Sound
Jean-Claude Vannier
- Born
- Mar 4, 1943 · Age 83
- Place of birth
- Bécon les Bruyères, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 1
Biography
Jean-Claude Vannier (born 1943) is a French musician, composer and arranger. Vannier has composed music, written lyrics, and produced albums for many singers. Vannier is regarded as an important musician in his native country; music critic Andy Votel noted his Eastern music influences and named him a pop-culture icon of 1970s France, alongside Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. He also was the conductor for Marie-France Dufour's song Un train qui part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. Vannier was born during a bomb scare in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine. Self-taught, he began playing the…
