In 1983, French composer Yann Tiersen was a newborn post-punk convert on the cusp of adolescence. He had been studying classical violin for six years and he was finally fed up. So he destroyed his ...

Yann Tiersen is on tour and headlined two shows at NYC’s Highline Ballroom over the weekend – February 18th was “unplugged with orchestra” and February 19th was just billed as “regular band.” Though ...

Composer Yann Tiersen was supposed to tour last fall in support of his latest album, Kerber, but dates got postponed due to the pandemic. Those have been rescheduled and now the tour starts June 7 at ...

Famed French composer, Yann Tiersen, remembers seeing a mountain lion. He was out in nature about five years ago in Northern California when the animal began following him and his cycling party.

Miami clubs have long supported French House (see Daft Punk, Dimitri From Paris and Cassius if you need a primer on the sound), but who knew we had a soft spot for twee French composers? Yann Tiersen, ...

Listen to "13 1 18 25 (6 5 1 20. 17 21 9 14 17 21 9 19)" here. Pre-order 11 5 18 2 5 18 here. The new album, 11 5 18 2 5 18 was born from experimentation in the studio ahead of a performance at ...

French composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen has been making moody and beautiful albums for nearly 20 years, but more recently he's cultivated an audience in the States thanks to ...

French singer, multi-instrumentalist and film composer Yann Tiersen isn't massively well-known, but he did craft the score for the beloved 2001 film Amelie, about which virtually everything is held in ...

On this week's show, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton ask big questions about the world we live in via new music from the singer known as EMA, a head-turning cut from the young country crooner ...

In the United States, French composer Yann Tiersen is best known for his Amélie score, but in France, he's a mainstream sensation who's dabbled in rock, punk, pop, and various works for stage and ...

Yann has been honing his musical aesthetic since he could stand on two legs. Born in 1970 in Brest, Brittany, on the western edge of continental Europe, he started learning piano at the age of four, ...

When Yann Tiersen calls from Australia to America, there's static on the phone line.The French composer/songwriter flew Down Under to play a series of shows supporting his new album, Skyline, a collec ...