Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanied by vast laser displays, large projections and fireworks. (wiki)
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| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | In June 2001, Jarre organised two concerts in Athens, on the site of the Acropolis: "Hymn to Akropolis". (Wikipedia) | |
| Avignon | In 2001, Jarre is invited to the Festival of Avignon, for which he creates a musical space with videos on HD screens where new music based on the sounds of the human body accompanies visitors. (Wikipedia) | |
| Beijing Central Axis | In 2004, Jarre opens the "Year of France in China" with a concert in the Forbidden City and on Tiananmen Square. (Wikipedia) | |
| Carthage | In August 2013, Jarre holds a concert in the amphitheatre of Carthage. (Wikipedia) | |
| Imperial Palace | In 2004, Jarre opens the "Year of France in China" with a concert in the Forbidden City and on Tiananmen Square. (Wikipedia) | |
| Lyon | In 1986, in honour of the papal visit of Jean Paul II, Jarre organises "Rendez-Vous Lyon : concert pour le Pape", a free concert on the Fourvière Hill, which attract 800,000 spectators. (Wikipedia) | |
| Masada | "In 2017, Jean Michel Jarre performed an electronic music concert near the fortress." (Wikipedia) | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | For Bastille Day in 1979, Jarre produces his first free open-air concert on the Place de la Concorde. In 1995, 1.25 million people attend a concert on the Champ de Mars for Bastille Day and the 50 year anniversary of Unesco. (Wikipedia) | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | For the passage to the year 2000, Jarre performs a spectacle intitled "The Twelve Dreams of The Sun" on the site of the pyramids of Giza. (Wikipedia) | |
| Versailles | On 25 December 2023, Jarre gives a concert in the Hall of Mirrors of Versailles to celebrate its 400 year anniversary. (See link for source) |
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