| Jean-Michel Damian | |
| Birth Date: | 1947 9, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Chambéry, Savoie, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Alma Mater: | Sciences Po |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Jean-Michel Damian (8 September 1947 – 1 November 2016) was a French radio and television music journalist. He hosted and produced radio programmes on France Musique from 1980 to 2009. He was the author of two books.
Jean-Michel Damian was born on 8 September 1947, in Chambéry, Savoie, France.[1] [2] [3]
He learned to play the piano, the harpsichord and the pipe organ as a child.[1] [4] He graduated from Sciences Po.[1] [2] [4]
Damian was a radio journalist.[5] He began his career as a music journalist on France Culture in the early 1970s.[1] [2] He was also a book reviewer Politique Hebdo, a radio programme on France Culture.[1] He joined France Inter in 1975, where he was a music reviewer on Temps de vivre, hosted by Jacques Pradel, until 1977. He was the host of Espace musical, a television programme on France 3, in 1978.[1] [2]
Damian was a music journalist on France Musique, a French radio station, from 1980 to 2009.[1] He became the host of L’Air du temps de la musique in 1980.[1] He was subsequently the host and producer of Désaccord parfait, Les Imaginaires, Cordes sensibles, and Ce soir on dîne.[1] [2] [3]
Damian was the author of two books, including a novel, Scène dans le bleu.[1] [4]
Damian died during the course of an operation in a Paris hospital on 1 November 2016, aged 69.[1] [2]