Jean-Michel Jarre
French composer
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| 2025 | Scheduled release of 'Live in Bratislava' as a 2xBlu-ray collector's edition box set. |
| 2024 | Jean-Michel Jarre released 'Versailles 400 Live', a limited edition album available in digital download, CD digipak (2000 copies), and 2x 180g Vinyl (2000 numbered copies), charting in several countries including #59 and #84. |
| September 8 2024 | Performed at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. |
| April 2024 | Jean-Michel Jarre became the world's first passenger to take off in Klein Vision's flying AirCar, marking a significant milestone in personal aviation technology. |
| 2023 | Released 'Oxymoreworks', further expanding his musical repertoire. |
| December 25 2023 | Held a concert in the Hall of Mirrors of Versailles to celebrate the 400 years of the palace. The concert was later released as a limited edition 'phydigital' release in October 2024. |
| October 21 2022 | Released his twenty-second studio album 'Oxymore' as a tribute to Pierre Henry, featuring remixes by artists like Brian Eno, Nina Kraviz, and Armin van Buuren. |
| July 2022 | His music publishing catalog was acquired by BMG Rights Management. |
| March 2022 | Presented a live project called Oxymore at Radio France's Hyper Weekend Festival in Paris. |
| 2021 | Jean-Michel Jarre released two works: the video 'Brutalism' and the video 'Epica', both from the album Oxymore |
| 2021 | Jean-Michel Jarre released 'Welcome to the Other Side: Concert from Virtual Notre-Dame', a digital download, CD/Blu-ray, and LP album that reached chart positions in multiple countries, including #41 and #8 in different markets. |
| 2021 | Released 'Amazônia', an album inspired by the Amazon rainforest. |
| June 21 2021 | Awarded Commander to the Legion of Honour by French president Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée presidential palace in Paris. Following the ceremony, Jarre performed at the venue during the Fête de la Musique. |
| December 31 2020 | Jarre held a virtual New Year's Eve concert online, performing from a studio in Paris with a virtual Notre Dame setting. The show attracted over 75 million viewers and supported his new album 'Welcome to the other side'. The concert recording was later released on CD, LP, and Blu-ray in September 2021. |
| 2019 | Married Gong Li, keeping their relationship private. |
| November 7 2019 | Launched EōN, an iOS application with morphing graphics and AI-generated music that changes on every device. |
| October 3 2019 | Published autobiography 'Melancolique Rodeo' with French editor Robert Laffont and began a promotional book tour. |
| 2018 | Jean-Michel Jarre released the video 'Robots, Don't Cry (movement 3)' for the album Équinoxe Infinity |
| 2018 | Released 'Equinoxe Infinity', a reimagining of his classic 1978 album. |
| September 2018 | Released Planet Jarre – 50 Years of Music, a compilation album with 41 songs across four compositional styles. |
| September 23 2018 | Performed 'The Green Concert' in Riyadh to celebrate the 88th Saudi National Day, featuring laser projections on skyscrapers. |
| March 2018 | Performed in South America for the first time, with concerts in Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. |
| 2017 | Received the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication from the Starmus Festival |
| 2017 | Performed a concert near the Masada fortress to raise awareness about saving the Dead Sea and criticize Donald Trump's environmental policies. |
| May 2017 | Toured in Canada and USA for the first time in his career. |
| January 13 2017 | Released Radiophonie Vol. 9, a soundtrack composed for the French news network France Info. |
| 2016 | Released two albums: 'Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise' and 'Oxygène 3', continuing his innovative musical exploration. |
| 2016 | Started dating Chinese actress Gong Li. |
| December 2016 | Electronica 1 was nominated for the Grammy 2017 Awards in the 'Best Dance/Electronic Album' category. |
| October 5 2016 | Joined the advisory panel of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. |
| October 2015 | Released Electronica 1: The Time Machine album, featuring collaborations with multiple artists including Gesaffelstein, M83, Tangerine Dream, and others. |
| August 12 2013 | Jarre held a concert at Carthage during the city's musical festival. |
| June 2013 | Jarre was elected as president of CISAC (Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers). |
| 2011 | Awarded Officier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French Government |
| 2011 | His stepbrother Kevin Jarre died. |
| July 1 2011 | Jarre performed a large-scale concert in Monaco to celebrate the marriage of Prince Albert and Charlene. |
| 2010 | Received the MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award |
| November 2010 | Announced divorce from Anne Parillaud. |
| June 10 2010 | Jarre was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Mojo magazine. |
| March 1 2010 | Jean-Michel Jarre started the second leg of his 2009–2010 Indoors tour. |
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