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Jean-Christian
MICHEL : my interest piqued
I gave my brother a strangely annotated French LP for Christmas,
covered in Baudelaire quotes. The artist: Jean-Christian MICHEL.
"At
the age of ten, he who would later become a gynaecological surgeon
chose the clarinet whilst undertaking a classical education at
the conservatoire. It led him first towards Jazz with "all
the expressiveness, which takes the audience by the guts and its
swing with which it is so interesting to play".
TV
7
"Jean-Christian MICHEL's Music escapes all definition. On
listening to him one plunges within it... It is magic, luminous
sound. It speaks of the origin and the infinity. It is the alpha
and the omega."
HALLER
KREISBLAT
BACH à la MICHEL ging mehr unter
die Haut als ehrfurchtsgetränkte Originale
"Jean-Christian MICHEL brought us an evening of élan
and dynamism, which not only excited the younger members of the
audience, but also delighted the representatives of the older
generation.
The packed church had never known such a triumph during "
BACH Tage ".
"The
unending applause threatened to raise the roof. The amazed audience
demanded encore after encore... It was a demonstration in honour
of BACH, completely extraordinary, electrifying and fascinating....
Whether it was arrangements of BACH or MICHEL's own works overflowing
with imagination, the clarinettist treats the music with an infinite
sensibility. J.S BACH
would certainly have loved it...
"
ILLUSTRATED
EVENING ( Brussels )
"Music of Light" by Jean-Christian MICHEL : "the
most original album of the year, which will not leave many people
indifferent."
HAMBURGER
ABENDSBLATT
Jean-Christian MICHEL : "Sprache des Herzens"...
( an article of one page ! )
MTV-AKTUEL
"Jean-Christian MICHEL : Musik,
das ist wie Leben, Liebe,Tod"
DE
TELEGRAAPH
Title : "Klarinettist Jean-Christian in Amsterdam :
God op de hitparade" !
HAMBURGER
ABENDSBLATT ( translated from German )
"The French composer and clarinettist Jean-Christian MICHEL
gave his concert to St Michael Kirche in front of more than 2000
people.
In
truth the abundance of the applause was as unusual in this church
as the mass of people who had crammed in, standing at the edges
or sitting on the steps of the altar.
The
clarinettist made his own way in the music
which he endowed with a new character,
by the conjugation of a jazz-influenced rhythm with harmonies
directly inspired by the JS BACH's
Sacred music : a meditative universe imprinted with
purity and with the life-force.
The
interpretations of J.S BACH, PLAY BACH or MICHEL's JAZZ
BACH remain faithful to their subject and do not betray the
spirit of Cantor of Leipzig. In most of the pieces a sort of solemnity
resounds in every note, a sacred and traditional solemnity which
transports us from the rigour of daily life to the frontiers of
a blissful beauty.
One
can only admire the magnificent sound of
Jean-Christian MICHEL's clarinet : from a sweet sensitivity
to the unreality almost imperceptibly played, MICHEL works its
sounds, shakes them and vibrates them, whispers or cries them
and has few equals in this art.
But
MICHEL is also the composer of the "Vision d'Ezéchiel",
an incredible musical intensity, during which, the audience can
not refrain from keeping time… The deafening applause was
unending in God's house.
The
spectators demanded encore after encore by cheering and
by stamping their feet and clapping their hands in rhythm : MICHEL
and his performers complied with a good and cheerful grace in
spite of the obvious fatigue. Such brilliance explains the fascination
exercised by Jean-Christian MICHEL on his public …"
LE
FIGARO MAGAZINE
"Jean-Christian MICHEL is fascinated by the mysteries of
the universe, science and consciousness... he seeks to transform
into vibrations of cosmic energies: Some of his pieces express
dreams, others spring with an exultant joy"
PARIS-MATCH
- Philippe Bouvard
"The silences seem more like allusions than pauses. His look
seems to come from another world: Le Grand Meaulnes ought to have
been watching."
