Polnarevolutions

Behind his white-rimmed, tinted glasses, Michel Polnareff is nothing short of a genius. Let's delve into his work and the musical revolutions it has spawned.

Amid the coldness and sadness of a childhood punctuated by his father's easy-going belt and the pressure on his musical standards, the young Michel, a very good pupil, quickly proved himself (and, above all, had to prove himself) to be a virtuoso pianist. The extreme, suffocating rigor of his family environment prompted him to leave home at the age of twenty to go and play guitar, beatnik, on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur.

It's very important to take into account the ambivalence that exists during his childhood between the classical musical background he acquires and the cruelty of his father. One day, when his son asked him that he