In 1981 Jarre was invited by the Chinese government to perform five concerts in what was then a very closed country. The five indoor stadium concerts took place respectively in Beijing (two concerts) and Shanghai (three concerts), and the French musician had composed no fewer than seven new pieces especially for them which, stylistically, moved from electro over ambient to Chinese traditional

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The concert represents the beginning of China’s “Year of France”. Jean-Michel Jarre returns to China after his 1981 concerts in China, where he was the first Western musician to perform since the revolution. Space of Freedom (Solidarnosc) 2005 marked the 25th anniversary of the Polish workers movement, Solidarnosc. It was given its rightful grand celebration with a large-scale Jarre concert on August 26, as wished by Nobel Peace Prize, and founder of Solidarnosc, Lech Walesa. The setting was the Gdansk shipyards, where the Solidarnosc movement was Jean Michel Jarre has released several live CD's but this one is still the best. The first disc is recorded live in Peking (with some studio recordings blended in, and the second CD has recordings from his Shanghai performance, again, with some studio recordings blended in.

1981: Jean Michel Jarre was the first western musician to perform in post-Mao China and this live album is a chronicle of those historic concerts in Beijing & Shanghai.

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"The Concerts In China" Conceived & Performed by Jean Michel Jarre Artistic Director: Mark Fisher Produced by Jean Michel Jarre / Francis Dreyfus MUSICIANS: Jean Michel Jarre: Fairlight, Eminent, OBX A, Taurus, AKS, VCS3, Elka, Lynn Drum, Micro Synthe Electroharmonics, Laser Frederic Rousseau: Polysequencer MDB, RSF, Yamaha CS60, Korg KR 55

^{Jarre made history in 1981 by performing two concerts in Beijing and three in Shanghai at a time when the People's Republic of China (PRC) had only just begun opening up to the world. French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre headed to China. The first Western musician to stage an official concert in China after the 1976 death of Mao Zedong in 1981, Jarre’s visit this week serves to underscore the cultural ties shared by the two nations. Now 74, Jarre first gained fame in the late 1970s following his release of}

Artist: Jean Michel Jarre Album: The Concerts in China (40th Anniversary – Remastered Edition (Live)) Genre: Classical Release Date: 2022 Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz Duration: 01:18:45 Total Tracks: 15 Total Size: 973 MB. Tracklist: 1-1. Jean Michel Jarre – L’Ouverture / The Overture (Live – Remastered 2022) (04:51) 1-2.

40th anniversary remastered edition of Jean-Michel Jarre's legendary 'Concerts in China'. Originally released in 1982 as a document of the concert tour Jean-Michel undertook in 1981, this incredible release is a snapshot of an important moment in Chinese history. Five spectacular concerts were held by the artist in Beijing and Shanghai in 1981

Les Chants Magnétiques (1981) The Concerts in China (1982) Les Concerts en Chine, Vol. 2 (1982) Les Concerts en Chine, Vol. 1 (1982) Zoolook (1984) Rendez-Vous (1986) Cities in Concert: Houston/Lyon 1986 (1987) Revolutions (1988) Waiting for Cousteau [En Attendant Cousteau] (1990)

A gigantic stage installation, one of the most sophisticated concert happenings yet seen, and the technical, diplomatic and human accomplishment of five triumphant concerts fired the Chinese public with enthusiasm. The film of the China concerts retraces this unique adventure and with jarre`s music, illustrates post-Mao China: its sufferings

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