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JMJ @ Ghent Informal Summit

Pioneer of electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre guest speaker at Ghent Informal Summit

Jean-Michel Jarre, French composer, producer and pioneer of electronic music, Friday's guest speaker at the Ghent Informal Summit. Five hundred Flemish, Belgian and international "decision makers" media, cultural, economic and academic world come together in an informal way.

The Summit is under the patronage of honorary IOC president Jacques Rogge and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy. On the occasion of 100 years ahead, the event will take place in the premises of the forward this year.

This informal meeting is an annual guest speaker invited, and that this year the French composer Jean-Michel Jarre, specializes in making electronic music with using synthesizers. Jean-Michel Jarre is seen as one of the pioneers of the genre. In 1977 he broke with "Oxygène". He is well known for its spectacular outdoor concerts with lasers and fireworks, three of those shows took the Guinness Book of Records.

The Ghent Informal Summit takes place for the fifth year in a row place in the context of Ghent - Flanders Festival.

Source: http://yahoo.skynet.be/nieuws/showbizz/ ... p-van-gent

[Kanta]

Not sure to leave this topic open due to the fact JM attended one conference and one guest speaker event for CISAC in Brussels - 27 September 2013. Conference photos are on the main CISAC topic: http://www.zoolook.nl/forum/viewtopic.p ... 898#187898

[Kanta]

GHENT - Enterprising Flanders gathered Friday night in the Concert Hall of the Forward Informal summit in Ghent. With this event, the Festival of Flanders five hundred Flemish, Belgian and international decision makers from the media, bringing together the cultural, economic and academic world in an informal way.

Governor Jan Briers and Mayor Daniel Termon personally welcomed all attendees. After a speech by former President Dr. OIC. Jacques Rogge and EU President Herman Van Rompuy via a videoconference was the surprise of the evening's keynote speaker Jean-Michel Jarre, the French composer, producer and pioneer of electronic music. He is well known for its spectacular outdoor concerts with lasers and fireworks. One of his shows took in 1997 in Moscow more than 3.5 million spectators. "If you know that with the Olympics I 8 million guests feel welcomed and Jean Michel such mass applied to the bone on his own, then you know that this is an absolute performance was' told Jacques Rogge.

Jarre was in Ghent as UNESCO Ambassador and 'out of friendship for the best lighting artist in the world, Alain Platel' as he told himself. Jarre: 'Art unites and transcends politics and is therefore so important why I still travel the world with my concerts. Such as concert last month in a politically unstable country like Tunisia brings people together across political beliefs go.
Unfortunately for the present there was no live concert, but Jarre The Music Animation Machine brought a violin and piano concertos of Bach computer program, a combination of live music and visuals. Still a little bit Jarre.

After the show could start networking during a walking dinner. The topic of the evening was the discussion on the remuneration of top managers.

Source: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail ... 130929_004

[jeanbatman]

Couldn't understand most of the translation…

[Kanta]

Couldn't understand most of the translation…

Maybe Coen, Jerome or someone could provide us please with a correct translation.

[jeanbatman]

Couldn't understand most of the translation…

Maybe Coen, Jerome or someone could provide us please with a correct translation.

That would be much appreciated.

[Dr_Jones]

Jean Michel Jarre on informal top in Vooruit.

Ghent - Last Friday evening, Ondernemend Vlaanderen gathered in the Concert-room of Vooruit for the Informal Top of Ghent. With this event, the Festival of Flanders wants to get 500 Flemmish, Belgian and international decision makers from media, culture, the economical and academical world together on an informal basis.

Gov. Jan Briers and mayor Daniël Termon personally welcomed all invited. After a speech of ex-OIC president Dr. Jacques Rogge and Europea president Herman Van Rompuy (via a videoconferentie), the surprise of the evening turned out to be the keynote speaker Jean Michel Jarre, the French composer, producer and pioneer of electronic music. He's famous for his spectacular open air concerts with lasers and fireworks. One of his shows got 3.5 million watchers in 1997 in Moscow. 'If you realise that I got 8 million people with the Olympic Games and Jean Michel Jarre that amount of people on his own, you know this is a great achievement.' Jacques Rogge said.

Jarre was in Ghent as ambassador for Unesco and 'out of friendship for the best lighting artist of the world, Alain Platel', as he said himself. Jarre: 'Art combines and transcends politics and that's why it's so important. That's the reason I still travel the world with my concerts. For example, the concert last month in a political unstable country as Tunis brought people together ignoring their political principles'.

Too bad for the people who attended, there was no live concert of Jarre, but the Music Animation Machine played a violin- and pianoconcerto by Bach in a computer programme, a combination of live music and visuals. So a little bit Jarre.

After the show the networking could start during a walking dinner. The topic of the evening was the discussion about the topmanagers salaries.

[Kanta]

Thank you, Coen.

[Kanta]

Copyright and credit to the photo is Serge Platel.

[Kanta]