Yann Tiersen Musical artist

Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a Breton musician. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks. His music involves a large variety of instruments; primarily the guitar, synthesizer or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, accordion and typewriter.Tiersen is often mistaken for a composer of soundtracks, himself saying "I'm not a composer and I really don't have a classical background", but his real focus is on touring and studio albums which just happen to often be suitable for film. His most famous soundtrack for the film Amélie was primarily made up of tracks taken from his first four studio albums.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Yann Pierre Tiersen (birth name)
Birth date	June 23, 1970
Birth place	Brest France , France
Hometown	Brest France Brittany France

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Musical artist

Career started	1995
associated musical artist	Shannon Wright Natacha Régnier Dominique A Claire Pichet Françoiz Breut
Background	Solo singer
genre	Post-rock Avant-garde music Minimal music
instrument	Accordion Guitar Piano Human voice Violin Toy piano
record label	Mute Records ANTI- EMI Records Virgin Records Ici d'ailleurs...