 Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and grandparents , and trained on the piano . From an early age he was introduced to a variety of art forms , including those of street performers , jazz musicians , and the artist Pierre Soulages . He played guitar in a band , but his musical style was perhaps most heavily influenced by Pierre Schaeffer , a pioneer of musique concrète at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales . 
