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Multi instrumentationalist and composer Yann Tiersen was born June 23, 1970 in Brest, France. He became celebrated for his minimalist style on guitar, piano, synthesiser and other instruments on several albums released since his recording debut, 1995’s La Valse des Monstres. He had already been creating tracks for plays and films and his follow-up release, 1997’s Rue des Cascades included the title track, sung by Claire Pichet, which was used in the French film The Dreamlife of Angels, and several tracks that were included on the soundtrack of the hit 2001 film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain starring Audrey Tautou and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Other albums include Tout Est Calme (2002), C'Était Ici (2003), Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright (2005) with the American singer, Dust Lane (2010), Skyline (2011) and EUSA (2016), which went to Number 5 on Billboard's New Age Albums Chart. Yann Tiersen scored a top 40 hit in Switzerland with the 2013 single “Comptine d’un autre été : L’après-midi”, that also just bissed the top 40 in Austria. His soundtrack albums include also Goodbye Lenin (2003) and Tabarly (2008). After 2019’s All charted in France, Switzerland, and Belgium, he returned in 2021 with Kerber.
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