Gaël Liardon
Gaël Liardon | |
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| Born | December 18, 1973 |
| Died | October 21, 2018 (aged 44) |
| Education | Geneva University of Music |
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Gaël Liardon (18 December 1973 – 21 October 2018) was a Swiss classical keyboard player, composer and academic.
Born in Lausanne, he studied harpsichord, organ and continuo playing with Pierre-Alain Clerc and Jovanka Marville, piano with Freddy Balta, and improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. He has been organist of the church of Villamont, Lausanne, from 1995.[1]
In 2009, he obtained a diploma of teaching theory at the Geneva University of Music, with distinction. He taught music pedagogy at the Geneva Conservatory.[1]
In 1997, he created the Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne[2] and also participated in the creation of the research group on improvisation of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.[1]
In 2011, he founded the Sweelinck Ensemble[3] in Geneva.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gaël Liardon". Ecole Emil (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne
- ^ Sweelinck Ensemble on Cantate-choir.info
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Festival de musique improvisée, Lausanne on RTS
- Gaël Liardon France-orgue
- Gaël Liardon IMSLP
- Gaël Liardon: Les psaumes de Didier Poncet (1611). Etude d'un style polyphonique hors norme. (thesis) Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance
- Enquête sur la disparition de l'improvisation au XVIIIe siècle by Gaël Liardon on Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance
- Gaël Liardon - Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland YouTube
- Gaël Liardon: Sonne der Gerechtigkeit IMLSP
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- 1973 births
- Musicians from Lausanne
- 2018 deaths
- Swiss harpsichordists
- Swiss organists
- Male classical organists
- Organ improvisers
- 20th-century organists
- 21st-century organists
- 20th-century Swiss musicians
- 21st-century Swiss musicians
- 20th-century Swiss male musicians
- 21st-century Swiss male musicians
- 20th-century classical musicians