Jacques Ibert

1890 - 1962

French

Summary

Biography

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) studied music at the Paris Conservatoire from 1910 to 1914. After winning the Grand Prix de Rome in 1919 he stayed at the Villa Medici for three years, writing Escales for orchestra and Histoires for piano, works which rapidly brought him worldwide fame. With his antidogmatic personality Ibert was open to various forms of modernity, and tackled all styles with equal success, producing such major works as his Flute Concerto, the comic opera Angélique, a String Quartet, Symphonie Concertante and the choreographic epic Le Chevalier Errant. As a figurehead in French music – director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1937-1960 with a break for the war years, and administrator of the Paris Opera from 1955-1956 – Ibert was elected to the prestigious Institut de France in 1956.

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Performances

12th December 2023

SOLOISTS
Branford Marsalis
PERFORMERS
Orpheus
LOCATION
Williams Center for the Arts - Lafayette College, New York, NY, United States of America

13th December 2023

SOLOISTS
Branford Marsalis
PERFORMERS
Orpheus
LOCATION
The Performing Arts Center Purchase College, New York, NY, United States of America

14th December 2023

SOLOISTS
Branford Marsalis
PERFORMERS
Orpheus
LOCATION
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, United States of America

14th December 2023

SOLOISTS
Jessica Pun, Yuen Lai
PERFORMERS
Manchester University Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR
Jen Hucknall
LOCATION
The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Manchester, United Kingdom

13th January 2024

PERFORMERS
Elgin Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin, IL, United States of America

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