Get your Richard Clayderman tickets today! Richard Clayderman Ticket Prices In 2014, he released the album Romantique. His popularity has remained particularly strong in Asia, although he has a large fanbase across Europe. Since his ’77 debut album, he has continued to release over 84 studio albums and many more compilations. From classical compositions to modern romantic pop hits like “Feelings”, “My Way”, “And I Love You So”, and “Canadian Sunset” among many others. He perfected a romantic style of playing that appealed to fans of all ages. Passing the audition, Clayderman recorded the song (“Ballade pour Adeline”), which went on to sell 22 million copies in 38 countries. Clayderman was invited by French producer Olivier Toussaint to audition as the pianist for a song that he wrote for his daughter. He then worked a day job and spent his spare time playing piano for other artists including Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou, and Thierry Le Luron. His career began at the age of 12 when he was accepted into the Conservatoire de Paris.ĭue to financial difficulties, his career as a classical pianist was cut short. Since the release of his self-titled debut album and “Ballade Pour Adeline” single in 1977, he has sold well over 150 million records and has nearly 300 gold and 70 platinum albums to his name. Easy listening/classical/new age pianist Richard Clayderman was born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, in Paris, France. He owns a horse statue made by Salvador Dalí.Get Richard Clayderman tickets now to see an amazing performance live by a great entertainer. He collects modern paintings and antique objects. Paul de Senneville enjoys classical music. They have 4 recording studios in their "hotel particulier". Toussaint and Jean Baudlot are his composition partners.ĭelphine group represents 15 companies as an advertising film and clip production company, an agency for advertising and casting actors and a casting agency as well as two modelling agencies. He has composed around 400 melodies for Clayderman. These melodies were originally composed by de Senneville. Their main music productions was devoted to Clayderman's music.īallade pour Adeline, A Comme Amour and Letter to my Mother are the biggest hits in Clayderman's recordings. Delphine Productions is a leading French music exporter and is the only specialist in instrumental music.īesides Jean-Claude Borelly, they discovered French instrumentalists such as Richard Clayderman (1976), Nicolas de Angelis (1981) and Diego Modena (1991).ĭe Senneville and Toussaint collaborated with famous French arrangers such as: Gérard Salesses, Hervé Roy, Bruno Ribera, and Marc Minier. In 1976, Paul and Olivier set up their own record company, Delphine Productions named after Paul's first daughter, Delphine Deschodt. He was bestowed Comte title-a title of French nobility.
He won prestigious awards such as César Award (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for his movie scores. In 1978, Paul was represented in both France and Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 by his composition, Les jardins de Monaco as a duet.
It reached first place in South America and later in Japan. The song reached #1 on the charts of France, Switzerland, Belgium and then in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. The success of Dolannes Melody launched the career of trumpet player Jean-Claude Borelly.
Very soon, the pair got involved in Production. Partnering with lyricist Jean-Loup Dabadie, he wrote Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux, a French hit recorded by Michel Polnareff. This partnership accounts for over 100 million records sold internationally. Their songs were recorded by major French artists such as: Mireille Mathieu, Michèle Torr, Christophe, Hervé Vilard, Dalida, Petula Clark and Claude François. In 1968, while managing Michel Polnareff's career, he met Olivier Toussaint, forming a successful songwriting partnership. Music careerĪs a director of a record company, Disc AZ, he started a new career on the basis of his passion in life: music.Īfter writing his first song in 1962, he contributed music for songs in many movie soundtracks produced by French companies such as Universe Galaxie and Daber Films.
Later, he became a TV program producer as well. He began his career as a journalist working for French newspapers such as France Soir.