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Yann Benoist
Mergithur Studio 2008 Paris
Mergithur Studio 2008 Paris
Background information
Born (1951-02-06) 6 February 1951 (age 73)
Dinan, France
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1969-present
Websitewww.yannbenoist.net

Yann Benoist (born 6 February 1951) is a French session guitarist, performer, composer,conductor, and arranger.

Early life

Yann Benoist was born in Dinan, Brittany. At 8 his parents enrolled him to the music academy . Then they bought him his first guitar when he was eleven and he started learning to play with friends and different teachers .

Career

When he was 18 he started playing and singing with some local bands in Brittany and Normandy. During 1975 he worked with the Switzerland duet Richard et Samuel.[1] The year after he started learning for a while with Pierre Cullaz[2] ( famous sessionman from the sixties ) in Paris. By the end of seventies he was a member of the Francis Bourrec quartet, They won the first prize at the Festival de Jazz de La Défense)[3] in 1978. That same year he got a Certificate from the Berklee College of Music.[4] Since then he has worked on stage or sessions for commercials,[5][6][7][8][9] TV movies,[10][11][12] TV shows,[13] Music comedy[14] and with numerous French stars such as Renaud, Gilbert Becaud, Serge Lama, Patricia Kaas, Mireille Mathieu, Jean Guidoni, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila (singer), Hugues Aufray, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Julien Clerc, Patrick Hernandez, Sacha Distel, Maurane, Marie Myriam, Francis Cabrel, Smain, Dorothée, Gilles Servat, William Sheller and Michel Legrand etc. .

In 1983 he was a member of Space,[15] with Didier Marouani, for the first big tour organized in the USSR. They performed 21 concerts in Moscow Olympic Stadium (Moscow), Leningrad Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex and Kiev Palace of Sports, Kiev for about 600,000 people, and in 1992 they performed the first concert authorized on the Red Square in Moscow for 360,000 people. In 1989 and 2002 He was musical director for Shiela on Olympia (Paris).In 2011 He was Conductor for Joel Prevost on Alhambra (Paris). Since 2006 he is a composer for APM Music and Universal Publishing(Kapagama/Kosinus).[16]

Selective Discography

As a Leader

  • 1987 ""Bye Bye Femme""[17]
  • 1997 ""Rainbowcity""[18]
  • 2005 ""Décalage""[19]

As a Sideman

Videos

DVD's

As a Leader

As a sideman

Composer

  • 1983 Alliance ( Tabata Music )(Various Composer)
  • 1987 Bye bye femme (CFD)
  • 1997 Rainbowcity (Night and Day)
  • 2001 Serge Lama " Feuilles à feuilles" (Various composer)
  • 2005 Décalage (Sobridis musique)
  • 2006 RockAnd Roll Comedy (UPPM) (Various Composer)
  • 2007 French Songs Universal Publishing (UPPM)
  • 2009 Rock And Roll Comedy 2(UPPM)(Various Composer)
  • 2010 Funk Addict APM Music
  • 2012 Indie Rock Session (KAPAGAMA)

Movie TV Score

  • 1979 Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances[30]
  • 1990 Envoyé Spécial
  • 1992 Les Taupes-Niveaux[31]
  • 1994 Jeanne[32]
  • 1996 La Guerre Des Poux[33]

References

  1. ^ Richard, Samuel. "Ecyclopedisque". michelthome.com.
  2. ^ Cullaz, Pierre. "guitarejazz.com".
  3. ^ Bourrec, Francis (1978). "Festival de jazz de La Défense".
  4. ^ Grossman, Hal (10 August 1978). "Berklee Correspondance Course".
  5. ^ Slavin, Gil (2008). "Leroy Merlin" (Pub TV).
  6. ^ "Alphapage" (Pub TV). October 1990.
  7. ^ Sharif, Omar (1991). "Tiercé Magazine" (Pub TV).
  8. ^ "Volkswagen Passat" (Pub Tv). March 1994.
  9. ^ "Compotes Andros" (Pub Tv). March 2002.
  10. ^ Les Taupes Niveaux [better source needed]
  11. ^ Mazoyer, Robert (30 November 1994). "Jeanne" (tv movie).
  12. ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La guerre des poux" (tv movie).
  13. ^ fr:Champs-Élysées (émission de télévision)#Champs-[better source needed]
  14. ^ Matignon, Rubia (2004). "Et si on chantait".
  15. ^ Marouani, Didier. "Space 1983".
  16. ^ Mallet, Eric. "Kosinus". http://www.librairiesmusicales.fr/producteurs.asp?NomProd=KOSINUS. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  17. ^ Benoist, Yann (1987). "bye bye femme" (TV).
  18. ^ "Bass News", Bass Magazine, N 16: 9, December 1997 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  19. ^ "Disques du Mois", Guitarist Magazine, N 83: 97, November 2005 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  20. ^ "un olympia pour moi tout seul". 1981.
  21. ^ "Surprise". 1982.
  22. ^ "One two three". 1988.
  23. ^ "Les Plus Grands Succes de Sacha Distel". 1989.
  24. ^ "On S'Dit Plus Rien". 1992.
  25. ^ "Seulement Pour Toi". 2002.
  26. ^ "Un Jour Une Vie". 2003.
  27. ^ "Da Vinci Vox". May 2006.
  28. ^ Chateigner, Yvon (2008). "L'Amore l'amore".
  29. ^ "Jude Box", Guitarist Magazine, N 232: 122, April 2010 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  30. ^ fr:Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances[better source needed]
  31. ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1992). "Les Taupes-Niveaux" (comedy).
  32. ^ Mazoyer, Robert (1994). "Jeanne" (comedy).
  33. ^ Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La Guerre Des Poux" (comedy).

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