{{Infobox musical artist | name = Michel Bernholc | birth_name = Michel Bernholc | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|07|10|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|06|05|1941|07|10|df=y}} | origin = France<ref name="discogs"/> | genre = | years_active = | label = Barclay Records<ref name="officialcharts"/> | alias = Burundi Steïphenson Black<br/>Mike Steïphenson | associated_acts = }} {{expand german|topic=bio|Michel Bernholc|date=June 2013}} '''Michel Bernholc''' (Paris, 10 July 1941 – Montreuil 5 June 2002)<ref>[https://www.andtheconductoris.eu/ andtheconductoris.eu - Michel Bernholc]</ref> was a French composer, arranger and producer.<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michel+Bernholc|title=Michel Bernholc|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=4 June 2013}}</ref> Using the pseudonym '''Mike Steïphenson''', he wrote and produced the 1971 hit "Burundi Black", which made #31 on the UK Singles Chart<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/burundi%20steiphenson%20black/|title=BURUNDI STEIPHENSON BLACK|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=23 May 2013}}</ref> and #74 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=50}}</ref>
He also wrote the Victoire Scott song "La Licorne D’or", which was covered by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion on their fifteenth full-length musical album Les Fleurs du Mal.<ref name="therion">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Therion-Les-Fleurs-Du-Mal/release/3916649|title=Les Fleurs Du Mal (CD, Album)|date=September 2012 |publisher=Discogs|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
Michel wrote the score for the Japanese film ''Michi'' in 1986.
In 2002, Bernholc committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bigot |first=Yves |date=2002-06-12 |title=Mort du musicien Michel Bernholc |url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2002/06/12/mort-du-musicien-michel-bernholc_406653/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=Liberation |language=fr}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101415988-mort-du-musicien-michel-bernholc Obituary] (in French)
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