Editing Gabriel Yared (section)

==Life and career==
When Yared was 7, his father sent him to an accordion teacher. Two years later Yared stopped his accordion lessons and started music theory and piano lessons. Although he was not necessarily a gifted pianist, Yared was interested in reading music. When Yared was 14, his piano teacher died and Yared replaced him as the organist of [[Université Saint-Joseph]]. Yared used the university's library to read the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, and many other composers. This extensive reading inspired his first original composition, a [[piano waltz]].

Yared gained a degree in law and did not formally study music at the university level until he traveled to France in 1969 to attend the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] as a non-registered student. There he learned music composition from [[Henri Dutilleux]].

At the end of 1971, Yared went to Brazil to visit his uncle and was asked by the president of the World Federation of Light Music Festivals to write a song to represent the Lebanese in the [[Rio de Janeiro]] Song Festival. The song he composed went on to win first prize.  While in Brazil, he also performed with a small orchestra. Yared subsequently said that his time in Brazil greatly influenced his work.

In 1975, he arranged the album ''[[Minacantalucio]]'' for the popular Italian singer [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]].

He then went back to France, where he met and collaborated with the [[Costa Brothers]], [[Jacques Dutronc]], [[Françoise Hardy]], [[Charles Aznavour]], [[Mireille Mathieu]], and numerous other musicians. This was a prolific period for the composer and he wrote nearly 3,000 pieces over a span of about six years. His contributions included a number of radio and TV jingles, such as [[TF1]] news jingles and an episode on the series ''In the Tracks of''.

Among the collaborations with [[Françoise Hardy]], Yared produced and arranged her 1977 album '''[[:fr:Star (album)|Star]]''', composing two songs of the album, ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qQ4kHpdZhI Chanson sur toi et nous]'' and ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fet5Db7-hJo Fatiguée]''.

Yared composed and produced [[:fr:Yara Lapidus|Yara Lapidus]]' 2018 album '''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-HOV-bUMEG8La-eS6TOMyHmKyM6B8RZI Indéfiniment]''', and the final track ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7bA8y26WI Encor Encor]'' (bonus track version featuring [[Iggy Pop]]) is a song based on ''[[Betty Blue]]'' soundtrack, ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9dJWO25VB4 C'est le vent, Betty]''.<ref>[https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/2373 Abbey Road Studios - News] (May 23, 2018)</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/25935697 Discogs: Yara Lapidus - Indéfiniment] (2018)</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/14035920 Discogs: Yara Lapidus - Indéfiniment] (2019) Reissue with bonus tracks</ref>

Albums as a singer: '''[https://www.discogs.com/release/11815206 Quand Le Monde]''' (1972) - ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHrIn56QImc Quand Le Monde]'' and ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0I4frRPDI0 Ouabadabada, Oui!]'' || '''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_macAXLs58o7qgVQRExodeqQlXzNA_hE2U Toc Toc Toqué]''' (1979) - Gabriel Yared: Composer, Arranger, Singer, Producer. [[Michel Jonasz]]: Lyricist. - ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRLm1EeKlKA Papa Schumann]'' - video: [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA, Institut national de l'audiovisuel]] - [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3566438/ "Numéro un" Season 6 - Episode 5] (February 16, 1980) Gabriel Yared "Papa Schumann" - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYlpxl-r-w YouTube] | [https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/i07212602/gabriel-yared-papa-schumann ina.fr]<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/1786191 Discogs: Gabriel Yared - Toc Toc Toqué] (1979)</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/6325154 Discogs: Gabriel Yared - Allo Police / Papa Schumann] (1980) Single</ref>

In 2012, he became Honorary President of '''Les Amis de Maurice Ravel'''. (Gabriel Yared, Président d’honneur des Amis de Maurice Ravel)<ref>[https://boleravel.fr/histoire-de-lassociation Les Amis de Maurice Ravel - Histoire]</ref><ref>[https://boleravel.fr/bureau-et-comite-dhonneur Les Amis de Maurice Ravel - Bureau et Comité d’honneur]</ref>

Yared was a member of the Jury at the [[2017 Cannes Film Festival]].