“From this night on I will give one cent of every ticket for the purpose of education. And this will be until the end of my life,” the musician said during his concert in Arena Armeets Sports Palace of the Bulgarian capital.

“From now on until the rest of my life in all my concerts I will do this and I will encourage all my colleagues to do it,” Jarre said. “One cent per ticket is nothing. But if we multiply it by the number of performers, the number of tickets sold for concerts, the seats in cinemas, the newspaper copies sold, the sports events, we will have the budget for education ready tomorrow morning”.

According to the latest UNESCO figures, some 793 millions adults worldwide do not have basic reading and writing skills, which means that one out of five adults is illiterate and 67,4 millions children are out of school. The number of children who do not attend school regularly or drop out of the educational system is even greater. According to the latest Education For All Global Monitoring Report, 16 billion US dollars would be needed by 2015 to achieve education for all.

Jean Michel Jarre is on tour until 20 November and is scheduled to perform in Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Lithuania, Scandinavia, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Switzerland.

11.10.2011
Source: UNESCOPRESS

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Here is the official poster of the Monaco concert, which will be held on the 1st of July in Monaco. The concert can be seen worldwide on channel Euronews.

A 2 CD release from Jean Michel Jarre’s greatest hits (Essentials) and Pre-Oxygène works (Rarities) is to be released by Francis Dreyfus Music. Here is the track-list of the two items :

CD 1 – ESSENTIALS
1. Souvenir Of China 3’59
2. Oxygene 2 3’12
3. Arpegiateur 6’16
4. Oxygene 4 4’14
5. Equinoxe 4 6’42
6. Calypso 2 2’28
7. Zoolook 3’52
8. Magnetic Fields 1 5’20
9. Magnetic Fields 2 4’02
10. Equinoxe 5 3’55
11. Industrial Revolution 2 2’22
12. Rendez Vous 4 3’59
13. Gloria, Lonely Boy 5’30
14. Oxygene 6 6’21
15. Space Of Freedom 8’02

CD 2 – RARITIES
1. Happiness Is A Sad Song 5’53
2. Hypnose 3’29
3. Erosmachine 2’58
4. La Cage 3’23
5. Chanson Des Granges Brûlées 2’45
Song Of The Burnt Barns
6. Windswept Canyon 7’39
7. The Abominable Snowman 0’52
8. Deserted Palace 2’22
9. Le Pays De Rose / Roseland 2’01
10. Rain Forest Rap Session 1’40
11. Black Bird 3’06
12. Music Box Concerto 2’41
13. Iraqi Hitch-Hiker 2’25
14. Les Granges Brûlées 3’13
15. La Cage Vitalic RMX 4’16
16. Erosmachine Vitalic RMX 3’4

Source : Fairlight Jarre (Jarre Spain Fan-club)

Jean Michel Jarre will give a free outdoor concert in Monaco. He will perform as part of the celebrations for the wedding of Albert II, ruler of the Principality of Monaco.

The estimated audience is 50.000, and the stage will be frontwater. Giant screens will be displayed throughout the city for people to watch the show. The show will be broadcasted worldwide.

“It is a great honour to have been chosen by Prince Albert of Monaco and his future wife for such an event. It is also a real pleasure to be able to perform in the exceptional site of Hercules Port” states Jean Michel Jarre.

More information to come. Official news.

Here are the tour dates for 2011. Stay tuned for new venues in America, South America and China !

31/10 . . . Frankfurt/Germany
01/11 . . . Hannover/Germany
02/11 . . . Hamburg/Germany
04/11 . . . Dortmund/Germany
05/11 . . . Koln/Germany
07/11 . . . Dresden/Germany
08/11 . . . Berlin/Germany
09/11 . . . Erfurt/Germany
10/11 . . . Trier/Germany
17/11 . . . Vienna/Austria
19/11 . . . Munchen/Germany
20/11 . . . Zurich/Swiss

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GeeJee, from the Netherlands, as known as the guv’nor of the Zoolook.nl jarre fan forum, has accepted to answer my routine questions.

1- Under which circumstances did you discover Jarre?

