Monsieur Musique: Arnaud Meersseman’s 20 years in music
Gordon Masson speaks to the AEG Presents France chief as he celebrates his two decades in the business and looks back on the life-changing events of Bataclan in 2015
Feature By Gordon Masson | 22 November 2022
Born in the southern French city of Montpellier, Arnaud Meersseman had something of a nomadic upbringing. “My father worked in computers and changed companies all the time, so at first we lived in Montpellier before moving to Geneva for two years, then two years in San Francisco,” he recalls.
“Then it was one year in Amsterdam, two in Lyon, and then two years in Boston. And then I moved back to France because I didn’t want to live in the States anymore.”
With such an international background, Arnaud’s decision to pursue a career as a diplomat seemed natural and that career path seemed assured when he was accepted into the prestigious Sciences Po university in Lyon. “Sciences Po schools get you into high-level public…
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