That gave him the opportunity to see acts like Nirvana, Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cramps, Television, and Suicide. Tiersen was living in Rennes back then, home to the three-day music festival Rencontres Trans Musicales, which is held annually in December. When he was 13, he broke his violin, bought an electric guitar, and formed a rock band. In the early 1980s, he was influenced as a teenager by the punk subculture, and bands like The Stooges and Joy Division. He started learning to play the piano at the age of four, the violin at the age of six, and received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne-sur-Mer. Tiersen was born in 1970 in Brest, in the department of Finistère, part of Brittany in northwestern France, into a French family of Belgian and Norwegian origins. Biography and career The early years: 1970–1992 Tracks taken from his first three studio albums were used for the soundtrack of the 2001 French film Amélie. Tiersen is often mistaken for a soundtrack composer as he is quoted about himself: "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. 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. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting. All rights reserved.Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French Breton musician and composer.
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