Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel André Jarre (born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer. He is regarded as one of the pioneers in the electronic music genre, as well as an innovator, for staging spectacular outdoor concerts of his music, which feature laser displays and fireworks, mixing music with architecture and environment.

Instruments

Throughout his concerts Jarre uses several instruments that remained famous. Some of these are:

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• The theremin, the first electronic instrument.
• The digisequencer and Matrisequencer, electronic sequencers designed and built by Michel Geiss.
• The laser harp.
• The LAG Circulaire and other custom keyboards (usually of semi-circular shape) made by LAG.