Jean-Michel Bernard
- January 6, 2024
- Composer
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Jean-Michel Bernard Biography
| Name | Jean-Michel Bernard |
| Birthday | Nov 23 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | France |
| Home Town | France |
| Birth Country | France |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | Kimiko Ono-Bernard |
Jean-Michel Bernard is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on November 23, 1961 in France, France, France. Jean- Michel Bernard (born 23 November 1961) is a French pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He is well known for regularly writing, performing, and scoring for films, such as The Science of Sleep, Hugo, Paris-Manhattan, Ca$h, and Be Kind Rewind.
Bernard contributed as composer and arranger on The Avalanches’ second studio album Wildflower on songs featuring Danny Brown, Jonathan Donahue, MF Doom, and Biz Markie. He is credited on three tracks. He will tour in Japan in October 2016 invited by the French Institute for series of concerts and conferences for the Tokyo Film Festival.
He played for the 2018 opening ceremony at the Directors Guild of America theater in Los Angeles a concert homage to and with Lalo Schifrin and at the Steinway Beverly Hills Gallery.
Bernard will tour around the world in 2018 with his new piano recital “Play Piano Play” (USA, Japan Yokohama French film music Festival, Fimucité 12 in Tenerife etc.) as well as a conference at the Geidai University in Tokyo.
In 2014, Bernard began teaching film music classes at the Paris Conservatory and was guest of honor with Michael Giacchino at the Audi Talent Awards in Paris with the Paris Symphonic Orchestra, at Braunschweig Festival and at Soundtrack Cologne Festival. He scored “Terra”, a contemporary dance project which premiered at the Coronet in London in March 2016 and participated as composer, arranger and performer on The Avalanches long-awaited second album “Wildflower which just got gold certified album 2018. His most recent project is an album celebrating the legendary Lalo Schifrin entitled Jean-Michel Bernard plays Lalo Schifrin which includes 3 piano duets with the master himself. The album will be released in 2017 with concerts in Los Angeles, Paris, and Japan, at the Tokyo Blue Note Jazz Festival. Money by Gela Babluani has been awarded at the Beuxelles film festival (best film, best director). Bernard won the Grand Prix Sacem 2017 for best composer for screen at la Salle Pleyel in Paris. He is a Steinway Artist since 2018.
Jean-Michel Bernard Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Jean-Michel Bernard is one of the richest Composer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jean-Michel Bernard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
From 1987 to 1991 he worked as musical director and conductor of the successful radio show L’Oreille en Coin on National Public Radio France Inter. Between 2000 and 2003, he performed with the Ray Charles Quartet on the European and Australian tours as organist and conductor, “this guy is a genius” Ray used to say concerning Bernard. He also scored many documentaries and commercials during the 1990s. His career as a composer began with animated films, followed by collaborations with masters such as Lalo Schifrin and Ennio Morricone. He frequently works with director Michel Gondry and has composed songs for films including Human Nature and he scored The Science of Sleep, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival. He was nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards in 2007 as Discovery of the Year and won the France Musique/UCMF award at the Cannes Film Festival the same year for this movie.
In 2008 he scored the music for Gondry’s Be Kind Rewind, Cash by Eric Besnard, and A Pain in the Ass by Francis Veber. The same day Be Kind Rewind was shown at the Sundance Festival, Bernard performed alongside rapper/singer Mos Def and Gondry, an avid drummer.
In May 2016, Bernard was a guest at the Kraków Film Music Festival alongside Harry Gregson-Williams. In May 2017 he performed at the Kraków Film Music Festival his piano recital “cinematic Piano”, one of the highlight of the festival.
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Jean-Michel Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Jean-Michel Bernard celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.