French composer Yann Tiersen (born 1970) is one of the most popular and successful film music writers of today. His soulful and melancholic music finds its traces in folk music, French chansons, musette waltzes, street music, but also in the minimalism of Satie, Glass and Nyman.

His international breakthrough came with the music for the French blockbuster 'Amélie', later followed 'Goodbye Lenin' and others.

Dutch pianist, pioneer and champion of Minimalism Jeroen van Veen has recorded Tiersen’s most popular melodies, playing the piano in his inimitable way: focussed, serene and hypnotising.