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 Tiersen is on tour and headlined two shows at NYC’s Highline Ballroom over the weekend – February 18th was “unplugged with orchestra” and February 19th was just billed as “regular band.” Though ...

Creatively frustrated by his association with the Amélie soundtrack and yearning to perform with no environmental impact, the French musician and his wife took to the sea In 2014 Yann Tiersen – the ...

Despite a varied career that has seen him take a number of musical diversions – flitting between collaborations and soundtracks – Yann Tiersen is, for good or for ill, still primarily known to the ...

The Amélie soundtrack composer and multi-instrumentalist writes music that seems simple but tugs on the heartstrings Over the past two decades, the French composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann ...

Famed French composer, Yann Tiersen, remembers seeing a mountain lion. He was out in nature about five years ago in Northern California when the animal began following him and his cycling party.

Yann Tiersen‘s soundtrack to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s blockbuster Amélie has garnered the French composer new fans and much acclaim. Before Montmarte’s most famous resident hit the cultural radar, however ...

Listen to "13 1 18 25 (6 5 1 20. 17 21 9 14 17 21 9 19)" here. Pre-order 11 5 18 2 5 18 here. The new album, 11 5 18 2 5 18 was born from experimentation in the studio ahead of a performance at ...

The Breton on his new album Kerber and its accompanying film, his island home of Ushant, and rekindling his love of electronic music Yann Tiersen (Photo: Richard Dumas) Yann Tiersen is online, live ...

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 ...

We here at DC9 HQ were quite looking forward to Wednesday night’s shared bill between experimental musicians Yann Tiersen and Deerhoof at The Loft. But, like so many other events set to take place ...