Biography

A vitally important figure on the French music scene, Jean Claude Vannier is best known for the work he's done with other people, but his list of collaborators is stellar, and includes Serge Gainsbourg, Michel Legrand, Johnny Hallyday, Jane Birkin, Mort Shuman, Fran+ºoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, and many more. Vannier was born in 1943 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, while the town was waiting out an air raid. A self-taught musician, Vannier began playing the piano when he was 18, a... Read more