Arena Belgrade

Jean Michel Jarre will perform in Belgrade arena on 10^th of October.

Jеan Michel Jarre first came to international fame in 1977 with his number one hit album, « OXYGENE » which went on to sell over 18 million copies worldwide.

An extraordinary destiny, that of Jean Michel Jarre's, following in the path of another, that of his father, Maurice Jarre, composer of some of the most famous and popular soundtracks of legendary Hollywood films (Doctor Zivago, Laurence of Arabia...) : two musicians, two celebrities, father and son, renowned worldwide for their individual, singular talent.

Jean Michel Jarre, a pioneer in his field, has largely contributed to the fastest growing musical revolution of the 20th century, electronic music: conceiving music in terms of sounds rather than only in terms of notes, and thus allowing the composer to become his own craftsman.

Having followed formal studies of harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatoire de Paris, he was inspired to reinvent music at its core, with his own singular vision, deploying the technology and tools of his epoch.

This pioneering approach gave birth to worldwide hit albums such as "OXYGENE", "EQUINOXE", MAGNETIC FIELDS", "ZOOLOOK", "RENDEZVOUS", "WAITING FOR COUSTEAU"....over 80 million albums sold to date.

Following through with his revolution in music, he also conceived a brand-new genre and format of concerts ; breaking away from the traditional theatre and arena context, Jarre brought his music and vision outdoors to the masses. Often free and open-to-all, these state-of-the-art concert-spectaculars showcase the natural or urban environment in which they are performed - a truly singular sonic and visual "land-art" event, conceived and performed on a unique scale for a one-off experience.

Jarre's legendary concerts have attracted Guinness Record-breaking audiences across the planet. Their settings, their contexts and their players encompass History, politics, environmental statements, sociocultural coups, mass media coverage...amongst others.

They take place in exceptional settings, marking extra-ordinary contexts: From post-Mao's Red China to that of today, from Texas in collaboration with NASA and the tragedy of Challenger, to the concert welcoming His Holiness Pope John-Paul II to the city of Lyon in France during, historically, one of the country's most vicious waves of terrorism and coinciding with fatal predictions delivered by Nostradamus, from the saga of the Docklands with players such as HRH Diana Princess of Wales, colourful tycoon and media mogul Robert Maxwell, not withstanding the atrocious weather conditions...

From Poland for Solidarnosc at the initiative of Nobel Peace Laureate, Lech Walesa, to Paris for the environmental statement voiced by Jarre in the name of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, to the Great Pyramids of Egypt welcoming the New Millennium, to the absolute record live audience of 3.5 million in Moscow, and his ongoing engagement to the United Nations via UNESCO as Ambassador and spokesperson for Environment and Education....the well-travelled path of this visionary musician and humanitarian is certainly most unique : an exceptional log-book retracing his and our epoch on so many level.