Well, that’s actually quite a sad story. I didn’t have an easy time at all when I was a kid, and I remember the horrible holidays in the UK, where my parents threw everything at me they could find. So I used to sneak into my tent and lie down in my sleeping bag while listening to this CD called “Synthesizer Greatest“, which would comfort me.

2- When since do you consider yourself as a fan?

I kept being interested in the “Synthesizer Greatest” cds (I had the first two volumes)- and always thought they were the original versions. Someday I found out they were not, and went looking for some CDs by Jarre in the local record store. I encountered “Destination Docklands” or “Revolutions” (I don’t remember) and “Odyssey trough O2″ in the record bins, neither of which really appealed to me. I then went to look for some songs on Kazaa ( ), fell in love with Chronologie 4. I don’t remember whether I first bought the Chronologie album, or the complete edition of Oxygène (the black longbox). I was hooked ever since. Must have been over a decade now.

This time, we are asking Kanta, a member of the Zoolook.nl forum and jeanmicheljarre.com partner, her views about Jean Michel, being a fan, and so on. Quie an intersting reading!

1- Under which circumstances did you discover Jarre?

I discovered Jean Michel when my sister and I inherited a record player from my Uncle and Auntie. It was a present to us as they were emigrating. We had no vinyl to play on the record player to start with and my cousin gave us at the same time the Oxygene album on vinyl. I was 11 years old. It left a very big impact on me listening to the Oxygene album on vinyl. So big was the impact, that we bought the Equinoxe album on vinyl. My discovering only lasted a few years but left a long and lasting impression.

2- When since do you consider yourself as a fan?

I consider myself a hardcore fan of Jean Michel’s since 2004 onwards. Although, I did not become a dedicated fan when I was 11 years old, the reason being there were many changes happening in my life and I became influenced on other areas. I was very lucky enough to be re-introduced to him again. It happened by chance, that I came across the Oxygene in Moscow concert, which was showing, on Sky Digital on the Performance Channel. Purely by good fortune, Jean Michel returned back into my life. Since 2004 I have made up for the lost years, I hope.

3- What are your three favorite albums?

Oxygene – The first time I heard this album, I was totally impressed to what I was listening to. When you are 11 years old, you are starting to appreciate music of all walks of life. The album was a huge step ahead of this. The music is far beyond the future and ultimately very unique in producing electronic sounds by analogue synthesizers.

Oxygene 7-13 – The “continuation” of the Oxygene album is the best tribute Jean Michel could have given to the first one. This album chooses a formation like its predecessor but also manages to provide a breakthrough in exceptional sounds and rhythms.

Equinoxe – The album is tremendous and reflects the pathway to electronic genius. This album is a masterpiece of sounds and melodies.

4- Do you collect Jarre items and if so, which kind (discs, merchandising,…) ?

Yes, I do collect Jean Michel’s merchandise. I have all his albums on CD, 98% of his concert books, all his official DVDs to date, various posters and t-shirts. My pride and joy is Oxygene and Oxygene 7-13 CD covers signed by him. Also, signed by Jean Michel is my two concert programmes from 2008 and 2009.

5- Did you ever want to make your own music?

Yes, I would dearly like to make my own music due to Jean Michel’s influence. I would like to compose similar music that Jean Michel produces. Maybe, even to begin with covering or remixing Oxygene 13. My favourite track to date!

6- Did Jarre ever change your sight on things outside music like architecture, photograph, environment, painting?

Yes, I look at things differently with Jean Michel’s knowledge and opinion. He believes strongly for sounds and textures from various angles. This could apply to all.

7- Do you speak about Jarre to your fellow mates of family and what are the most usual reactions?

Yes, I do. Some are surprise how he looks nowadays and others like to hum Oxygene 4. Others do not know him at all. I inform them that Jean Michel Jarre is the godfather, a pioneer and a mastero of electronic music. But most do know the album Oxygene.

8- What do you search by being on Jarre forums?

