Yann Benoist

Yann Benoist (born 6 February 1951) is a French session guitarist, performer, composer,conductor, and arranger.

Yann Benoist was born in Dinan, Brittany. At 8 his parents enrolled him to the music academy . Then they bought him his first guitar when he was eleven and he started learning to play with friends and different teachers .

When he was 18 he started playing and singing with some local bands in Brittany and Normandy. During 1975 he worked with the Switzerland duet Richard et Samuel. The year after he started learning for a while with Pierre Cullaz ( famous sessionman from the sixties ) in Paris. By the end of seventies he was a member of the Francis Bourrec quartet, They won the first prize at the Festival de Jazz de La Défense) in 1978. That same year he got a Certificate from the Berklee College of Music. Since then he has worked on stage or sessions for commercials, TV movies, TV shows, , Music comedy and with numerous French stars such as Renaud, Gilbert Becaud, Serge Lama, Patricia Kaas, Mireille Mathieu, Richard Bohringer, Jean Guidoni, Sylvie Vartan, Sheila (singer), Hugues Aufray, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Julien Clerc, Patrick Hernandez, Nancy Holloway, Sacha Distel, Murray Head, Maurane, Marie Myriam, Francis Cabrel, Smain, Dorothée, Gilles Servat, William Sheller, Jacques Loussier, Michel Legrand etc. .

In 1983 he was a member of Space, with Didier Marouani, for the first big tour organized in the USSR. They performed 21 concerts in Moscow Olympic Stadium (Moscow), Leningrad Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex and Kiev Palace of Sports, Kiev for about 600,000 people, and in 1992 they performed the first concert authorized on the Red Square in Moscow for 360,000 people.

In 1989 and 2002 He was musical director for Shiela on Olympia (Paris).In 2011 He was Conductor for Joel Prevost on Alhambra (Paris).

He is a composer for APM Music and Universal Publishing .

As a Leader

• 1987 ""Bye Bye Femme""
• 1997 ""Rainbowcity""
• 2003 ""Décalage""

As a Sideman

Didier Marouani,Yann Benoist,Bunny Rizzitelli (Space Moscou 1983)

Sheila Yann Benoist Olympia 1999

• 1981 Marie Myriam J'aime quand tu es jaloux (Ariola)
• 1982 Renaud un olympia pour moi tout seul (Polydor)
• 1982 Richard Sanderson Surprise (Vogue)
• 1983 William Sheller Simplement (Philips Records)
• 1983 Didier Marouani et Paris-France-Transit Concerts en URSS (Vogue)

Paris-France-Transit Moscou Place rouge 1983

• 1984 Richard SandersonFairy Tales (Vogue)
• 1985 Bibie Tout doucement (CBS)
• 1985 Daniel Lévi Cocktail (EMI)
• 1986 Jean-Luc Lahaye Flagrant Délit de Tendresse (Philips)
• 1987 Jean-Luc Lahaye Live au Palais des Sports (Philips)
• 1988 Jeff Joseph One Two Three ' (Polydor)
• 1989 Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais (Polygram)
• 1989 Sacha Distel Les Plus Grands Succes De Sacha Distel (Carrere)
• 1990 Sylvie Vartan Concert à Sofia Sylvie Vartan discography (Philips)
• 1991 Didier Marouani Space Magic Concerts(BMG Russia)
• 1992 Sheila (singer) On S'Dit plus rien (Carrere Music)
• 1993 Nana Mouskouri Hollywood (Philips)
• 1994 Jana Herzen Soup's on Fire (Motema Music)
• 1995 Renaud Le Retour de le Chetron Sauvage (Virgin)
• 1996 Dave (singer) Toujours le même bleu (Sony Music)
• 1997 Gilbert Bécaud Spectacle de l'Olympia 97 Live album (BMG)
• 1998 Sheila (singer)Le Meilleur de Sheila (Flarenash)
• 1998 Sheila (singer) Olympia 1998 (Wagram Music)
• 1999 Alabina Sahara (Sony Music)
• 1999 Didier Marouani Symphonic Space Dream (BMG Russia)
• 1999 Sheila (singer) Dense (EMI)
• 1999 Sheila (singer) Medley Disco (Wagram Music)
• 2001 Serge Lama Feuilles à Feuilles (Warner Music France)
• 2002 Sheila (singer) Seulement pour toi (Warner Music France)
• 2002 Sheila (singer) Jamais deux sans toi (Warner Music)
• 2003 Serge Lama Un Jour Une Vie (Warner Music)
• 2004 Serge Lama pluri elles (Wea Music)
• 2005 Gilbert Bécaud Suite (Capitol Music)
• 2006 Da Vinci Vox The Hidden Message (EMI Label One)
• 2008 Yvon Chateigner (feat) Ornella Vanoni L'amore l'AmoreUniversal)
• 2010 Iwan B La Quête, Ar C'hlask(Coop Breizh)

