The first contact between François Glorieux and Michael Jackson took place on 9th March, 1987.

After listening very attentively to François' arrangements of his greatest hits, the American Superstar was filled with enthusiasm. Moreover he declared himself "intrigued" by the personality of the Belgian musician.

This was the start of a long and regular correspondence between the two artists.
Then the seemingly impossible happened. Michael Jackson agreed to meet François Glorieux on 2nd May, 1989.
During this meeting they exchanged ideas for more then two hours and afterwards came to the conclusion that they shared many similar views.

After listening several times to his own hits adapted by François on CD, Michael expressed his huge admiration of the work along these lines: “His orchestra is amazing... François belongs to that race of musicians who are exceptional... I find his orchestral arrangements of my compositions fascinating... I have asked him personally to carry on in the same way".

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