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Yann Tiersen

1970 - Today

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Yann Pierre Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French Breton musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting. His music incorporates a large variety of classical and contemporary instruments, primarily the electric guitar, the piano, synthesisers, and the violin, but he also includes instruments such as the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, piano accordion, and even a typewriter. Tiersen is often mistaken for a soundtrack composer; he himself states that "I'm not a composer and I really don't have a classical background," but his real focus is on touring and recording studio albums, which are often used for film soundtracks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yann Tiersen is the 543rd most popular musician (down from 485th in 2019), the 2,443rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,269th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yann Tiersen ranks 543 out of 3,175. Before him are André Navarra, Gregor Piatigorsky, Bronisław Huberman, Maurice White, Flea, and Tito Puente. After him are Uli Jon Roth, Isao Tomita, K. K. Downing, Lead Belly, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Agustín Barrios.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yann Tiersen ranks 57. Before him are Dominic Purcell, Paulo Sousa, M. Night Shyamalan, John Carmack, Roberto Di Matteo, and Gabby Giffords. After him are Izabella Scorupco, John Frusciante, Melissa McCarthy, Malena Ernman, Ronald de Boer, and Dmitry Utkin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yann Tiersen ranks 2,443 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Sollers (1936), Raymonde de Laroche (1882), Bernard Palissy (1510), Henry Darcy (1803), Aldegonde (639), and Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712). After him are Marie Bracquemond (1840), Isabelle Aubret (1938), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), René Caillié (1799), Aurore Clément (1945), and François Devienne (1759).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Yann Tiersen ranks 22. Before him are Jacques Dutronc (1943), Marguerite Long (1874), Maurice André (1933), Michel Polnareff (1944), François Habeneck (1781), and André Navarra (1911). After him are Manitas de Plata (1921), Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944), Ginette Neveu (1919), Michel Sogny (1947), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), and Jacques Loussier (1934).

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