Jean-Christian Michel

{{short description|French composer and clarinetist (born 1938)}}

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Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) is a composer and clarinetist. His compositions are influenced by jazz and by baroque music, particularly that of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Before starting his musical career, Jean-Christian Michel was a doctor,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Archives/2008-12-18/Jean-Christian-Michel-fait-swinguer-la-musique-sacree.-_NP_-2008-12-18-334939|title=Jean-Christian Michel fait swinguer la musique sacrée.}} as a surgeon.

His first record Requiem was released in 1966.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Jean-Christian-Michel-Quatuor-Avec-Orgue-Requiem/release/1886768|title = Jean-Christian Michel, Quatuor Avec Orgue – Requiem (1966, Vinyl)| website=Discogs | year=1966 }}La Croix - Bayard Presse - 18.12.2008{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSkEAAAAMBAJ|magazine=Billboard|volume=82|number=22|title=...Jean- Christian Michel (Riviera) 7 REQUIEM— Jean-Christian Michel|date=30 May 1970|issn=0006-2510}} He founded the ensemble Quatuor avec Orgue.

Michel has received 3 diamond discs, 7 platinum discs and 10 golden discs. With more than five million discs sold, (3 discs classified 1, 2 & 3 in the charts of CIDD-France soir in the seventies);{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67|title=Billboard 1968-1974|magazine=Billboard|date=24 May 1969|volume=81|number=21|page=67|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA28|author=Michael Way|title=Rapid Expansion in the Tape Market|magazine=Billboard|volume=83|number=18|date=1 May 1971|issn=0006-2510}} and thousands of concerts to his credit, he today pursues a global career. Michel is a "Full Member" of the SACEM (an association of composers and music publishers to protect copyright and royalties).Céremonie des sociétaires définitifs de la Sacem 9 juin 2016 He received the prize for "Sciences and Culture" at Sorbonne, Paris, France, which was awarded by a jury of six Nobel Prize winners.Panorama du Médecin, 8 janvier 1986 [archive] (jury composé des professeurs Jean Bernard, Henri Guitton, Jean-Charles Sournia, et Hélène Ahrweiler) Jean-Christian Michel is currently the godfather of the campaign Neurodon, within the Federation for Brain Research FRC Drummer Kenny Clarke played and recorded with Michel for 10 years. (3 November 2011),[http://bib.montreuil.free.fr/dossiers/zicamontreuil/?p=933 Kenny Clarke (1914-1985)] Retrieved 25 July 2018.

Michel is also a very experienced mountain climber. He was a member of the group that made the first-ever ascent of Tawesche, in the Himalayas, in 1974.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h32HVZVyobQC&pg=PA199|title=Climbs and Expeditions|journal=American Alpine Journal|publisher=American Alpine Club|year=1975|page=199|isbn=9781933056302}}