LE
PARISIEN LIBÉRÉ
"He lives and expresses himself through his music. One could
even say that he communicates with it to better restore us to
the force of light and emotion that he shares with us throughout
his recital. At the conclusion of the concert the audience wonders
whether they have been dreaming"…
ICI
PARIS
"Twenty thousand spectators
invaded the quays of l'Isle Saint Louis to hear clarinettist Jean-Christian
MICHEL..."
LA
VIE
"His music communicates an inexpressible fervour and arouses
emotion and thought."
LA
PROVENCE
"From the first he knows how to establish a climate which
touches the heart and does not let go. His inimitable
clarinet sound gives birth
to strange dreams... A music difficult to describe although it
is beautiful and harmonious... The long ovations which punctuated
his concert were more than deserved."
LE
QUOTIDIEN DU MÉDECIN
"Jean-Christian MICHEL's music bewitches the senses and the
spirit as if by magic"
LE
DAUPHINE LIBERÉ
"A successful musical alchemy... An uncommon talent... The
arrangements are very up to date, using the ultramodern technology
of Computer Assisted Music ... But Jean-Christian MICHEL has not
denied the spirit of the music which made him famous and brought
him great success. He has preserved the authenticity of it, the
soul could one say and enriched it."
L'EST
RÉPUBLICAIN
"This composer of immense talent has written a music which
is as difficult to describe as it is beautiful and harmonious."
NICE
MATIN
"Jean-Christian MICHEL: "The impact comes from a simple
and frank melodic line supported by popular and solid harmonies.
The group has power and sensitivity without saccharine sweetness.
The musical form is that of chorals and fugues, decorated with
variations which splash, run and stream …"
LE
JOURNAL DU CENTRE
"Jean-Christian MICHEL towers in the shadows of Vezelay's
nave, searching for infinity even beyond the walls of the building,
sending his music towards space. The shadow of this new presaging
archangel envelops the pillars of the nave and the transept. The
music streams, bounces, and cascades sound whose every inspiration
unceasingly remind us that the interpreter's resources of power
are unlimited..."
OUEST
FRANCE
"A moved audience ardently followed the concert given by
the clarinettist Jean-Christian MICHEL." Ouest-France
SOME
TITLES OF RECENT PRESS REPORTS
JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL : THE CLARINET ON THE SUMMIT.
JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL COMPOSER BEYOND TIME - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL:
15.000 PEOPLE APPLAUD HIM IN PARIS - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL WINNER
OF THE HIMALAYAS - JAZZ
AND SACRED MUSIC WITH JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL TRIUMPHS* - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL'S STRANGE AND RARE TALENT
- JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL : TWO TONES ABOVE - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL
IN LASER-LIGHT - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL PASSES HIS BACH - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL BOOSTES THE ARANJUEZ's
CONCERTO - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL BEWITCHES SAINT-LAURENT -
JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL : AN ENCHANTER - CLARINETTIST
JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL : DAZZLING! - "BACH by MICHEL"
WENT UNDER THE SKIN MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL SACRED ELIXIR - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL's SWING - THE ENCHANTED CLARINET
WITH JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL : A JOURNEY
TOWARDS ANOTHER DIMENSION - A PRODIGIOUS ARTIST : JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL - JAZZ AND CLASSICAL
WITH JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL AND THE CATHEDRAL
: A DIVINE ALLIANCE - CONCERTS
IN CHURCHES : JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL FILLED THE ROOM - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL AND HIS NEW MUSICAL UNIVERSE
- A MUSICAL JOURNEY IN SPACE WITH JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL - JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL'S UNUSUAL MUSIC HAS SPELLBOUND
THE PUBLIC - JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL : A SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL ALCHEMY
- JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL: A MAGNIFICENT DELIGHT...THE JEAN-CHRISTIAN
MICHEL PHENOMENON.
*
The original French version "JEAN-CHRISTIAN MICHEL FAIT UN
BACH -TABAC" employs a play on words "BACH-tabac"
in place of "bar-tabac" ( a small bar which sells cigarettes
) and is based on a popular French expression for achieving a
enormous success "Faire un tabac". |
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