The latest up to date news, gossip and any background knowledge whether it would be the past, present and future on Jean Michel. Also, to interact with fans about other topics that do not relate to Jean Michel. I am very proud that I am a Moderator on a Jean Michel forum – www.zoolook.nl . A privilege to serve the Jean Michel Jarre community there and other related forums.

9- Has there been a moment when you wanted to drop it all?

No, not drop it all but take a little time away. Sometimes, a good thing can control you too much.

10- If you had to describe Jarre to a person that does not know Jarre at all, what would you tell him first?

Jean Michel is a unique French composer and pioneer of electronic music. His music and concerts have created the utmost highest level of musical talent to a point where he is the leader that influences the future musical generation.

11- If you could meet Jarre one-to-one for five minutes, what would you tell him?

Firstly, I would mention that his music has given me numerous amount of hours of enjoyment and thank him from my heart for this. That I admire and respect him as an artist. For all the good things he has achieved for electronic music through his work. Including, his valuable contribution work for UNESCO. How I have learnt so much from him by being his fan. That he is a true inspiration to all his fans and I hope the best for more to come. Another opportunity to do the friendship handshake, as well.

12- What other artists (electronic artists) do please you?

I listen to many types of music depending on the mood, Beethoven to Cheryl Cole. My most favorite artists are Madonna, Kraftwerk, Röyksopp, David Guetta, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Enigma, Lady GaGa etc. To name just a few as the list is quite long. I also enjoy listening to Jean Michel’s fans who compose music. They are very talented in their own right making Jean Michel’s covers, remixes or composing their own music. I have such admiration for them.

13- What is, in your opinion, the greatest concert of Jean Michel? And why?

All his concerts have been spectacular. So much time, effort and work to bring to his fans these fantastic and amazing concerts. The one I choose is very personal and special to me. It is the first concert that I had ever attended which was at Théâtre Marigny, Paris (Oxygene in Paris) in 2007. Ten concerts were played on individual nights and I was there on the first night. The feeling I had when I saw Jean Michel for the first time on stage live was truly an emotional one. I remember thinking that this is vastly different from watching him on the television. There was no television screen between us and I could not pause. It really felt like one to one.

Thanks a lot Kanta for answering my questions!

> This is the first of my fan interviews with Jarre fans from around the world. This month’s report is special from Romania. Lahavana, chief editor of newly created Jeanmicheljarre.ro, was kind enough to answer my questions. Here we go:

1- Under which circumstances did you discover Jarre?

The discovery wasn’t actually my own – the first listening of Oxygene (or maybe Equinoxe, I cannot know for sure) happened when I was only a few days old, since my folks used the old Unitra reel-to-reel to soothe me into sleep.

2- When since do you consider yourself as a fan?

I think that there are 2 stages of being a fan:

1. the stage when you are not as much interested in the person but the music and you keep listening and listening, sometimes without even knowing if the composer is male or female (in the case of a more ambiguous name…). this is the stage when you simply live the music, you interpret it in your own way, it is, more or less, “yours” (one might say, a more passive stage);
2. the stage when you’ve pretty much “consumed” the music and you go deeper – discover the mind behind the music and try to guess the way that music was intended/created/thought out (a more active stage). So, having in mind these 2 stages (which are usually very much age-related, as well, and also, depend on how many years you’ve spent dwelling on the artist’s music) I think I’ve been a fan in stage 1 (not counting the early years, when I was simply a child responding to nice music) since around 1991 or 1992, when the La Defense concert was aired on Romanian TV. That’s the time when I actually got to hear new music of JMJ (I had only listened to Oxygene and Equinoxe until then) and I judged for myself (or rather felt) whether I like it or not. And then, for stage 2 – last year, 2008, when JMJ suddenly “popped out” in the Romanian media and I got the bright idea to start looking for news on the internet. There had been 0 news about him in RO since 2000 and his Giza concert, so I simply lingered in a passive “stage 1″ attitude.

Metamorphoses showcase
Man Ray Club (Paris)
Entrance	Payable (the show was after dinner)
Date	From January 31, 2000 to February 1, 2000
Length	One hour
Crew	9 musicians and Natacha Atlas
Audience	500
Notes: A private show based exclusively upon the Metamorphoses album.