e-voa eun ti E-penn an ti e-voa eur simina…
Ashes We're following a road of pain. We're all running away to…
Bagatelle Tiens, une petite voix me glisse Quatre vérités Qui passent…
Bon Voyage J'ai un gros débarras Aussi un cagibi Et puis plein d'autr…
Chapter 19 To live outside the pale Is to wither and die Beyond the…
Dishes No Lyrics for this song Pas de paroles pour ce morceau Ins…
Dragon fly On the day that we met I awoke from a total…
Dust Lane We are boys and girls Of the new world treading young. …
First Rendez-Vous (instrumental)…
Fuck Me I know you know we're all falling into A deep oblivion I…
Geronimo While they have been eating The rain has started falling, …
Ginette La mer ça ne s'invente pas Et nous on crève à…
Goodbye Lenin! Feels like yesterday when we were holding hands and laughs…
Guilty Is it a sin, is it a crime Loving you, dear,…
Hent I Bemdez heñvel ha bemdez disheñvel Simfonienn veureel. Sonere…
Hesitation Wound Maybe you're here, maybe you're not. You may be gone, you…
I'm Gonna Live Anyhow I'm gonna live anyhow until I die. I'm gonna live anyhow…
In Our Minds In our minds, they're a town in our minds A town…
I’m Gonna Live Anyhow I'm gonna live anyhow until I die. I'm gonna live anyhow…
J'y suis jamais allé [Instrumental]…
Kala Do you recognize me Here on this sleeper train And do you…
L' Echec J'aimerai voir notre échec Face à face à un beau jour Détail…
L'échec J'aimerai voir notre échec Face à face à un beau jour Déta…
L'effondrement I can preak up my ears and hear so clearly, the collapse…
La Dispute Anyway, i can try anything it's the same circle that…
La Parade Another day to live Another way to go Nobody's in this room …
La pharmacie Another day to live Another way to go Nobody′s in this room …
La rade Je nous vois tous assis devant Mais le front baissé les…
La relève Déjà je m'éloigne de l'enseigne verte qui éclairait nos nui…
La Rue When I'm asleep in Cascade Street I don't see anything When …
La Rupture Windows, doors, walls and carpets, chairs, tables and flower…
La Terrasse un après-midi là, dans la rue du jourdain, on peut dire…
La valse des monstres Le Vent Du Nord Dans Les Airs La Piastre Des Etats When w…
La Valse des vieux os (Instrumental)…
Le Concert Ça y est, plus rien ne reste debout Ils sont venus,…
Le Fromveur Autrefois, quand j'étais marmot J'avais la phobie des gros m…
Le Jour D'avant It's hard, Hard not to sit on your hands Bury your head…
Le jour de l'ouverture De tes amants bien revenus Dans tes beaux habits neufs…
Le matin Oh my……
le meridien Accross the river thames On a sunday morning The smell of th…
Le parapluie Il pleuvait fort sur la grand-route Elle cheminait sans par…
Les Bras De Mer De l'endroit où je suis On voit les bras de mer Qui…
Les enfants Oh la la, qu'est-ce que c'est ? C'est des enfants ou quoi ?…
Les Forges Les forges ne fonctionnent plus Des milliers de travailleur…
Les Grandes Marees Laissons ça aux marées de septembre et voyons après coup Vo…
Les Jours Heureux It's hard, Hard not to sit on your hands Bury your head…
Les Jours tristes (instrumental) It's hard, hard not to sit on your hands and bury…
Le_Jour_D'Avant ""Es difícil, Difícil no sentarse en sus manos, Entierra …
Life on Mars It's a godawful small affair To the girl with the mousey…
Lights Have you see those lights, those lights, First we saw someon…
Mary Do you recognize me Here on this sleeper train And do you…
Meteorites So here we are under London's glass And granite arms as…
Monochrome Anyway, I can try anything it's the same circle that…
Monuments All monuments of men, They're sinking in vain. Tiny mome…
Mother Will Die Jetzt könnt ihr noch jemanden aufnehmen. Aufnehmen? …
Naomi Strange prophecies Anew! She wrote She wrote "The ke…
No mercy for she Today fell to her feet She called his name She…
Pale white Mr Haley turned and said You must not cry now Crossed…
Palestine P. A. L. E. S. T. I. N. E. … P. A.…
Plus d'hiver Voilà, il n'y aura plus d'hiver C'est nouveau Je crois c'e…
Preparations for the Last TV Fake (Instrumental)…
Qu'en Reste-T-Il ? Recuerdo que al llegar ni me miraste Fui solo una más…
Roma Amor We met in a bar Nothing special so far Until the moment…
Rue Des Cascades When I'm asleep in Cascade Street When I'm asleep in…
si tu n Si tu n'étais pas là Comment pourrais-je vivre? Je ne connaî…
Steinn Djúpt i klettinum var hús Í horni hússisns var arinn Í arn…
Summer '78 (feat. Claire Pichet) Where are you now Can't you see me Wh…
Summer 78 Where are you now Can't you see me Where are you now Can'…
Summer 78 (feat. Claire Pichet) Where are you now Can't you see me Where are you now Can't…
Sur le fil instrumental…
The Gutter Try to reach the sea Try to reach the sea Try to…
The Neighbourhood I wanna be honest I want to be bad I want to…
The Trial Someday my girl, in your mirror Someday my girl, in your…
Till the End We will be there 'til the end.…
Tout est calme encore une nuit où tout est calme, pas un bruit,…
Yellow Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everythi…
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@YTITTY
he's just a genius!
@johannafuchs1739
Yoo hi
@airporting_with_dominik
Discovering Yann Tiersen's music was one of the best things that happened to me!
@fareshaddad2461
Me too
@stephanie7734
Me too
@Elin48
I saw Yann Tiersen last night in San Francisco. What I realize sometimes happens is that we who come to love particular pieces we want to hear them in person too, and many artists never leave their hits, but a true artist moves on...and we who see them in person need to remain always open minded. His final piece of the evening was one from Amelie, but played very differently at first, so that it's melody snuck up on me, and then there it was. Fantastic performance!
@Kellims313
This is simply beautiful. It has many different emotions mixed into it. First, you feel the sadness and then at about :19 you start to feel the hopefulness and then again at 1:05. It's like the song is trying to say, "You might be feeling disheartened now, but things will get better." It's just amazing.
@MrMadhatter68
I love Yann Tiersen's music. Each time, it's like opening an old photo album and relive wonderful memories !
@yasemindundar577
It's the notes but such an effect! Impressive 👏
@seekaydoubleu
I love piano sonatas...they are so evocative. I would have to say that I think the piano is one of the most emotionally-inspiring instruments ever to be crafted by the hands of man. So much beauty can transpire from mankind, yet nowadays it is so easily squandered on pettiness and close-mindedness. This sonata captures some of that beauty for me.