Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen will forever be linked to Amelie, but I think that fame undersells him. Born in Brest in 1970, he builds intimate sound worlds from pianos, accordions, toy instruments and strings, and his Breton roots run deep through his later, more experimental work. What I value is his refusal to stay the cinematic miniaturist people expect; he keeps pushing into songcraft and texture from his island home. His Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres feels earned. Few composers can make melancholy feel this warm and forward-looking, and that emotional temperature is exactly why I return to him.

Name (English)

Yann Tiersen

Name (Japanese)

ヤン・ティルセン

Reading

やん・てぃるせん

Born

June 23, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

Origin

Brest, Finistère, France

Occupation

composer / singer / pianist / film score composer / singer-songwriter

Awards & achievements

• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2004 Victory of the original music album of cinema or television

• Official sitehttps://www.yanntiersen.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yanntiersen/
• Xhttps://x.com/yanntiersen
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann%20Tiersen
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157256

Tags

• Finistère
• composer
• singer
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.