• "BYE BYE FEMME". 1987. 
• "RAINBOW CITY". 1997. 
• "DÉCALAGE". 2003. 
• "un olympia pour moi tout seul". 1981. 
• "Surprise". 1982. 
• "One two three". 1988. 
• "Les Plus Grands Succes de Sacha Distel". 1989. 
• "On S'Dit Plus Rien". 1992. 
• "Seulement Pour Toi". 2002. 
• "Un Jour Une Vie". 2003. 
• "Da Vinci Vox". May 2006. 
• Chateigner, Yvon (2008). "L'Amore l'amore". 

Renaud, J L Roques, Yann Benoist "Zénith 1986"Paris

• 1986 Renaud La Chetron Sauvage(Live Zénith 1986)
• 1987 Jean-Luc Lahaye Débarquez Moi (Live Palais des Sports 1987)
• 1989 Sheila (singer) Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais(Live Olympia 1989)
• 1990 Mireille Mathieu Live Palais 1990
• 1990 Sylvie Vartan Concert a Sofia
• 1992 Dorothée L'album en Video
• 1999 Sheila (singer) Sheila à L'Olympia 1999

As a Leader

• 2008 Rencontre d'un Soir (guest) : Martin Taylor (guitarist), Iwan B

As a sideman

• 2003 Sheila (singer) Jamais deux sans toi live Olympia
• 2004 Space (French band) Concert In Moscow (once upon a time in the East)
• 2004 Space (French band) Space Magic Concerts
• 2004 Serge Lama Un jour , une vie (Live Bercy)
• 2006 Sheila (singer) Sheila Live 89 à l'Olympia
• 2006 Renaud La Chetron sauvage (Virgin music)

• "Jude Box", Guitarist Magazine, N 232: 122, April 2010 

Gilbert Becaud Yann Benoist Studio Musika 1997

• 1983 Alliance (Tabata Music)(Various Composer)
• 1987 Bye bye femme (CFD)
• 1997 Rainbowcity (Night and Day)

including  :Gilbert Bécaud B+B(je t'appartiens) Composer Yann Benoist Lyrics Pierre Delanoë / Manny Curtis

• 2001 Serge Lama " Feuilles à feuilles" (Various composer)
• 2005 Décalage (Sobridis musique)
• 2006 RockAnd Roll Comedy (UPPM) (Various Composer)
• 2007 French Songs Universal Publishing (UPPM)
• 2009 Rock And Roll Comedy 2(UPPM)(Various Composer)
• 2010 Funk Addict APM Music
• 2012 Indie Rock Session (KAPAGAMA)
• 2016 Sunny Guitars (Musique & Music)
• 2016 Melody Box (Various Composer)

• 1979 Les Joyeuses Colonies de vacances
• 1990 Envoyé Spécial
• 1992 Les Taupes-Niveaux
• 1994 Jeanne
• 1996 La Guerre Des Poux

• Gérard, Michel (1979). "Les joyeuses colonies de vacances" (comedy). 
• Mazoyer, Robert (1994). "Jeanne" (comedy). 
• Trotignon, Jean-Luc (1996). "La Guerre Des Poux" (comedy).