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Jean-Michel Jarre, born on August 24, 1948, in Lyon, France, is a renowned French composer of electronic music. He is the son of a film music composer known for scoring films such as Lawrence Of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago. Jarre is famous for his spectacular outdoor concerts, which include impressive laser displays and fireworks, with three of these events recorded in the Guinness Book of Records for their large audiences. One notable album, Musique pour supermarchés, was produced in a unique print run of only one copy, which was auctioned to support French artists. In 1986, he collaborated with NASA astronaut Ronald McNair, who was set to perform the saxophone part of Jarre's piece Rendez-Vous VI while in orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, marking it as the first piece of music intended to be recorded in space for the album Rendez-Vous. Following the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, the piece was recorded with a different saxophonist and retitled Ron's piece, with the album dedicated to the seven astronauts lost. Jarre is also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and was married from 1978 to 1997.

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