Paul de Senneville began his career as a journalist working for big French newspapers such as "France Soir" and "Paris-Presse", then he became a TV program producer.  As director of a record company, Disc AZ, he started working with his passion: music.

Success came very quickly and in 1976, Paul de Senneville set up his own record company, Delphine Productions (named after Paul's first daughter, Delphine), with Olivier Toussaint.

Delphine in one of the leading French music exporters to the world market.  It is also the only company specialising in instrumental music.  Nowadays, the Delphine group represent 15 companies dealing with various activities: an advertising film and clip production company, an agency for advertising and casting actors and a casting agency as well as two modelling agencies.

Paul de Senneville is a very famous French composer and has worked with the top French artists such as Mireille Mathieu, Michel Polnareff, Dalida, Claude François...  He composed Richard Clayderman's first success: "Ballade pour Adeline" (named after Paul's second daughter, Adeline).  Since then, by playing Paul's music, Richard Clayderman has become the French artist with the highest record sales in the world.  Actually, 100 millions albums have been sold in 57 different countries, representing 290 Gold records and 90 Platinums.

Besides music, Paul's hobbies are horse racing and collecting modern paintings.

Paul's most notable Richard Clayderman compositions include:

  Ballade pour Adeline (1977)
  A comme amour (1978)
  Lettre à ma mère (1979)
  Eléana (1987)
  Sagittaire (1988)
  Comme ils sont loin les souvenirs (1994)
  Hungarian Sonata (1997)
  Chinese Garden (1998)
  Princesse du désert (1999)
  J 'aime les gens qui s'aiment (2001)
  Pour tout l'amour du monde (2004)

 

Gérald Salesses was born in Toulouse, in the South of France. His passion for piano made him become, at a very young age, an accompanist for various French singers (Sylvie Vartan is the most well-known). Gérald Salesses quickly turned from accompanist to arranger. He started collaborating with Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint in 1975. Gérald has arranged hundreds of recordings for Richard Clayderman and Jean-Claude Borelly (Trumpeter).

Gérald's most notable Richard Clayderman arrangements include:

  L'ocean (1981)
  Do you know where you're going to (1989)
  Cavalleria Rusticana (1989)
  Friends (1998)

 

Hervé Roy studied in the National Superior Conservatory of Music in Paris and won the 1st prize in musical theory, harmony and counterpoint. He also studied piano in the «Ecole normale de musique de Paris» (Grande école of Music of Paris).

He became an arranger and worked for a large number of French artists such as: Aznavour, Sardou, Hallyday, Polnareff, Vartan and Mathieu...

He started collaborating with Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint in 1970, 30 years later he is one of the most requested arrangers for Delphine, and most of all for Richard Clayderman.

Hervé's most notable Richard Clayderman arrangements include:

  Ballade pour Adeline (1977)
  Nostalgy (1979)
  Concerto pour une jeunne fille nommée "je t'aime" (1981)
  Dimanche et fêtes (1994)
  Titanic Symphonie (1998)

 

Bruno Ribera is probably among the 3 best French saxophone players, and is also an arranger. Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint requires his talent for various recordings.

Bruno's most notable Richard Clayderman arrangements include:

  Lion (Leo) (1988)
  Knowing me, knowing you (1993)
  Six Ribbons (1996)

 

Regis became the conductor of Richard Clayderman's concerts in 1979 and kept that position until 1994. Regis has also conducted various orchestras for the French entries in the Eurovision Song Contest and has arranged numerous album tracks for Richard Clayderman.

Regis' most notable Richard Clayderman arrangements include:

 Rondo a la Turque (1982)
  Badinerie (1985)
 You are my world
(1987)

 

1st prize winner in piano at the Music Conservatory of Paris, he became an expert in PRO-TOOL computing system. He has arranged numerous of Richard Clayderman recordings.

Marc's most notable Richard Clayderman arrangements include:

  There's a kind of hush (All over the world) (1995)
  El choclo (1996)
  Hungarian Sonata (1997)

 

Jean Baudlot is above all a guitarist. He became A&R director of a record company in 1974. He joined Delphine Productions in 1979 as A&R director and collaborates with Paul de Senneville on several compositions for Richard Clayderman. In 1995 he set up his own recording studio and specialises in producing jingles for TV and radio commercials.

Jean's most notable composition collaborations include:

  Ladi Di (1982)
  Sonate No.1 "Diva" (1985)
Revivre sa vie (1987)
  Sagittaire (1988)

 

Information updated May 2008

 

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